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    Surfin'

    Written by: Brian Wilson/Mike Love
    Produced by: Hite and Dorinda Morgan
    Recording date: October 4, 1961
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    Time: 2:28
    Lead Vocal by: Mike
    Originally appeared on: The Beach Boys/Lost And Found 1961-1962
    Subsequently appeared on: Good Vibrations

    Notes:
      The Beach Boys' first single; a #75 hit nationally, but #2 in LA. Written about the new west-coast craze, it has a primitive sound that reveals little of the brilliance to follow, but was catchy enough to dent the national charts.

    Single:

    Candix 331
    A-side with: Luau
    Released on: December 1961
    Charted on: February 17, 1962
    Reached: #75
    Surfin'-rehearsal
    Surfin'-Surfin' Safari version
    Surfin'-Summer In Paradise version



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