| "With Me Tonight" | |
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| Song by the Beach Boys | |
| from the album Smiley Smile | |
| Released | September 18, 1967 |
| Recorded | June 30, 1967 |
| Studio | Brian Wilson's home studio, Los Angeles |
| Genre | Psychedelic, doo wop |
| Length | 2:17 |
| Label | Capitol |
| Songwriter(s) | Brian Wilson |
| Producer(s) | The Beach Boys |
| Audio sample | |
"With Me Tonight" | |
| "You're With Me Tonight" | |
|---|---|
| Song by the Beach Boys | |
| from the album Hawthorne, CA | |
| Released | May 22, 2001 |
| Recorded | June 5–7, 1967 |
| Studio | Brian Wilson's home studio, Los Angeles |
| Length | 0:49 |
| Label | Capitol |
| Songwriter(s) | Brian Wilson |
"With Me Tonight" is a song written by Brian Wilson for the American rock band the Beach Boys. It was released on their 1967 album Smiley Smile . The piece has been characterized as "psychedelic doo wop" [1] and the similar descriptor "do it yourself acid casualty doo-wop". [2]
AllMusic called the track "one of the better (or, more accurately, refined) songs on the Smiley Smile album" and said that "the melody envelopes the listener in a graceful way, and, in this sense, makes it quite different from many of the other songs on the album." [3] In the liner notes of the Smiley Smile/ Wild Honey set, the song is described as "probably the best of the non-official Smile tunes on the LP." [2]
"With Me Tonight" originated during the Smile sessions as "You're With Me Tonight". The intro was recorded as a vocal chant; later, it was expanded into a song for Smiley Smile and the "you're" in its title was omitted. [2]
One of Brian's vocal instructions to the group was to sing the song while smiling. [1]
At approximately 0:26, one can hear a voice say "good." This was thought to be an accident when Arnie Geller, a friend of Brian Wilson's, said it during the vocal take. The group liked it so much that they left it in the final take. [4]
Early versions of the song entitled "You're With Me Tonight" appear on the compilations Hawthorne, CA (2001) and The Smile Sessions (2011).
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Smiley Smile is the 12th studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released on September 18, 1967. It reached number 9 on UK record charts, but sold poorly in the US, peaking at number 41—the band's lowest chart placement to that point. Critics and fans generally received the album and its lead single, "Heroes and Villains", with confusion and disappointment. "Good Vibrations" and "Gettin' Hungry" were also released as singles, but the former was issued a year earlier, while the latter was not credited to the band.
Wild Honey is the 13th studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released December 18, 1967 on Capitol Records. It was the group's first foray into soul music and was heavily influenced by the R&B of artists such as Stevie Wonder. The album was the band's worst-selling at that point, charting at number 24 in the US. Lead single "Wild Honey" peaked at number 31, while its follow-up "Darlin'" reached number 19. In the UK, the album peaked at number seven.
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"Let the Wind Blow" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for American rock band the Beach Boys. It was released in 1967 as the ninth track on their thirteenth studio album Wild Honey. The song is a ballad with lyrics that metaphorically relate nature to the essence of love. It is the first composition recorded by the group that is in 3
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