"Wouldn't It Be Nice" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys and the opening track from their 1966 album Pet Sounds. Written by Brian Wilson...
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Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story is the first memoir by American musician Brian Wilson, written with celebrity journalist Todd Gold and published by...
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Surf's Up (album) (redirect from (Wouldn't It Be Nice to) Live Again)
new title of Surf's Up. Dennis Wilson's songs "4th of July" and "(Wouldn't It Be Nice to) Live Again" were recorded in early 1971 but left off the record...
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God Only Knows (redirect from God Only Knows What I’d Be Without You)
issued as the B-side of "Wouldn't It Be Nice" in July 1966 and peaked at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100. In other countries, it was the single's A-side...
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official solo debut, followed by the group's "Sloop John B" and "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (B-side "God Only Knows"). The album received a lukewarm critical...
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Songs from Here & Back (category Articles with music ratings that need to be turned into prose)
1989 except "Wouldn't It Be Nice" and "Good Vibrations" which are from 1974. "Intro" – 0:27 "Dance, Dance, Dance" – 2:08 "Wouldn't It Be Nice" – 2:42 "Surfer...
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home." According to Wilson's (since-discredited) 1991 autobiography Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story, the song was inspired by a late night trip to the...
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had marked a shift in Wilson's creative process. His 1991 memoir, Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story, states, "I had a lot of unfinished ideas, fragments...
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Experience. Macmillan. ISBN 0333649370. Wilson, Brian; Gold, Todd (1991). Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06018-313-4. Don't...
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Beach Boys' 50 Greatest Songs". MOJO. Granata, Charles L. (2003). Wouldn't it Be Nice: Brian Wilson and the Making of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds. Chicago...
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suddenly realizes that, since Lucy's only sang "Wouldn't It Be Nice" on days when they "met", Marlin's gift may be his way of hinting that Lucy had new learned...
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original on August 30, 2019. Retrieved October 17, 2019. "Beach Boys – Wouldn't It Be Nice to Settle Lawsuit". TMZ.com. March 20, 2008. Retrieved November 5...
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the Forest". In October 1991, Wilson published his first memoir, Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story. Biographer Peter Ames Carlin noted that the book plagiarized...
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POR) Sloop John B (1966, FR, ESP, POR) California Girls (1966, ESP) Wouldn't It Be Nice (1966, FR) God Only Knows (1966, UK) — #3 UK EPs Good Vibrations...
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The Beach Boys (category Articles that may be too long from June 2025)
against Brian due to how he was presented in Brian's 1992 memoir Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story. Its publisher HarperCollins settled the suit for $1...
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(1990), and allegedly ghostwrote portions of Wilson's first memoir Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story (1991). In 1989, the state of California revoked Landy's...
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ability to "be very complex and have every single thing you do have an emotional impact, and have the listener not even be aware of it—just hear it the first...
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single with a vocal only version of "Wouldn't It Be Nice" and with the stereo backing to "Here Today" as the B-side. It was an unusual release for the label...
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Among them are the uses of alternate vocal parts for the bridge of "Wouldn't It Be Nice" and the end of "God Only Knows" due to the original tracks no longer...
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particularly for "You Still Believe in Me" and "Caroline, No". "Wouldn't It Be Nice" was similarly inspired by Brian's feelings for Diane. According...
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the Beach Boys' late-'60s output: it is far less musically complex than 'California Girls' or 'Wouldn't It Be Nice' but possesses a homespun charm all...
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Brian Wilson, who did not attend the sessions. In his 1991 memoir Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story, Brian Wilson claims he was unable to contribute to...
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1966 album Pet Sounds, including the singles "God Only Knows", "Wouldn't It Be Nice", and "Caroline, No". According to Asher, he mainly served as a lyricist...
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"What?" He called me every day after that, and I wouldn't talk to him. Three or four years later, I heard it on the radio and went, "Who's that?" Manager...
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Man. Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-02563-3. Granata, Charles L. (2003). Wouldn't it Be Nice: Brian Wilson and the Making of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds. Chicago...
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five minutes and featured excerpts from "Here Today" alongside "Wouldn't It Be Nice" and "God Only Knows". The original clip was never released due to...
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the Beach Boys' August 1971 album Surf's Up – "4th of July" and "(Wouldn't It Be Nice to) Live Again" – were left off the record. At the time, Dennis stated...
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Brian Wilson and Tony Asher, possibly within a few days of writing "Wouldn't It Be Nice". Although Wilson claimed that Asher only provided the words to his...
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pp. 33–57. ISBN 978-0-19-988012-6. Granata, Charles L. (2003). Wouldn't it Be Nice: Brian Wilson and the Making of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds. Chicago...
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1967). London: Emap. 2002. p. 4. Wilson, Brian; Gold, Todd (1991). Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story. New York: HarperCollins. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-06018-313-4...
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