The Beach Boys

Released: June 5, 2012

Songwriter: Mike Love

Producer: Brian Wilson

[Verse 1]
Bring back, bring back my baby
Daybreak over the ocean
Moonlight still on the sea
I pray the waves gentle motion
Bring my my baby back to me?
And the stars sprinkle the morning
Venus fades form my sight
Will my love be returning
Like the Sun to brightening over my life?

[Chorus 1]
Days break over the ocean
Moonlight still on the sea
I pray the waves gentle motion
Bring my my baby back to me?
Bring it back
Oh, bring it back
Bring my back my baby

[Verse 2]
Darling, if you could only
Hear this song in my heart
Then you will know why you need, never feel lonely
We'll soon be together, never to depart
And as long as there is an ocean
Long as stars are to shine
Baby you will always have my devotion, have my devotion
I'll love you pretty baby
Till then end of time

[Chorus 1]

[Verse 3]
As long as there is an ocean
Moonlight still on the sea
I pray the waves gentle motion
Will bring my baby to me

Darling if you should ever
Wonder what you should do
Baby you should know I'll love you forever
Maybe little darling that will see you through
And as the sunset set over the ocean
And the world fades from you
Baby always knew my love and devotion
Will bright up the night
Because I love you

[Outro]
Bring back, bring back
Bring it back
Bring back my baby
Won't you?
Bring back, bring back
Bring it back
Bring back my baby
Won't you bring back my baby?

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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