List of songs covered by the Beach Boys

Cover versions recorded and released by the Beach Boys, as a band and as solo artists, include:

The Beach Boys

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Song Year Beach Boys album Original artist Note(s)
"Little Girl (You're My Miss America)" 1962 Surfin' Safari Dante & His Friends
"Summertime Blues" Eddie Cochran
"Moon Dawg" The Gamblers
"Misirlou" 1963 Surfin' U.S.A. Dick Dale
"Honky Tonk" Bill Doggett
"Let's Go Trippin' Dick Dale
"Old Folks at Home" Surfer Girl standard, written by Stephen Foster
"Their Hearts Were Full of Spring" 1964 Little Deuce Coupe The Four Freshmen
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" Shut Down Volume 2 Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
"Louie Louie" The Kingsmen
"Hushabye" All Summer Long The Mystics
"The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" Beach Boys Concert Jan and Dean
"Long, Tall Texan" Murry Kellum
"Monster Mash" Bobby (Boris) Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers
"Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" The Rivingtons
"The Wanderer" Dion
"Graduation Day" The Four Freshmen
"Johnny B. Goode" Chuck Berry
"Frosty the Snowman" The Beach Boys' Christmas Album Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys
"We Three Kings of Orient Are" standard, written by John Henry Hopkins, Jr.
"Blue Christmas" Doye O'Dell
"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" Harry Reser
"White Christmas" Bing Crosby
"I'll Be Home for Christmas" Bing Crosby
"Auld Lang Syne" traditional
"Do You Want to Dance" 1965 The Beach Boys Today! Bobby Freeman
"I'm So Young" The Students
"Then He Kissed Me" Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) The Crystals
"Hully Gully" Beach Boys' Party! The Olympics
"I Should Have Known Better" The Beatles
"Tell Me Why" The Beatles
"Mountain of Love" Harold Dorman
"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" The Beatles
"Devoted to You" The Everly Brothers
"Alley Oop" The Hollywood Argyles
"There's No Other (Like My Baby)" The Crystals
"The Times They Are a-Changin'" Bob Dylan
"Barbara Ann" The Regents
"Sloop John B"
1966
Pet Sounds traditional
"I Was Made to Love Her"
1967
Wild Honey Stevie Wonder [citation needed]
"Cotton Fields" 1969 20/20 Lead Belly
"Bluebirds over the Mountain" Ersel Hickey [citation needed]
"I Can Hear Music" The Ronettes
"Here Comes Santa Claus"
1974
"Child of Winter (Christmas Song)" / "Susie Cincinnati" traditional
"Rock and Roll Music" 1976 15 Big Ones Chuck Berry
"Chapel of Love" The Dixie Cups
"Talk to Me" Little Willie John
"Tallahassee Lassie" Freddy Cannon
"Palisades Park"
"A Casual Look" The Six Teens
"Blueberry Hill" Fats Domino
"In the Still of the Night" Five Satins
"Just Once in My Life" The Righteous Brothers
"Come Go with Me" 1978 M.I.U. Album The Del-Vikings
"Peggy Sue" Buddy Holly
"Shortnin' Bread"
1979
L.A. (Light Album) James Whitcomb Riley
"School Days"
1980
Keepin' the Summer Alive Chuck Berry
"Sea Cruise"
1981
Ten Years of Harmony Frankie Ford
"With a Little Help from My Friends" 1983 Rarities The Beatles
"The Letter" The Box Tops
"California Dreamin'"
1986
Made in U.S.A. The Mamas & the Papas
"Wipe Out"
1989
Still Cruisin' The Surfaris
"Crocodile Rock"
1991
Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin Elton John
"Hot Fun in the Summertime" 1992 Summer in Paradise Sly and the Family Stone
"Remember (Walking in the Sand)" The Shangri-Las
"Under the Boardwalk" The Drifters
"Ruby Baby"
1996
Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys The Drifters
"Walk On By" 2001 Friends / 20/20 Dionne Warwick
"Ol' Man River" Oscar Hammerstein II
"You Are So Beautiful"
2002
Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980 Joe Cocker
"The Old Master Painter" 2011 The Smile Sessions standard, written by Beasley Smith and Haven Gillespie
"You Are My Sunshine" standard, written by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell
"I Wanna Be Around" standard, written by Sadie Vimmerstedt and Johnny Mercer
"Gee" The Crows
"Why Don't They Let Us Fall in Love" 2013 Made in California The Ronettes
"Da Doo Ron Ron" The Crystals
"Runaway" Del Shannon
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" The Righteous Brothers
"One Kiss Led to Another" 2015 Beach Boys' Party! Uncovered and Unplugged The Coasters
"Laugh at Me" Sonny Bono
"Ticket to Ride" The Beatles
"Blowin' in the Wind" Bob Dylan
"Riot in Cell Block Number 9" The Robins
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" The Rolling Stones
"Smoky Joe's Cafe" The Coasters
"Long Tall Sally" Little Richard
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" The Righteous Brothers
"Hang On Sloopy" The McCoys
"Twist and Shout" The Isley Brothers
"The Diary" Neil Sedaka
"Heart and Soul" Larry Clinton
"Game of Love" 2017 1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow Wayne Fontana
"Good News" 1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow 2: The Studio Sessions The Kingston Trio
"My Little Red Book" 2018 Wake the World: The Friends Sessions Manfred Mann
"Rock & Roll Woman" Buffalo Springfield

