Jan & Dean - Surf City (1963) - Original clip

Two girls for every boy
I bought a '30 Ford wagon and we call it a woody
(Surf City, here we come)
You know it's not very cherry, it's an oldie but a goody
(Surf City, here we come)
Well, it ain't got a back seat or a rear window
But it still gets me where I wanna go
And we're goin' to Surf City, 'cause it's two to one
You know we're goin' to Surf City, gonna have some fun
Ya, we're goin' to Surf City, 'cause it's two to one
You know we're goin' to Surf City, gonna have some fun, now
Two girls for every boy
You see they never roll the streets up 'cause there's always somethin' goin'
(Surf City, here we come)
You know they're either out surfin' or they got a party growin'
(Surf City, here we come)
Well, with two swingin' honeys for every guy
And all you gotta do is just wink your eye
Ya, we're goin' to Surf City, 'cause it's two to one
You know we're goin' to Surf City, gonna have some fun
Ya, we're goin' to Surf City, 'cause it's two to one
Ya, we're goin' to Surf City, gonna have some fun, now
Two girls for every boy
And if my woody breaks down on me somewhere on the surf route
(Surf City, here we come)
I'll strap my board to my back and hitch a ride in my wetsuit
(Surf City, here we come)
And when I get to Surf City I'll be shootin' the curl
And checkin' out the parties for a surfer girl
And we're goin' to Surf City, 'cause it's two to one
You know we're goin' to Surf City, gonna have some fun
Ya, we're goin' to Surf City, 'cause it's two to one
Ya, we're goin' to Surf City, gonna have some fun, now
Two girls for every
Two girls for every boy

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[@samfeldstein4498]

Assuming this was made in 1963 this might have been one of the first music videos ever with a narrative

[@MURDOCK1500]

They were known as promo films back then. The first music video as we know it is said to be Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. Here in the UK at least

[@marguskiis7711]

​@@MURDOCK1500"BR" wasn't even the Queen's first music video.

[@hankwilliamsfan1986]

@@MURDOCK1500 it is a music video

[@IslandMarigold]

Never gets old. 😂 Love Jan & Dean!!

[@3Ddude101]

Wow J&D did one of the first MTV videos. True innovators.

[@shawnmichaelduncan5951]

Actually Ricky Nelson did.

[@billsandiego3385]

Those girls are beautiful!

[@billeywinnbustos6413]

Gosh yes

[@TheStarclipse]

Really beautiful!! Im 24 And I do like this girls more than my genereation girls

[@dakert40]

This is how all guys and girls looked on the beaches of California in the 1960's

[@snowrocket]

If those in this video are still living, they would be around 80-85 years old. Remember that when you think the old folks didn't have their fair share of fun and crazy times.

[@alans9806]

@@snowrocket And saw these groups live

[@NoName-t7e]

This is how life is supposed to be. Right here.

[@arnaudj.5314]

Didn't expected such a funny clip

[@tonyab1972]

That...was....great!!

[@miblish5168]

Aha! He DOES say " I bought a '34 wagon..."

[@Mina-ok5qm]

Dan was gorgeous. I knew a guy in highschool that looked like him.

[@keithyoung2004]

I think "It was a JAN", but I get the idea !😅

[@jackieleep]

@@keithyoung2004 or a Dean. guess we'll never know...

[@lou-ly1em]

Long live jan and dean

[@pierremontparnasse]

I always thought they said: SURF BOARDS FOR EVERYONE!!! 😂😂😂

[@SW2799]

I like the studio version better, but that is a cute video. A very early music video as well if it is from 1963.

[@larrybaker5316]

Great part of the 1960's surf music scene along with #1 band ever Beach Boys, i was there.....the cool shirt was called a "hoodlum preacher" shirt by us So. Calif. folk "back in the day" great video, thanks for sharing!

[@ericcarter7515]

I was a kid ,pre teen,I liked the beach movies ,had people California Dreaming.

[@laminage]

Isn't it amazing to know that Brian Wilson not only Wrote but Sang Backup on This Song, and it went to Number One before any Beach Boys Song. Then they made a Cameo appearance on Barbara Ann originally done by The Regents on their Beach Boys Party Album.

[@laminage]

I later found out that Jan Co-Wrote this son as well.

