"Let's Go Away for Awhile" [sic] is an instrumental by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1966 album Pet Sounds. It was composed and produced...
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Pet Sounds (category Certification Table Entry usages for United Kingdom)
"Let's Go Away for Awhile", comprising two contrasting sections without reprise. Three tracks—"You Still Believe in Me", "Let's Go Away for Awhile",...
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Sounds, the other being "Let's Go Away for Awhile". The exotica piece has been compared to the work of Les Baxter and Martin Denny for its reverberated bongos...
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Brian Wilson (redirect from Sensitive Music for Sensitive People)
Well", "Let's Go Away for Awhile", and "Love and Mercy". Writers have variously attributed Bacharach influence on Wilson's "Guess I'm Dumb", "Let Him Run...
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Good Vibrations (category Single chart usages for Austria)
stereo mix of "Let's Go Away for Awhile". The artwork replicated the original single sleeve. In 2016, the EP was reissued as a 12" record for the song's 50th...
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Wouldn't It Be Nice (category Certification Table Entry usages for New Zealand)
infatuation with his sister-in-laws. The same key change occurs in "Let's Go Away for Awhile", another Wilson composition from Pet Sounds. Some sources mistake...
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Journey Through the Past (category Album articles lacking alt text for covers)
the Beach Boys, the instrumental "Let's Go Away for Awhile". All songs written by Neil Young, except where noted. "For What It's Worth/Mr. Soul" (Stephen...
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God Vibrations: 40th Anniversary (2006) Isn't It Time (2012) 1969: I'm Going Your Way (2019) Christmas Instrumentals (2022) "Karen" — theme from the...
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this. We're going to make a homespun version of [Smile] instead. We're just going to take it easy. I'll get in the pool and sing. Or let's go in the gym...
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interview, he stated, "We all became instruments for Brian's barbershop concept. He said, 'Let's all do this, let's sing this idea.' Carl would be one instrument...
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Barbara Ann (category Single chart usages for Ireland2)
Chicago Cubs. It became the team's official theme that year, replacing "Go, Cubs, Go". Brian Wilson - lead vocals, bass Al Jardine & Carl Wilson - backing...
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The Little Girl I Once Knew (category Single chart usages for Canadatopsingles)
Toronto: ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-77041-071-8. Umphred, Neal (1997). "Let's Go Away for Awhile: The Continuing Saga of Brian Wilson's Pet Sounds". In Abbott,...
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The Pet Sounds Sessions (category Album articles lacking alt text for covers)
we’re doing this new Pet Sounds reissue because the Pet Sounds box set is going to be very revealing to the public as to just what sort of music makers...
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choruses of "Do You Wanna Dance?" and prominent vibraphone on "Let's Go Away for Awhile". He began his long and successful association with Herb Alpert...
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God Only Knows (category Single chart usages for Billboardrocksongs)
anything with it. Just sing it real straight. No effort. Take a breath. Let it go easy." He had rarely sung lead on prior Beach Boys songs. The coda was...
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Fun, Fun, Fun (category Single chart usages for Wallonia Tip)
away." According to Salt Lake City radio manager Bill "Daddy-O" Hesterman of KNAK, an early promoter of the Beach Boys who brought them to Utah for appearances...
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Kokomo (song) (category Single chart usages for Australia)
"Two Hearts" and Carly Simon's "Let the River Run" from Working Girl beat "Kokomo" for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. Despite its commercial...
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Records, explained the impetus for the song: "I called [Brian] up out of the clear blue sky and at some point he said, 'Let's write a tune.' It was better...
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song influenced Beach Boys composer Brian Wilson for the Pet Sounds track "Let's Go Away for Awhile" (1966). US, 7" Vinyl single A1: "Are You There (with...
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Sweden and South Africa and No. 9 in Belgium. It was No. 12 in Australia's Go Set chart and No. 6 in New Zealand. Personnel sourced from Craig Slowinski...
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"Wouldn't It Be Nice" / "God Only Knows" "Good Vibrations" / "Let's Go Away for Awhile" 1967 "Then I Kissed Her" / "Mountain of Love" "Heroes and Villains"...
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How to Speak Hip (category Album articles lacking alt text for covers)
to Your Ego". The full working title for the album track "Let's Go Away for Awhile" was "Let's Go Away for Awhile (And Then We'll Have World Peace)," the...
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I Get Around (category Single chart usages for Wallonia)
endorsement during an appearance on the British television program Ready Steady Go!. On July 13, 1964, All Summer Long was released with "I Get Around" as the...
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themselves, who they can trust, and why "good" things that they have "going for myself" always collapse. Whether the character feels they are before or...
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"Come Go with Me" is a song written by C. E. Quick (a.k.a. Clarence Quick), an original member (bass vocalist) of the American doo-wop vocal group the...
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2019. "Swedish Charts 1962 – March 1966/Kvällstoppen – Listresultaten vecka för vecka > Mars 1965" (PDF). hitsallertijden.nl (in Swedish). Retrieved June...
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Wilson later covered it for the tribute album In the Key of Disney (2011), saying, "We're doin' "When You Wish Upon a Star" for the new album. It kinda...
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"Break Away" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys that was recorded during the early sessions for their album Sunflower and issued as a non-album...
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Darlin' (The Beach Boys song) (category Single chart usages for Ireland2)
18, 2022). "She & Him Announce Brian Wilson Covers Album Melt Away, Share New Video for "Darlin'": Watch". Pitchfork. Flavour of New Zealand, 15 March...
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take "gives the song an impressive lo-fi immediacy that is a million miles away from the Beach Boys' treatment". Per Craig Slowinski. The Beach Boys Al Jardine...
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