Released: December 20, 1965
Songwriter: Fred Fassert
Producer: Brian Wilson
[Chorus]
A bar bar bar bar Barbara Ann
Bar bar bar bar Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann
Take my hand
Barbara Ann
You got me rockin' and a rollin'
Rockin' and a reelin'
Barbara Ann
Bar bar bar Barbara Ann
[Verse 1]
Went to a dance, looking for romance
Saw Barbara Ann, so I thought I'd take a chance
On Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
Take my hand
Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
Take my hand
You got me rockin' and a rollin'
Rockin' and a reelin'
Barbara Ann
Bar bar bar bar Barbara Ann
[Chorus]
A bar bar bar bar Barbara Ann
Bar bar bar bar Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann
Take my hand
Barbara Ann
You got me rockin' and a rollin'
Rockin' and a reelin'
Barbara Ann
Bar bar bar Barbara Ann
{Bridge}
(Let's go now!)
(Ow!)
(Carl)
(Hal, and his famous ashtray!)
(You smell like Rocky. You're always scratchin' it.)
(Hey, come on!)
(Scratch it, Carl, scratch it, baby, right over there. Down a little lower. Down a little lower!)
(Saw-- Tried--)
Tried Peggy Sue
Tried Peggy Lou
Tried Mary Lou
But I knew she wouldn't do
Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
Take my hand
You got me rockin' and a rollin'
Rockin' and a reelin'
Barbara Ann
Bar bar bar Barbara Ann
A bar bar bar bar Barbara Ann
Bar bar bar bar Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann
Take my hand
Barbara Ann
You got me rockin' and a rollin'
Rockin' and a reelin'
Barbara Ann
Bar bar bar Barbara Ann
{Outro}
Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
[Outro - Uncut Version]
(Thanks, Dean)
A bar bar bar bar Barbara Ann
Bar bar bar bar Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann
Take my hand
Barbara Ann
You got me rockin' and a rollin'
Rockin' and a reelin'
Barbara Ann
Bar bar bar Barbara Ann
[Verse 1]
Went to a dance, looking for romance
Saw Barbara Ann, so I thought I'd take a chance
On Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
Take my hand
Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
Take my hand
You got me rockin' and a rollin'
Rockin' and a reelin'
Barbara Ann
Bar bar bar bar Barbara Ann
[Chorus]
A bar bar bar bar Barbara Ann
Bar bar bar bar Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann
Take my hand
Barbara Ann
You got me rockin' and a rollin'
Rockin' and a reelin'
Barbara Ann
Bar bar bar Barbara Ann
{Bridge}
(Let's go now!)
(Ow!)
(Carl)
(Hal, and his famous ashtray!)
(You smell like Rocky. You're always scratchin' it.)
(Hey, come on!)
(Scratch it, Carl, scratch it, baby, right over there. Down a little lower. Down a little lower!)
(Saw-- Tried--)
Tried Peggy Sue
Tried Peggy Lou
Tried Mary Lou
But I knew she wouldn't do
Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
Take my hand
You got me rockin' and a rollin'
Rockin' and a reelin'
Barbara Ann
Bar bar bar Barbara Ann
A bar bar bar bar Barbara Ann
Bar bar bar bar Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann
Take my hand
Barbara Ann
You got me rockin' and a rollin'
Rockin' and a reelin'
Barbara Ann
Bar bar bar Barbara Ann
{Outro}
Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
[Outro - Uncut Version]
(Thanks, Dean)
The Best of the Beach Boys: Sounds of Summer
- Good Vibrations
- Be True to Your School
- I Get Around
- Don’t Worry Baby
- Do You Wanna Dance?
- When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)
- Dance, Dance, Dance
- Wild Honey
- Do It Again
- I Can Hear Music
- Rock and Roll Music
- Good Timin’
- Come Go with Me
- Getcha Back
- Shut Down
- In My Room
- Barbara Ann
- California Girls
- Kokomo
- Wouldn’t It Be Nice
- Sloop John B
- God Only Knows
- Surfin’ USA
- Help Me, Rhonda
- Fun, Fun, Fun
- Heroes and Villains
- Little Deuce Coupe
- Surfin’ Safari
- Surfer Girl
- Darlin’
- Beach Boys’ Party! (1965)
- Made In U.S.A. (1986)
- The Greatest Hits, Volume 1 (1999)
- The Best of the Beach Boys: Sounds of Summer (2003)
- Três Irmãs (2008)
- Surfin’ USA
- God Only Knows
- Wouldn’t It Be Nice
- Good Vibrations
- Kokomo
- Sloop John B
- California Girls
- I Get Around
- Surf’s Up
- Little Deuce Coupe
- Don’t Worry Baby
- In My Room
- I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times
- Surfin’ Safari
- You Still Believe in Me
- Forever
- That’s Not Me
- Fun, Fun, Fun
- Heroes and Villains
- Caroline, No
- 409
- Don’t Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)
- I Know There’s an Answer
- Barbara Ann