List of songs covered by the Beach Boys

Not to be confused with List of cover versions of Beach Boys songs.

Cover versions recorded and released by the Beach Boys, as a band and as solo artists, include:

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Further information: List of songs recorded by the Beach Boys

Song	Year	Beach Boys album	Original artist	Note(s)
"Little Girl (You're My Miss America)"	1962	Surfin' Safari	Dante & His Friends	[1]
"Summertime Blues"			Eddie Cochran	[1]
"Moon Dawg"			The Gamblers	[1]
"Misirlou"	1963	Surfin' U.S.A.	Dick Dale	[2]
"Honky Tonk"			Bill Doggett	[2]
"Let's Go Trippin'			Dick Dale	[nb 1]
"Old Folks at Home"		Surfer Girl	standard, written by Stephen Foster	[nb 2]
"Their Hearts Were Full of Spring"	1964	Little Deuce Coupe	The Four Freshmen	[nb 3]
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love?"		Shut Down Volume 2	Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers	[3]
"Louie Louie"			The Kingsmen	[3]
"Hushabye"		All Summer Long	The Mystics	[3]
"The Little Old Lady from Pasadena"		Beach Boys Concert	Jan and Dean	[3]
"Long, Tall Texan"			Murry Kellum	[3]
"Monster Mash"			Bobby (Boris) Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers	[3]
"Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow"			The Rivingtons	[nb 4]
"The Wanderer"			Dion	[3]
"Graduation Day"			The Four Freshmen	[3]
"Johnny B. Goode"			Chuck Berry	[3]
"Frosty the Snowman"		The Beach Boys' Christmas Album	Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys	[4]
"We Three Kings of Orient Are"			standard, written by John Henry Hopkins, Jr.	[4]
"Blue Christmas"			Doye O'Dell	[4]
"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"			Harry Reser	[4]
"White Christmas"			Bing Crosby	[4]
"I'll Be Home for Christmas"			Bing Crosby	[4]
"Auld Lang Syne"			traditional	[3]
"Do You Want to Dance"	1965	The Beach Boys Today!	Bobby Freeman	[nb 5]
"I'm So Young"			The Students	[6]
"Then He Kissed Me"		Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)	The Crystals	[nb 6]
"Hully Gully"		Beach Boys' Party!	The Olympics	[8]
"I Should Have Known Better"			The Beatles	[9]
"Tell Me Why"			The Beatles	[9]
"Mountain of Love"			Harold Dorman	[9]
"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"			The Beatles	[9]
"Devoted to You"			The Everly Brothers	[9]
"Alley Oop"			The Hollywood Argyles	[9]
"There's No Other (Like My Baby)"			The Crystals	[9]
"The Times They Are a-Changin'"			Bob Dylan	[10]
"Barbara Ann"			The Regents	[10]
"Sloop John B"	1966	Pet Sounds	traditional	[nb 7]
"I Was Made to Love Her"	1967	Wild Honey	Stevie Wonder	[ citation needed ]
"Cotton Fields"	1969	20/20	Lead Belly	[12]
"Bluebirds over the Mountain"			Ersel Hickey	[ citation needed ]
"I Can Hear Music"			The Ronettes	[12]
"Here Comes Santa Claus"	1974	"Child of Winter (Christmas Song)" / "Susie Cincinnati"	traditional	[nb 8]
"Rock and Roll Music"	1976	15 Big Ones	Chuck Berry	[13]
"Chapel of Love"			The Dixie Cups	[13]
"Talk to Me"			Little Willie John	[nb 9]
"Tallahassee Lassie"			Freddy Cannon
"Palisades Park"				[13]
"A Casual Look"			The Six Teens	[13]
"Blueberry Hill"			Fats Domino	[13]
"In the Still of the Night"			Five Satins	[13]
"Just Once in My Life"			The Righteous Brothers	[13]
"Come Go with Me"	1978	M.I.U. Album	The Del-Vikings	[3]
"Peggy Sue"			Buddy Holly	[3]
"Shortnin' Bread"	1979	L.A. (Light Album)	James Whitcomb Riley	[3]
"School Days"	1980	Keepin' the Summer Alive	Chuck Berry	[3]
"Sea Cruise"	1981	Ten Years of Harmony	Frankie Ford	[ citation needed ]
"With a Little Help from My Friends"	1983	Rarities	The Beatles	[14]
"The Letter"			The Box Tops	[15]
"California Dreamin'"	1986	Made in U.S.A.	The Mamas & the Papas	[ citation needed ]
"Wipe Out"	1989	Still Cruisin'	The Surfaris	[ citation needed ]
"Crocodile Rock"	1991	Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin	Elton John	[ citation needed ]
"Hot Fun in the Summertime"	1992	Summer in Paradise	Sly and the Family Stone	[ citation needed ]
"Remember (Walking in the Sand)"			The Shangri-Las	[ citation needed ]
"Under the Boardwalk"			The Drifters	[ citation needed ]
"Ruby Baby"	1996	Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys	The Drifters	[ citation needed ]
"Walk On By"	2001	Friends / 20/20	Dionne Warwick	[16]
"Ol' Man River"			Oscar Hammerstein II	[ citation needed ]
"You Are So Beautiful"	2002	Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980	Joe Cocker	[ citation needed ]
"The Old Master Painter"	2011	The Smile Sessions	standard, written by Beasley Smith and Haven Gillespie	[ citation needed ]
"You Are My Sunshine"			standard, written by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell	[ citation needed ]
"I Wanna Be Around"			standard, written by Sadie Vimmerstedt and Johnny Mercer	[ citation needed ]
"Gee"			The Crows	[ citation needed ]
"Why Don't They Let Us Fall in Love"	2013	Made in California	The Ronettes	[ citation needed ]
"Da Doo Ron Ron"			The Crystals	[ citation needed ]
"Runaway"			Del Shannon	[ citation needed ]
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"			The Righteous Brothers	[ citation needed ]
"One Kiss Led to Another"	2015	Beach Boys' Party! Uncovered and Unplugged	The Coasters	[ citation needed ]
"Laugh at Me"			Sonny Bono
"Ticket to Ride"			The Beatles
"Blowin' in the Wind"			Bob Dylan
"Riot in Cell Block Number 9"			The Robins
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"			The Rolling Stones
"Smoky Joe's Cafe"			The Coasters
"Long Tall Sally"			Little Richard
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"			The Righteous Brothers
"Hang On Sloopy"			The McCoys
"Twist and Shout"			The Isley Brothers
"The Diary"			Neil Sedaka
"Heart and Soul"			Larry Clinton
"Game of Love"	2017	1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow	Wayne Fontana	[ citation needed ]
"Good News"		1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow 2: The Studio Sessions	The Kingston Trio	[ citation needed ]
"My Little Red Book"	2018	Wake the World: The Friends Sessions	Manfred Mann	[ citation needed ]
"Rock & Roll Woman"			Buffalo Springfield	[ citation needed ]
"Seasons in the Sun"	2021	Feel Flows	Le Moribond	[ citation needed ]
"You Never Give Me Your Money"			The Beatles	[ citation needed ]
"Gimme Some Lovin'"	2022	Sail On Sailor – 1972	The Spencer Davis Group	[ citation needed ]
"Battle Hymn of the Republic"	2024	1974 Release	standard, written by Julia Ward Howe	[ citation needed ]

