Little Honda

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"Little Honda"
Song by the Beach Boys
from the album All Summer Long
ReleasedJuly 13, 1964 (1964-07-13)
RecordedApril 2 & 10, 1964
Studio Western, Hollywood
Genre
Length1:52
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Brian Wilson
Licensed audio
"Little Honda" on YouTube

"Little Honda" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1964 album All Summer Long . Written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, it pays tribute to the small Honda motorcycle and its ease of operation, specifically the Honda 50. [4]

Contents

At 21 seconds into the song the definite sound of guitar feedback can be heard. The recording on April 2 & 10, 1964 of the song predates the Beatles' "I Feel Fine" by several months. While buried under vocals on the original release, with the 1968 instrumental track release on the Beach Boys LP "Stack-o-Tracks", this high-pitched feeback howl can be heard.

Immediately following its appearance on All Summer Long, the song was covered by the Hondells, whose recording produced by Gary Usher peaked at No. 9 on the U.S. Billboard 100.[ citation needed ]

Recording

In a 1976 interview, Carl Wilson recounted an anecdote about "Little Honda",

[Brian] does exactly what he wants to do. I remember [sits back and laughs] — this is so funny — when we did "Little Honda," Brian wanted me to get this real distorted guitar sound, real fuzzy. "This guitar sounds like shit," I said. "Brian, I hate this." And he goes, "Would you fucking do it? Just do it." When I heard it, I felt like an asshole. It sounded really hot. That was before fuzz became a big deal. [5]

Personnel

Per Craig Slowinski. [6]

The Beach Boys
Additional musicians and production staff

Charts

The Beach Boys
Chart (1964–65)Peak
position
Norway (VG-lista) [7] 8
US Billboard Hot 100 [8] 65
West Germany (GfK) [9] 44

Covers

References

  1. 1 2 Guarisco, Donald A. "Song review". Allmusic. Archived from the original on 2011-03-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ↑ Petridis, Alexis (January 27, 2022). "The Beach Boys' 40 greatest songs – ranked!". The Guardian . Retrieved August 3, 2024.
  3. ↑ Hoffmann, Frank W.; Bailey, William G. (1990). Arts & Entertainment Fads, Volume 1. Binghamton: Haworth Press. pp. 61–62. ISBN   9780866568814.
  4. ↑ Frank, Aaron (2003). Honda Motorcycles. MotorBooks International. ISBN   978-0-7603-1077-9 . Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Felton, David (1976). "The Healing of Brother Brian". Rolling Stone.
  6. ↑ Boyd, Alan; Linette, Mark; Slowinski, Craig (2014). Keep an Eye on Summer 1964 (Digital Liner). The Beach Boys. Capitol Records. (Mirror)
  7. ↑ "The Beach Boys – Little Honda". VG-lista.
  8. ↑ "The Beach Boys Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  9. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – The Beach Boys – Little Honda" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
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