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"California Girls" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1965 album Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!). Written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, the lyrics were partly inspired by the band's experiences touring Europe for the first time, detailing an appreciation for women across the world.
Cars and the beach, surfing, the California Girl, all this fused in the alembic of youth: Here was a way of life, an iconography, already half-released into the chords and multiple tracks of a new sound." [8] The California sound was thus a musical translation of the California myth. [25]
Bruce Arthur Johnston (born Benjamin Baldwin; June 27, 1942) is an American singer, musician, and songwriter who is a member of the Beach Boys.He also collaborated on many records with Terry Melcher (his bandmate in Bruce & Terry, the Rip Chords, and California Music) and composed the 1975 Barry Manilow hit, "I Write the Songs".
"California Girls" is a song recorded by American country music artist Gretchen Wilson. The song was written by Wilson and John Rich , and produced by the two and Mark Wright . The song was released on June 12, 2006, as the fourth and final single from Wilson's second album All Jacked Up (2005).
"Back in the U.S.S.R." opens and closes with the sound of a turboprop aircraft landing on a runway. [18] The effect also appears partway through the recording and represents an "aural cartoon", according to music critic Tim Riley, who says the song is "offered as a hoot and delivered as such". [19]
"California Saga/California" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their January 1973 album Holland. It was written by Al Jardine and is the third and final part of the "California Saga" series of songs on Holland. [1] In May 1973, a remixed version was issued as a single under the title "California Saga (On My Way to Sunny ...
Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys.Often called a genius for his novel approaches to pop composition, extraordinary musical aptitude, and mastery of recording techniques, he is widely acknowledged as one of the most innovative and significant songwriters of the 20th century.
"California Girls", a 2008 song by the Magnetic Fields from Distortion "California Girl", a 2009 song by Cheap Trick from The Latest California Girls , a 2016 mixtape by Lil Peep , re-released in 2021