The Beach Boys

Released: July 29, 1993

Songwriter: Mike Love Brian Wilson

Producer: Brian Wilson

Ohp!
That did it
See this guy over here? That's my cousin, Brian Wilson
Of course I'm his cousin too, don't forget, I'm Mike Love, Brian Wilson's cousin!
This guy is always bragging about how athletic he was in high school and everything
Throw, throw a football seventy-five yards and all that
So we made up a song and it goes like this

When some loud braggart tries to put me down
And says his school is great I tell him right away
Now what's the matter buddy, ain't you heard of my school
It's number one in the state

(Hey, hey, take it away, let's call it fight)

So be true to your school now
(Rah-rah-rah-rah, sis-boom-bah)
Just like you would to your girl or guy
(Rah-rah-rah-rah, sis-boom-bah)
Be true to your school now
(Rah-rah-rah-rah, sis-boom-bah)
And let your colors fly
(Rah-rah-rah-rah, sis-boom-bah)
Be true to your school
(Rah, rah-rah-rah)

I got a letterman's sweater with a letter in front
I got for footbal and track, I'm proud to where it now
When I cruise around the other parts of the town
I got my decal in back

So be true to your school now
(Rah-rah-rah-rah, sis-boom-bah)
Just like you would to your girl or guy
(Rah-rah-rah-rah, sis-boom-bah)
Be true to your school now
(Rah-rah-rah-rah, sis-boom-bah)
And let your colors fly
(Rah-rah-rah-rah, sis-boom-bah)
Be true to your school

Alright, hit it

(Rah, rah-rah-rah)

On Friday we'll be jacked up on the football game
And I'll be ready to fight, we're gonna smash 'em now
My girl will be working on her pom poms now
And she'll be yelling tonight

So be true to your school now
(Rah-rah-rah-rah, sis-boom-bah)
Just like you would to your girl or guy
(Rah-rah-rah-rah, sis-boom-bah)
Be true to your school now
(Rah-rah-rah-rah, sis-boom-bah)
And let your colors fly
(Rah-rah-rah-rah, sis-boom-bah)
Be true to your school

(Rah-rah-rah-rah, sis-boom-bah)
Don’t let it down
(Rah-rah-rah-rah, sis-boom-bah)
Don’t put it down
(Rah-rah-rah-rah)

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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