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DeirdreThe Beach Boys

Released: August 31, 1970

Songwriter: Brian Wilson Bruce Johnston

Producer: The Beach Boys

[Intro]
Deirdre

[Verse 1]
The trouble you had
It wasn't so bad
It's only life and what you're living for
Sit down right here
I'll send away your tears
Well we don't have to talk about it much more

[Hook]
Good things turn bad but it's over now
So don't look sad because you're older now
Lots of people miss Deirdre

[Verse 2]
You're back again
You still have all your friends
And they used to ask me why'd you go away, Deirdre
What could I say
That you ran away
Don't you think it's time that you stayed right near me

[Hook]
These nights, pretty nights, that were meant to be
With you and me
It's the way that we
Always had our love, Deirdre

[Bridge]
I love your red hair
Deirdre da-da-ra-ra-ra-ra
Deir-Deir-Deir-Deirdre
I'm glad you're home again

Ooh hoo
Ooh hoo
Baby 1, 2, 3 and you're back with me

[Verse 3]
Tomorrow at ten
I'll wake you and then
We'll take a bath and then I'll laugh again with Deirdre

[Hook]
You may not live with me every day
All that I care is that we find a way
To stay together with Deirdre

Deirdre da-da-ra-ra-ra-ra
Deir-Deir-Deir-Deirdre

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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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