The Beach Boys

Released: August 3, 1992

Songwriter: Terry Melcher Mike Love

Producer: Terry Melcher

[Verse 1]
Do you ever get the feeling that you got to get away
It's a symptom of the fever all across the u.s.a
My family doctor told me "son the flu is what you have"
But i know it's island fever and i got it real bad

[Pre-Chorus]
Hey doc i need a pain reliever
(Oooo i got it bad) i got the island fever
I got it bad i got the island fever
(Oooo i got it bad) i got the island fever
My baby caught it and i'm not quite sure how
(Oooo i got it bad) i got the island fever
She might have got it from her travel brochure now
(Oooo i got it bad)

[Chorus]
(Bow bow bow ooo)
Come on baby wouldn't it be nice (bow bow bow ooo)
If i could take you down to paradise (bow bow bow ooo)
Sweet little mama gotta get away (bow bow bow ooo)
Your daddy knows a little hideaway (bow bow bow ooo)

[Verse 2]
Hey girl i got some good advice
Drive your dad mad and
Make him take you down to paradise

[Pre-Chorus]
I've been picking up a love vibration
(Oooo i got it bad) i got the island fever
Coming from a little island nation
(Oooo i got it bad) i got the island fever
For my own self-preservation
(Oooo i got it bad) i got the island fever
Better make a quick reservation
(Oooo i got it bad)

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
Hey girl i got some good advice
Drive your dad mad and
Make him take you down to paradise

[Chorus]

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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