It's About Time (The Beach Boys song)

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"It's About Time"
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Single by the Beach Boys
from the album Sunflower
A-side "Tears in the Morning"
ReleasedOctober 12, 1970
RecordedJuly 1970
Studio Beach Boys Studio, Los Angeles [1]
Genre Rock
Length2:55
Label Brother/Reprise
Songwriter(s) Dennis Wilson, Bob Burchman, Al Jardine, Carl Wilson
Producer(s) The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"Slip On Through"
(1970)
"It's About Time"
(1970)
"Cool, Cool Water"
(1971)

"It's About Time" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1970 album Sunflower . Written by Dennis Wilson, Al Jardine, Bob Burchman and Carl Wilson, it was issued as the B-side of the "Tears in the Morning" single. Jardine said, "'It's About Time' was Carl, Dennis and I. That's a good one. I like that production. That was mostly Dennis, and I just helped with the lyrics. Dennis and Carl did the track." [2]

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Reception

Biographer Timothy White wrote:

The Santana-like Latin pivot of its percussion gave the song a nice tension, and the personal renewal described by the song’s central character triggers a driving guitar break that makes his second chance seem both plausible and thrilling. And undidactic commentary on rock indulgence and self-redemption, it was also a wishful scenario regarding both Brian and Dennis Wilson’s sporadic personal troubles. [3]

Reviewing the song for AllMusic, Matthew Greenwald wrote:

Perhaps the Beach Boys' most contemporary piece of music recorded in 1969, "It's About Time" is a total group effort, between the writing, singing, and performing. A solid, almost dark R&B/rock feel guides the melody with a sense of precision. Interestingly, one of the most unusual features of the song is the Latin-based, in-studio jam that closes the song with great power. An autobiographical song about the pitfalls of stardom and being an artist, this song hit close to home, especially considering the band's fluctuating fortunes and popularity of the period. [4]

Personnel

Sourced from Craig Slowinski. [5]

The Beach Boys
Additional musicians and production staff

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References

  1. Doe, Andrew G. (2013). "GIG70" . Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  2. Sharp, Ken (July 28, 2000). "Alan Jardine: A Beach Boy Still Riding The Waves". Goldmine.
  3. White, Timothy (2000). Sunflower/Surf's Up (CD Liner). The Beach Boys. Capitol Records.
  4. "It's About Time" review at Allmusic
  5. Slowinski, Craig (Summer 2020). "Sunflower: 50 Year Anniversary Special Edition (Issue 130, Volume 33, No. 3)". Endless Summer Quarterly Magazine (Magazine). Charlotte, North Carolina, USA: David Beard.