Unreleased

Further information: List of unreleased songs recorded by the Beach Boys

Song	Year	Original artist	Note(s)
"How Deep Is the Ocean"	1966	standard, written by Irving Berlin	[17]
"Stella by Starlight"		Victor Young	[17]
"On Top of Old Smoky"	1967	traditional	[17]
"Come to the Sunshine"	1975	Van Dyke Parks	[17]
"Mony Mony"	1976	Tommy James and The Shondells	[17]
"Running Bear"		Johnny Preston	[17]
"Shake Rattle & Roll"		Big Joe Turner	[17]
"Let's Dance"		Chris Montez	[17]
"Working in the Coal Mine"		Lee Dorsey	[17]
"On Broadway"	1977	The Drifters	[17]
"Deep Purple"		Peter DeRose	[17]
"Calendar Girl"	1978	Neil Sedaka	[17]
"Jamaica Farewell"	1979	Harry Belafonte	[17]
"River Deep – Mountain High"	1980	Ike & Tina Turner	[17]
"Be My Baby"		The Ronettes	[18]
"I'm a Man"		The Spencer Davis Group	[17]
"At the Hop"	1985	Danny & The Juniors	[17]

Solo

Mike Love

Song	Year	Album	Original artist	Note(s)
"On and On and On"	1981	Looking Back With Love	ABBA	[ citation needed ]
"Over and Over"			Bobby Day	[ citation needed ]
"Calendar Girl"			Neil Sedaka	[ citation needed ]
"Be My Baby"			The Ronettes	[ citation needed ]
"Teach Me Tonight"			Gene De Paul	[ citation needed ]
"Da Doo Ron Ron"	1983	Rock 'n' Roll City	The Crystals	[ citation needed ]
"Lightnin' Strikes"			Lou Christie	[ citation needed ]
"The Letter"			The Box Tops	[ citation needed ]
"The Loco-Motion"			Little Eva	[ citation needed ]
"Sugar Shack"			The Fireballs	[ citation needed ]
"My Boyfriend's Back"			The Angels	[nb 10]
"Jingle Bell Rock"		Scrooge's Rock 'n' Roll Christmas	Bobby Helms	[ citation needed ]
"The Little Old Lady From Pasadena"	1998	Salute NASCAR	Jan and Dean	[ citation needed ]
"Little G.T.O."			Ronny and the Daytonas	[ citation needed ]
"Hungry Heart"	2002		Bruce Springsteen	[ citation needed ]
"Finally, It's Christmas"	2018	Reason for the Season	Hanson	[ citation needed ]
"Must Be Chriatmas"			Band of Merrymakers	[ citation needed ]
"Jingle Bell Rock"			Bobby Helms	[ citation needed ]
"Do You Hear What I Hear"			Harry Simeone	[ citation needed ]
"Away in the Manger"				[ citation needed ]
"Bring a Torch"				[ citation needed ]
"O Come All Ye Faithful"				[ citation needed ]
"O Holy Night"				[ citation needed ]
"California Sun"	2019	12 Sides of Summer	The Rivieras	[ citation needed ]
"Here Comes the Sun"			The Beatles	[ citation needed ]
"The Girl from Ipanema"			Antônio Carlos Jobim	[ citation needed ]
"Rockaway Beach"			The Ramones	[ citation needed ]

