The Beach Boys

Released: December 18, 1967

Songwriter: Mike Love Brian Wilson

Producer: The Beach Boys

[Verse 1]
My heart was breaking
Till you started making me
Feel like a natural man
My mind was mess
Until you brought happiness
And that's not hard to understand
When I'm through working
Just fussing and cussing
I'll be there just as quick as I can

[Chorus]
Here comes the night
Hold me, squeeze me, don't ever leave me
Tell me I'm doing alright
Hold me, squeeze, me don't ever leave me
Tell me I'm doing alright
Hold me, love me, ooooo

[Verse 2]
I know living is taking and giving
Baby I'm giving you my best
One of these days you know
I'm going to go crazy
In the middle of your caress
When the day goes down
Honey I'll be around
Why don't you wear your pretty red dress

[Chorus]
Here comes the night
Hold me, squeeze me, don't ever leave me
Tell me I'm doing alright
Hold me, squeeze, me don't ever leave me
Tell me I'm doing alright
Hold me, love me, ooooo

[Verse 3]
Every morning our love is reborn
And it lives with me all day long
Things start changing
Take as a little rearranging
But our love grows on and on
Stars who shine in love
Are making you mine to love
I've never felt a love so strong

[Chorus]
Here comes the night
Hold me, squeeze me, don't ever leave me
Tell me I'm doing alright
Hold me, squeeze, me don't ever leave me
Tell me I'm doing alright
Hold me, love me, ooooo

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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