Hey Little Tomboy

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"Hey Little Tomboy"
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Single by the Beach Boys
from the album M.I.U. Album
A-side "Peggy Sue"
ReleasedAugust 28, 1978 (1978-08-28)
RecordedOctober 1976 (1976-10)–1978 (1978)
Genre Rock
Length2:27
Songwriter(s) Brian Wilson
Producer(s) Brian Wilson
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"Honkin' Down the Highway"
(1977)		"Hey Little Tomboy"
(1978)		"Here Comes the Night"
(1979)
Audio sample

"Hey Little Tomboy" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1978 album M.I.U. Album . Written by Brian Wilson, the song was to be included as a track on Adult/Child before the album was scrapped. [1] It was also issued as the B-side to their single "Peggy Sue".

Contents

Background

Early recording sessions for the song were held in August and October 1976. [2] Wilson, describing "Hey Little Tomboy" as a contender for the Love You track list, said: "It's about a little girl who is sort of a roughneck, and this guy convinces her to become a pretty girl, and sure enough she slowly turns into a pretty—she starts shaving her legs and wearing short sticks—puts lipstick on and makeup. So she's a little tomboy. We're very happy with it." [3]

Reception

Biographer Peter Ames Carlin wrote: "[the song] revealed uncomfortably in an adolescent girl who is putting away her skateboard and baseball mitt to get hot and heavy with the swain portrayed by Mike [Love]. … [it] may be the most unsettling moment in the entire recorded history of the Beach Boys." [4] Music critic Jeff Tamarkin wrote that the song "is politically incorrect in every way by modern standards, yet its innocence and simplicity are undeniably charming". [5]

Personnel

Credits are sourced from Craig Slowinski, John Brode, Will Crerar, Joshilyn Hoisington, and David Beard. [6]

The Beach Boys

Additional Musicians

Cover versions

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Lambert, Philip (2007). Inside the Music of Brian Wilson: The Songs, Sounds, and Influences of the Beach Boys' Founding Genius. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 314. ISBN   978-1-4411-0748-0.
  2. ↑ Doe, Andrew Grayham. "GIGS76". Endless Summer Quarterly. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  3. ↑ "INTERVIEW WITH BRIAN WILSON OF THE BEACH BOYS IN EARLY 1980'S". Global Image Works. 1976. Archived from the original on July 26, 2014. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  4. ↑ Carlin, Peter Ames (2006). Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson. Rodale. p. 226. ISBN   978-1-59486-320-2.
  5. ↑ Tamarkin, Jeff (2000). M.I.U./L.A. Light Album (booklet). The Beach Boys. California: Capitol Records.
  6. ↑ Slowinski, Craig (Winter 2023). Beard, David (ed.). "The Beach Boys M.I.U. Album Vol 1". Endless Summer Quarterly Magazine. Vol. 37, no. 144. Charlotte, North Carolina.
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