Brian Wilson

Song	Year	Album	Original artist	Note(s)
"Goodnight, Irene"	1988	Folkways: A Vision Shared	Lead Belly	[ citation needed ]
"Sweets for My Sweet"	1995	Till the Night Is Gone: A Tribute to Doc Pomus	The Drifters	[19] [20]
"This Could Be the Night"		For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson	Modern Folk Quartet	[20]
"What a Wonderful World"		Orange Crate Art	Bob Thiele, George David Weiss	[ citation needed ]
"Brian Wilson"	2000	Live at the Roxy Theatre	Barenaked Ladies	[ citation needed ]
"Be My Baby"			The Ronettes
"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"	2005	What I Really Want for Christmas		[ citation needed ]
"O Holy Night"
"We Wish You a Merry Christmas"
"Hark the Herald Angels Sing"
"It Came Upon a Midnight Clear"
"The First Noel"
"Deck the Halls"
"Joy to the World"
"Silent Night"
"That Lucky Old Sun"	2008	That Lucky Old Sun	Frankie Laine	[ citation needed ]
"I'm Into Something Good"			Earl-Jean
"Rhapsody in Blue/Intro"	2010	Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin	George Gershwin	[ citation needed ]
"Summertime"
"I Loves You, Porgy"
"I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'"
"It Ain't Necessarily So"
"'S Wonderful"
"They Can't Take That Away from Me"
"Love Is Here to Stay"
"I've Got a Crush on You"
"I Got Rhythm"
"Someone to Watch Over Me"
"Nothing But Love"
"Let's Call the Whole Thing Off"
"California Sun"		Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey (Music from the Motion Picture)	The Rivieras
"Listen to Me"	2011	Listen to Me: Buddy Holly	Buddy Holly	[ citation needed ]
"You've Got a Friend in Me"		In the Key of Disney	Randy Newman	[ citation needed ]
"The Bare Necessities"			Terry Gilkyson
"Baby Mine"			Ned Washington, Betty Noyes
"Kiss the Girl"
"Colors of the Wind"
"Can You Feel the Love Tonight"
"We Belong Together"
"I Just Can't Wait to Be King"
"Stay Awake"
" "Heigh-Ho / Whistle While You Work / Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)"
"When You Wish Upon a Star"
"A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes"
"Peace on Earth"
"Wanderlust"	2014	The Art of McCartney	Paul McCartney	[ citation needed ]
"My Sweet Lord" (Live)	2016	George Fest: A Night To Celebrate the Music of George Harrison	George Harrison	[ citation needed ]
"Honeycomb"	2021	Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road	Bob Merrill	[ citation needed ]

See also

• The Beach Boys § Influences
• Brian Wilson § Influences

Footnotes

1. An additional version appears on Beach Boys Concert . ^[2]
2. As "South Bay Surfer (The Old Folks at Home)" with additional lyrics by Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, and Al Jardine. ^[2]
3. As "A Young Man is Gone" with new lyrics by Mike Love. ^[2]
4. An additional version appears on Beach Boys' Party! . ^[3]
5. As "Do You Wanna Dance?". ^[5]
6. As "Then I Kissed Her". ^[7]
7. Based on the version by the Kingston Trio. ^[11]
8. In medley with "Child of Winter (Christmas Song)".^{[ citation needed ]}
9. As "Talk to Me (Medley)". ^[13]
10. As "Her Boyfriend's Back".^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Lambert 2007, p. 336.
2. Lambert 2007, p. 337.
3. Lambert 2007.
4. Lambert 2007, p. 343.
5. Lambert 2007, p. 370, 386.
6. Lambert 2007, p. 199.
7. Lambert 2007, p. 377.
8. Lambert 2007, pp. 372, 387.
9. Lambert 2007, p. 346.
10. Lambert 2007, p. 347.
11. Lambert 2007, pp. 346, 386.
12. Lambert 2007, p. 355.
13. Lambert 2007, p. 359.
14. Badman 2004, p. 300.
15. Badman 2004.
16. Badman 2004, p. 389.
17. Doe, Andrew Grayham. "VAULTS". Endless Summer Quarterly. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
18. Lambert 2007, p. 362.
19. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Till the Night is Gone: A Tribute to Doc Pomus". AllMusic.
20. Doe, Andrew G. "Timeline 1995". Bellagio 10452. Endless Summer Quarterly. Archived from the original on October 18, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.

Bibliography

• Badman, Keith (2004). The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band, on Stage and in the Studio . Backbeat Books. ISBN   978-0-87930-818-6.
• Lambert, Philip (2007). Inside the Music of Brian Wilson: the Songs, Sounds, and Influences of the Beach Boys' Founding Genius. Continuum. ISBN   978-0-8264-1876-0.