1981 HITS ARCHIVE: The Beach Boys Medley - Beach Boys (mono 45)

[@CarlAnderson-t8u]

This medley in the summer of 1981 sent me into a Beach Boys music that has lasted even as I write this The genius way these songs a segue into each other, makes it easy to keep this on “repeat”

[@Jokelben493]

A good dance routine number!

[@bryanrendleman2001]

YES ! The best music is fun music. Life is serious enough. Let the music be fun.

[@eddiecharlie77]

20th anniversary of the Beach Boys. (1981)

[@eddiecharlie77]

Peaked at #12 on AT40 from 10/10/1981

[@ChrisNeufeldMusic]

There’s a longer version of this that adds “Little Deuce Coupe,” “Little Honda,” “Hawaii,” “409,” “Noble Surfer,” and “Dance Dance Dance.”

[@anotherprof3408]

Yes, thanks....here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aILGfaKOrcl1ptE

[@janeleekeller]

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thank You AP, JaneLee 🕊️ 4/26/24

[@AA-jh6fm]

❤!

[@nickzortman9536]

I remember FM radio stations in markets were flipping to an Oldies format. I bet, this was released to sort of cash in on some of that airplay for that format. Another thing is that Capitol left all these songs in mono, not stereo, which was a bit disappointing. I find this record pretty good actually of all the nostalgic medleys that were released 81-83.

[@mowm88]

There was another one--by the Cantina Band this year.

[@anotherprof3408]

Yes...that was another nice one called "Summer '81," which entered the Hot 100 on the same week as this posted "Beach Boys Medley."

[@木倉谷哲也]

Lyrics: I, I love the colorful clothes she wears And the way the sunlight plays upon her hair I hear the sound of a gentle word On the wind that lifts her perfume through the air I'm pickin' up good vibrations She's giving me excitations Good good good good vibrations (Oom bop bop) She's giving me excitations (Oom bop bop excitations) Good good good good vibrations Help me, Rhonda Help, help me, Rhonda Help me, Rhonda Help, help me Rhonda Help me, Rhonda Help, help me, Rhonda Help me, Rhonda Help, help me, Rhonda Help me, Rhonda Help, help me, Rhonda Help me, Rhonda Help, help me, Rhonda Help me, Rhonda, yeah Get her out of my heart We always take my car 'cause it's never been beat And we've never missed yet with the girls we meet None of the guys go steady 'cause it wouldn't be right To leave their best girl home now on Saturday night I get around Get around round round, I get around From town to town Got around round round, I get around I'm a real cool head Get around round round, I get around I'm makin' real good bread Get around round round, I get around I get around Round Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah Round round, get around I get around Yeah, get around Ahh ooo ooo It happened on the strip where the road is wide (Oooo rev it up now) Two cool shorts standin' side by side (Oooo rev it up now) Yeah, my fuel injected Stingray and a four-thirteen (Oooo rev it up now) Revvin' up your engines and it sounds real mean (Oooo rev it up now) Tach it up, tach it up Buddy gonna shut you down Come on (surfin'), baby, wait and see (surfin' safari) Yes, I'm gonna (surfin') take you surfin' (surfin' safari) with me Come along (surfin'), baby, wait and see (surfin' safari) Yes, I'm gonna (surfin') take you surfin' (surfin' safari) with me Let's go surfin' now Everybody's learnin' how Come on and safari with me Bar bar bar bar Barbara Ann Bar bar bar bar Barbara Ann Oh, Barbara Ann, take my hand (Bar bar bar bar Barbara Ann) Barbara Ann (Bar bar bar bar Barbara Ann) You got me rockin' and a rollin' Rockin' and a reelin', Barbara Ann Bar bar bar bar Barbara Ann Let's go now If everybody had an ocean Across the U.S.A. Then everybody'd be surfin' Like Californi-a You'd seem 'em wearing their baggies Huarachi sandals too A bushy bushy blonde hairdo Surfin' U.S.A. Well, she got her daddy's car And she cruised through the hamburger stand now Seems she forgot all about the library Like she told her old man now And with the radio blasting Goes cruising just as fast as she can now And she'll have fun fun fun 'Til her daddy took the T-bird away (Fun fun fun now that daddy took the T-bird away) Ooo-wee ooo-weeoo (Fun fun fun now that daddy took the T-bird away) Ooo-wee ooo-weeoo (Fun fun fun now that daddy took the T-bird away)

[@lenb7275]

I Have The 45 / The B Side Is " God Only Knows "

[@t40onbass]

I never understood the point of this release except for the fact that medleys of this nature were trending thanks to Stars on 45. This went top ten in two trades and top 15 in another. Never got any airtime here in Chicago. In fact "American Top 40" was the only place I ever heard it. Capitol did this with some of The Beatles' movie music and called it "The Beatles' Movie Medley", another useless cash grab by the company.

[@tammylewis2408]

I remember the medley playing on WSTW (Wilmington, DE station, still on the air in 2024, and they played top 40, pop, rock, and oldies at the time) all the time, and I bought the record. They also played Beatles' medley and Stars on 45, got those singles too.

[@choptanktuxent2]

IIRC Motown tried to cash in on the fad when they released a Supremes medley on 45, and RCA released an Elvis medley of the more upbeat of his post-comeback special hits.

[@perils9621]

Not as bad as the medleys of old songs pulverised with a disco beat, but perhaps also more pointless as a result.

[@anotherprof3408]

Whether or not you personally like it, it's called commerce. How was it a 'pointless' venture in 1981 for Capitol to release a new and skillfully-edited nostalgic medley such as this (filled with great 1960s memories) which so many of us enjoyed hearing that it became a Top 15 hit single on all three national charts?