The Beach Boys

Released: August 28, 1989

Songwriter: Bill House Mike Love Terry Melcher

Producer: Terry Melcher

[Chorus 1]
Make it big
So big

[Chorus 2]
You can make it big
You can make it bigger than life
See your name spelled right
Up on the bright lights
Bright lights

[Chorus 3]
Have a little faith in yourself
In everything that you do
I know you're going to make it big if you want to
If you really want to
You can make it big

[Chorus 4]
Bright lights

[Chorus 3]

[Verse 1]
Baby, you're a superstar
I believe you're going far
Do what you want
Why don't you do what you want to

Be my little movie queen
Up there on the silver screen
Do what you want
Go on and do what you want to
Catch a plane to Hollywood
And right away
You're best buddies with Johnny B. Goode
And he says
"Baby, welcome to the neighborhood"
Now you can do what you want
Do what you wanna

[Chorus 2]

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[Chorus 1]

[Outro]
Oh, I know you can make it
Everybody you can make it
Yes, I know we can make it big
Darling, you can make it
I know you're going make it
Ooh, baby you can make it big

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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