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"Fun,Fun,Fun" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1964 album Shut Down Volume 2. Written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love,it was released as a single in February,backed with "Why Do Fools Fall in Love". "Fun,Fun,Fun" is one of the Beach Boys' many songs that defined the California myth.
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"When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1965 album The Beach Boys Today!. Written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love,it was first issued as a single on August 24,1964,paired with the B-side "She Knows Me Too Well". It peaked at number 9 in the U.S.,number 27 in the UK,and number 1 in Canada.
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"Don't Back Down" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys and the final track on their 1964 album All Summer Long. Written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love,the lyrics describe a group of surfers who "don't back down from that wave",explaining that they "gotta be a little nuts" to show the girls "who's got guts". It was the group's last surfing-themed song until 1968's "Do It Again".
"Vegetables" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1967 album Smiley Smile and their unfinished Smile project. Written by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks,the song was conceived by Wilson as a tongue-in-cheek promotion of organic food. Another reported inspiration for the song was a humorous comment Wilson heard about the effect of marijuana turning him and his friends into a "vegetative" state.
"Let Him Run Wild" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1965 album Summer Days. Written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love,it was issued as the B-side to "California Girls".
"Salt Lake City" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1965 album Summer Days.
"Come Go With Me" is a song written by C. E. Quick,an original member of the American doo-wop vocal group the Del-Vikings. The song was originally recorded by The Del-Vikings in 1956 but not released until July 1957 on the Luniverse LP "Come Go With The Del Vikings". The final version of the song was released in the second week of January 1957 and was led by Gus Backus. When Joe Averbach,the owner of Fee Bee Records couldn't handle the demand,he signed with Dot Records in late January 1957;the song became a hit,peaking at No. 5 on the US Billboard Top 100 Pop Charts. It also reached #2 on the R&B chart.
"Getcha Back" is a song written by Mike Love and Terry Melcher for the American rock band the Beach Boys,on their 1985 album The Beach Boys. It was the band's first release since the drowning death of Dennis Wilson in 1983. The song peaked at number 26 nationally and number two on the Adult Contemporary chart.
"All Dressed Up for School" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys that was recorded in 1964 during the early sessions for their album The Beach Boys Today!. Written by Brian Wilson,the lyrics express the narrator's newfound fascination with a girl after realizing "what a turn on" she is in school clothes. It is one of the last original tracks the group recorded as a small ensemble rock band before entering their orchestral phase.
"Amusement Parks U.S.A." is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1965 album Summer Days. Produced by Wilson and featuring a lead vocal by Love,the song's lyrics describe "mess[ing] around at the [amusement] park all day." A short bridge section with session drummer Hal Blaine imitating a carnival barker is also featured,interpolating the spoken introduction to the Coasters' song "Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)".
"Holidays" is an instrumental by the American rock band the Beach Boys that was composed by Brian Wilson for their never-finished Smile album. In 2003,it was rewritten with new lyrics by Van Dyke Parks as "On a Holiday" for the project Brian Wilson Presents Smile (2004).
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- ↑ "Beach Boys UK single discography 1964-1966 (black label)". beachboys45.nl.
- ↑ "All music review". AllMusic . Archived from the original on 2010-12-11. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
- ↑ "All Summer Long by The Beach Boys" . Retrieved 2022-07-04.
- ↑ Craig, Slowinski (2014). Keep an Eye On Summer 1964 (Digital Liner). The Beach Boys. Capitol Records. Mirror
- ↑ "Brian the instrumentalist".
- ↑ Icons of Rock: An Encyclopedia of the Legends Who Changed Music Forever By Scott Schinder, Andy Schwartz, page 110
