Until the summer of 1966 the Beach Boys were primarily known as a surf’n’hot-rod band, but ‘God Only Knows’, ‘Good Vibrations’ and the Pet Sounds album changed all that.
Song facts
Composer
Brian Wilson/Tony Asher
GenreÌý
Released
1966
Album
Pet Sounds
In cover versions
Olivia Newton John originally recorded Brian Wilson's masterpiece for her Long Live Love LP.
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