All I Want to Do (The Beach Boys song)

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"All I Want to Do"
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The Spanish single release of the song
Song by the Beach Boys
from the album 20/20
ReleasedFebruary 10, 1969
RecordedNovember 12–21, 1968
Studio Beach Boys Studio, Capitol Studios
Genre Hard rock, blue-eyed soul
Length2:02
Label Capitol
Songwriters Dennis Wilson, Stephen Kalinich
Producer Dennis Wilson
Licensed audio
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"All I Want to Do" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1969 album 20/20 . It was written by Dennis Wilson and Stephen Kalinich, and released as the B-side to "I Can Hear Music".

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Recording

An earlier version of "All I Want to Do" was produced on October 16, 1968, at Bell Sound in New York. The backing track was redone at Valentine Studio on November 9. [1] At another session, held three days later, Dennis recorded himself at Capitol Studios having sex with a woman, whose throes of passion were incorporated into the track as background sound effects. [2] [1]

Alternate releases

Multiple alternate versions, including two alternate takes with Dennis on lead vocals, were released in 2018 on I Can Hear Music: The 20/20 Sessions .[ citation needed ]

Personnel

Credits from Craig Slowinski. [3]

The Beach Boys

Session musicians

References

  1. 1 2 Doe, Andrew G. "GIGS68". Bellagio 10452. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  2. ↑ Badman, Keith (2004). The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band, on Stage and in the Studio . Backbeat Books. p. 230. ISBN   978-0-87930-818-6.
  3. ↑ Slowinski, Craig (Spring 2019). Beard, David (ed.). "20/20: 50 Year Anniversary Special Edition". Endless Summer Quarterly Magazine. Charlotte, North Carolina.
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