The Beach Boys

Released: August 3, 1992

Songwriter: Terry Melcher Mike Love

Producer: Terry Melcher

[Intro]
I can't wait 'til summer (yeah)
Cause it's gonna be a summer of love
Hey now (well it's a love thing)

[Verse 1]
People all around the world in every nation
Like to get together for some excitations
If you're a girl appreciates her recreation
Why don't you let me take you on a love vacation
Yeah I'll take you to the movies
But I'm no fool (wah wah oooo)
First, I'll get you on the beach
Or in a swimming pool
Doing unto others is the golden rule
But doing it with you would be so
Very cool

[Chorus]
Girls are always ready for a summer of love
Going out and looking for love (girls are always ready)
Girls are always ready for a summer of love (sum sum summer summer of love)
Going out and looking for love (sum sum summer summer of love)
I can't wait 'til summer (yeah)
Cause it's gonna be a summer of love
Hey now (well it's a love thing)

[Verse 2]
Every time the weather starts to getting hotter
Don't worry about it toss your clothes and hit the water
We'll be California dreaming bay watching every day
Just off the Malibu surfing USA
Now no girl ever wants to leave their
Love back home (wah wah oooo)
So if you miss him, baby
Call him on the phone
But make it quick
We're almost in a party zone
Cause summer days and nights
Aren't meant to spend alone

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
Now summer is a time when there're no strings attached
But we could get together if you come on back
I'd like to tell you if it's any satisfaction
You'll always be my summer season's main attraction

[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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