[@georgepenton808]

Brian Wilson played Surfin USA on the piano for Jan. Jan said, "Let me and Dean sing this song. We'll make a hit out of it!" "No, this one's for the Boys. But I've been working on this other song, the melody is complete but the only lyric I have is 'two girls for every boy' ". So Brian played the melody, Jan said "I'll take it" , he finished writing it, and it became a #1 hit before the Beach Boys had a #1 (yes, Brian did sing backup on it). Murry Wilson, the Wilson brothers' dad, was livid. "Brian! You gave away a #1 song! A #1 song! They pirated it from you! Pirated it!" Jan heard about this and showed up at a Beach Boys recording session where he knew Murry would be there, dressed as a pirate complete with eye patch. "Hiya, Murry!"

[@billeywinnbustos6413]

@@georgepenton808 I read that and laugh so hard

[@haroldhumerickhouse7904]

Murray was an A-hole too. To his kids.

[@laminage]

@@georgepenton808 Right On! Did you ever read Heroes & Villians The True Life Story Of The Beach Boys by Steven Gaines. Even if you're not a Beach Boys Fan, you'd be stunned at what they went through. It goes from their childhood, and ends around 1985. Steven Gaines is next to Peter Brown (whom he co collaborated with on The Love You Make about The Beatles, and J. Randy Taraborelli some of the best Biographers of Musicians. Steven also wrote Books about Designers Halston & Calvin Klein.

[@jakedankers]

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[@hadihatab3126]

So everyone was blonde, in shape, and good looking in the early 60s apparently.

[@ari.3455]

Hadi Hatab yeah not much diversity lol

[@LAKEVILLEMA]

@@ari.3455 Not necessarily a bad thing.

[@ari.3455]

LAKEVILLEMA ehhh depends on how you look at it

[@LAKEVILLEMA]

@@ari.3455 I wonder, do Botswanans in Botswana ever look at picture full of Botswanans and think, 'we don't have enough whites'? Or is diversity code word for only less whites?

[@thatgirlray2765]

@@ari.3455 imagine viewing everything through the prism of race

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

i swear i saw this on tv in the early 1980s

[@jonnydazzels1565]

haha good ole jan and dean

[@docjohn5986]

Great song! Unfortunately the pickup truck in the video isn't a Woodie wagon!!!

[@maxglitz]

Budgetary prop? "a '30 Ford wagon and we call it a woodie" turned into 34 painted on a TRUCK named "woodie" in this video. Tsk Tsk. LOVE IT STILL.

[@felipethiagojunior8846]

jan hurt dean at 0:12 and dean looked so pissed at him. lols

[@spacesloth6496]

Looks like a real original music video then en now 2024

[@misteriodomonasterio3306]

1963... somebody alive today in 2020?

[@guynelson2341]

Better days.

[@RobertoSanchez-qb9ne]

two girls for everyboooooooy

[@surferpam1]

It's "I bought a *34* wagon..."

[@carrotsandcucumbers8214]

Is it just me or did they look hot?

[@lynnkanerva4519]

HOT ! 🔥

[@billeywinnbustos6413]

I like to drum to alot of old surf music and put it up on KZbin but I need to find an surf board for my back ground

[@haroldhumerickhouse7904]

That’s funny. All of those guys scoping out those 13 yr olds!🤣

[@KMK7355]

That blonde babe in the two piece at the Surf store was no 13 year old. Who is she?

[@bobfeigel8263]

I notice that Surf City was Malibu and not Huntington Beach or Santa Cruz.

[@chrisraven6803]

These guys are more beach boys than the beach boys

[@larrybrusic160]

Aside from the inserted stuff, not the same tune I heard on AM radio in 1963.

[@hankwilliamsfan1986]

no one said it was

[@brandonleague3641]

Is this a music video...or from a movie (as I guess)?

[@shawncrossen7580]

There were no such things as "music videos" in the 50s and 60s, anything that was done that appears to be a music video was really a segment from something else. In this case, this was from the Jan & Dean 1963 TV Special titled "Surf Scene".

[@Tiqerboy]

Looks like this was filmed in Malibu. I recognize the pier. I rode through there on my motorcycle just a few days ago :-)

[@PamK36]

There were even earlier music videos than this. Look up "Soundies".

[@billiewin5444]

I got a 69 gmc and I call it a goodie

[@GeorgeTSLC]

Why shirt-free makes bett er sense!

[@gb-jg1ud]

This is so messed up the woodie isn't even right

[@cokosumarsono519]

2 girls for every boy Banda Aceh ?

[@cokosumarsono519]

*no offense

[@ChicagoDispatcher]

No black friends? SMH.

[@snowrocket]

Maybe not a lot of black surfers in the California surfing scene in 1963?

[@derrickbergtop1239]

Back when lynching was legal (still ís) and being an American meant being white....

[@billiewin5444]

Long live jan and dean