| "Add Some Music to Your Day" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by The Beach Boys | ||||
| from the album Sunflower | ||||
| B-side | "Susie Cincinnati" | |||
| Released | February 23, 1970 | |||
| Recorded | October 28, 1969 – January 1970 | |||
| Studio | Beach Boys Studio, Bel Air | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 3:34 | |||
| Label | Brother/Reprise | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Brian Wilson, Joe Knott, Mike Love | |||
| Producer(s) | The Beach Boys | |||
| The Beach Boys singles chronology | ||||
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"Add Some Music to Your Day" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys that was released in February 1970 as the lead single from their album Sunflower. It was written by Brian Wilson, Joe Knott and Mike Love. Wilson later said that Knott "was a friend of mine who wasn't a songwriter but he contributed a couple of lines. But I can't remember which ones!"[1]
The song features lyrics that are a celebration of music and its ubiquitous presence in daily life.[2] In April, the single peaked at number 64 in the US[3] during a five-week stay.[1] Disc jockeys generally refused to play the song on the radio.[4][5] According to band promoter Fred Vail, WFIL program director Jay Cook refused to play the song even after "telling me how great the Beach Boys are and how great Brian is."[3]
Personnel
Sourced from Craig Slowinski[6]
- The Beach Boys
- Brian Wilson – lead vocals, harmony and backing vocals, Rocksichord, production
- Mike Love – lead vocals, harmony and backing vocals
- Al Jardine – lead vocals, harmony and backing vocals
- Carl Wilson – lead vocals, harmony and backing vocals, 12-string acoustic guitars, Chamberlin
- Dennis Wilson – harmony and backing vocals, drums, additional percussion (flicked car and house keys, bongos, guiro, Jaw harp)
- Bruce Johnston – lead vocals, harmony and backing vocals, bass
- Production staff
- Stephen Desper – engineer
Charts
| Chart (1970) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart[3] | 64 |
References
- ^ a b White, Timothy (2000). Sunflower/Surf's Up (CD Liner). The Beach Boys. Capitol Records.
- ^ Carlin 2006, p. 151.
- ^ a b c Badman 2004, p. 264.
- ^ Carlin 2006, p. 153.
- ^ Leaf 1978, p. 133.
- ^ 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.
Sources
- 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.
- Carlin, Peter Ames (2006). Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson. Rodale. ISBN 978-1-59486-320-2.
- Leaf, David (1978). The Beach Boys and the California Myth. New York: Grosset & Dunlap. ISBN 978-0-448-14626-3.