Do You Remember? (The Beach Boys song)

"Do You Remember?"
Song by the Beach Boys
from the album All Summer Long
Released	July 13, 1964 (1964-07-13)
Recorded	May 6–18, 1964 United Western Recorders, Hollywood
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	2:02
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Brian Wilson, Mike Love
Producer(s)	Brian Wilson

"Do You Remember?" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for the American rock band the Beach Boys, released on their 1964 album All Summer Long . The song is a minor rewrite of "The Big Beat", an earlier composition Wilson had written for Bob & Sheri in 1963. ^[1] Both songs are tributes to 1950s rock and roll, referencing performers such as Buddy Holly and Hank Ballard.

Composition

"Do You Remember?" was originally credited to just Brian Wilson. Mike Love's name was added as a result of a lawsuit filed by him against Wilson in the 1990s. ^[2]

Byron Preiss called the song a "fractured history lesson". ^[3] Musicologist Philip Lambert writes: "Mike and Brian's 'Do You Remember?' frankly commands us to make these connections, in the form of a rock-and-roll history lesson and demonstration. While mentioning key historical figures—Little Richard, Chuck Berry, and Elvis—they remind us of rock and roll as a cultural phenomenon, because 'the critics kept aknockin' but the stars kept a-rockin'." ^[4]

Recording

"Do You Remember?" was recorded on May 6 and 18, 1964 at United Western Recorders. ^[5]

References

1. Gnerre, Sam (December 20, 2013). "Brian Wilson's early days chronicled on download-only 'The Big Beat 1963'". Daily Breeze .
2. Doe, Andrew G. "Album Archive". Bellagio 10452. Endless Summer Quarterly. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24.
3. Preiss, Byron (1979). The Beach Boys. New York: Ballantine Books. p. 25. ISBN   9780345273987.
4. Lambert, Philip (2007). Inside the Music of Brian Wilson: the Songs, Sounds, and Influences of the Beach Boys' Founding Genius. Continuum. p. 158. ISBN   978-0-8264-1876-0.
5. Doe, Andrew G. "GIGS64". Bellagio 10452. Endless Summer Quarterly.