Unreleased

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Song Year Original artist Note(s)
"How Deep Is the Ocean" 1966 standard, written by Irving Berlin
"Stella by Starlight" Victor Young
"On Top of Old Smoky" 1967 traditional
"You Never Give Me Your Money"
1970
The Beatles
"Gimme Some Lovin'"
1972
The Spencer Davis Group
"Battle Hymn of the Republic"
1974
standard, written by Julia Ward Howe
"Come to the Sunshine"
1975
Van Dyke Parks
"Mony Mony" 1976 Tommy James and The Shondells
"Running Bear" Johnny Preston
"Shake Rattle & Roll" Big Joe Turner
"Let's Dance" Chris Montez
"Working in the Coal Mine" Lee Dorsey
"On Broadway" 1977 The Drifters
"Deep Purple" Peter DeRose
"Calendar Girl"
1978
Neil Sedaka
"Jamaica Farewell"
1979
Harry Belafonte
"River Deep – Mountain High" 1980 Ike & Tina Turner
"Be My Baby" The Ronettes
"I'm a Man" The Spencer Davis Group
"At the Hop"
1985
Danny & The Juniors

Solo

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Mike Love

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Song Year Album Original artist Note(s)
"On and On and On" 1981 Looking Back With Love ABBA
"Over and Over" Bobby Day
"Calendar Girl" Neil Sedaka
"Be My Baby" The Ronettes
"Teach Me Tonight" Gene De Paul
"Da Doo Ron Ron" 1983 Rock 'n' Roll City The Crystals
"Lightnin' Strikes" Lou Christie
"The Letter" The Box Tops
"The Loco-Motion" Little Eva
"Sugar Shack" The Fireballs
"My Boyfriend's Back" The Angels
"Jingle Bell Rock" Scrooge's Rock 'n' Roll Christmas Bobby Helms
"Hungry Heart"
2002
Bruce Springsteen

Brian Wilson

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Song Year Album Original artist Note(s)
"Goodnight, Irene"
1988
Folkways: A Vision Shared Lead Belly
"Sweets for My Sweet" 1995 Till the Night Is Gone: A Tribute to Doc Pomus The Drifters
"This Could Be the Night" For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson Modern Folk Quartet
"I'm Into Something Good"
2008
That Lucky Old Sun Earl-Jean
"Rhapsody in Blue/Intro" 2010 Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin
"Summertime"
"I Loves You, Porgy"
"I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'"
"It Ain't Necessarily So"
"'S Wonderful"
"They Can't Take That Away from Me"
"Love Is Here to Stay"
"I've Got a Crush on You"
"I Got Rhythm"
"Someone to Watch Over Me"
"Nothing But Love"
"Let's Call the Whole Thing Off"
"California Sun" Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey (Music from the Motion Picture) The Rivieras
"Listen to Me" 2011 Listen to Me: Buddy Holly Buddy Holly
"You've Got a Friend in Me" In the Key of Disney Randy Newman
"The Bare Necessities" Terry Gilkyson
"Wanderlust" 2014 The Art of McCartney Paul McCartney
"My Sweet Lord" (Live)
2016
George Fest: A Night To Celebrate the Music of George Harrison George Harrison

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ An additional version appears on Beach Boys Concert.[2]
  2. ^ As "South Bay Surfer (The Old Folks at Home)" with additional lyrics by Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, and Al Jardine.[2]
  3. ^ As "A Young Man is Gone" with new lyrics by Mike Love.[2]
  4. ^ An additional version appears on Beach Boys' Party!.[3]
  5. ^ As "Do You Wanna Dance?".[5]
  6. ^ As "Then I Kissed Her".[7]
  7. ^ Based on the version by the Kingston Trio.[11]
  8. ^ In medley with "Child of Winter (Christmas Song)".[citation needed]
  9. ^ As "Talk to Me (Medley)".[13]
  10. ^ As "Her Boyfriend's Back".[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Lambert 2007, p. 336.
  2. ^ a b c d e Lambert 2007, p. 337.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Lambert 2007.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Lambert 2007, p. 343.
  5. ^ Lambert 2007, p. 370, 386.
  6. ^ Lambert 2007, p. 199.
  7. ^ Lambert 2007, p. 377.
  8. ^ Lambert 2007, pp. 372, 387.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g Lambert 2007, p. 346.
  10. ^ a b Lambert 2007, p. 347.
  11. ^ Lambert 2007, pp. 346, 386.
  12. ^ a b Lambert 2007, p. 355.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h Lambert 2007, p. 359.
  14. ^ Badman 2004, p. 300.
  15. ^ Badman 2004.
  16. ^ Badman 2004, p. 389.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Doe, Andrew Grayham. "VAULTS". Endless Summer Quarterly. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  18. ^ Lambert 2007, p. 362.
  19. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Till the Night is Gone: A Tribute to Doc Pomus". AllMusic.
  20. ^ a b Doe, Andrew G. "Timeline 1995". Bellagio 10452. Endless Summer Quarterly. Archived from the original on October 18, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.

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