The Beach Boys

Released: November 8, 1965

Songwriter: Paul McCartney John Lennon

Producer: Brian Wilson

[Intro]
(All right.)
Here I stand
(There you go.)
Head in hand...
(Denny!)
Hide your tears
(Let him sing it)
(Oh!)
(He knows it better than I do.)

Ooom pom pom

(King Arthur!)
[Verse 1]
Here I stand, head in hand
Turn my face to the wall
If she's gone, I can't go on
Feeling two-foot small
(Shhhhhhhhh!)
(This is great!)
Everywhere people stare
Each and every day
I can see them laugh at me
And I hear them say

[Chorus]
(Go!)
Hey! You've got to hide your love away
Hey! You've got to hide your love away
(Hey hey.)

[Verse 2]
How can I even try?
I can never win
Hear them, see them
In the state I'm in
(Be quiet)
How could she say to me
"Love will find a way"
Gather 'round, all you clowns
Let me hear you say

[Chorus]
(Hey!)
Hey! You've got to hide your love away
Hey! You've got to hide your love away

[Bridge]
Do do doooo do-do-do
Doo bum bum do do
Do do dooo do
Dooo do-do-do
Do do do-do do do doooooo

[Outro]
(Wow, that was good)
(Wow, that's great!)
(That was really good.)
Hey! Somebody hid my teeth away
(Just call that number...)
Hey! Somebody hid my teeth away
(Everly Brothers.)
(Hey!)
(What's the best Everly Brothers song? Besides, ah...)
(Go.)
("Bird Dog.")
(Who's going to fool with it?)
(You're going to fool with it. You and me.)
(You shouldn't fool with an Everly Brothers song you should do it right.)
(Just like we fooled with "Wake Up Little Susie.")
(No, ah, "Devoted To You.")
("Devoted To You." Well, Carl, do you know the guitar part?)
(Yeah.)
(You must know the guitar part.)
(Here, I've got it right here.)
(He's gotta go check the ... now.)
[Lots of chatter and laughter]
(That's it!)
(How are you going to sing a slow song like that one if nobody will shut up?)
(Hey, be quiet will ya?)
(Just die your hair bright red.)
(Hey, shh, just be quiet and let us sing it.)
(Just shut up for a little while because Brian and I are gonna sing it.)
(If you don't know it, then shut up and go home!)
(Yes!)

The Beach Boys are one of the world’s best-selling bands of all time and the first American pop band to reach the 50-year milestone. Their vocal harmonies are among the most unmistakable and enduring of the rock and roll era.

Formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California, by Brian Wilson, his two brothers Carl and Dennis, their cousin Mike Love, and classmate Al Jardine, the group’s first single “Surfin'” got them signed to Capitol Records and they quickly became one of the most popular and successful artists of the surf music craze of the 1960s. From 1962 to 1966, The Beach Boys scored over twenty top 40 hits in the US including the chart-toppers “I Get Around”, “Help Me Rhonda” & “Good Vibrations” along with the top 5’s “Surfin USA”, “Fun, Fun, Fun”, “California Girls”, “Barbara Ann” & “Sloop John B”. Several of the band’s singles also found top 40 success in Canada, Australia, Sweden and the UK. In 1965, de facto leader Brian Wilson suffered a mental breakdown due to the stress of writing, producing & touring combined with substance abuse issues, causing him to step down and stop traveling with the band on tour.

Inspired by producer Phil Spector and The Beatles' Rubber Soul, Brian focused on studio work, determined to keep the group relevant as the surf music scene was fading with their 1966 album Pet Sounds. Despite tension between members in the studio about this new direction, lack of faith from the record label, mixed reviews, and comparatively lukewarm reception initially in the US, the album still found massive success in the UK and earned accolades from fellow artists including The Beatles, who acknowledged that the album was their inspiration to further push the boundaries of pop music with their landmark album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Eventually Pet Sounds would be acknowledged as one of the greatest albums ever recorded by several media outlets like The Times, Mojo Magazine, The Guardian, VH1, BBC and Rolling Stone.

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