The Beach Boys / discography

	- discography
	The Beach Boys (2012)
Publications
Studio albums	31
Live albums	10
Compilations	34
EPs	23
Christmas albums	1
Singles	85

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the American pop group The Beach Boys . According to sources and record awards, she has sold more than 32.3 million records to date, over 27 million of them in her home country alone. The Beach Boys' most successful release is the album Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys with over 3.3 million units sold.

Albums

Studio and live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	title	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
1962	Surfin 'safari	-	-	-	-	US32 (37 weeks) US	Release: October 29, 1962 ( Capitol )
1963	Surfin 'USA	-	-	-	UK17 (7 weeks) UK	US2 gold (78 weeks)US	Release: March 25, 1963 (Capitol)
	Surfer girl	-	-	-	UK13 (14 weeks) UK	US7th gold (56 weeks)US	Released: September 23, 1963 (Capitol), only in UK charts in 1967
	Little Deuce Coupe	-	-	-	-	US4th platinum (46 weeks)US	Release: October 21, 1963 (Capitol)
1964	Shut Down Vol. 2	-	-	-	-	US13 gold (38 weeks)US	Released: March 23, 1964 (Capitol)
	All summer long	-	-	-	-	US4th gold (49 weeks)US	Release: July 13, 1964 (Capitol)
	Beach Boys Concert	DE14 (8 months) DE	-	-	-	US1 gold (62 weeks)US	Live album recorded August 1, 1964 at the Civic Auditorium, Sacramento, California Released: October 19, 1964 (Capitol)
	The Beach Boys' Christmas Album	-	-	-	-	US107 gold (1 week)US	Christmas album release: November 16, 1964 (Capitol)
1965	The Beach Boys Today!	DE14 (4 months) DE	-	-	UK6 (25 weeks) UK	US4th gold (50 weeks)US	Release: March 8, 1965 (Capitol), in UK only in 1966 in the charts at number 270 of the Rolling Stone 500
	Summer Days (And Summer Nights !!)	DE18 (2 months) DE	-	-	UK4 (22 weeks) UK	US2 gold (33 weeks)US	Release: June 28, 1965 (Capitol)
	Beach Boys' Party!	DE4 (8 months) DE	-	-	UK3 (14 weeks) UK	US6 (24 weeks) US	Release: November 8, 1965 (Capitol)
1966	Pet sounds	DE16 (3 months) DE	-	CH41 (1 week) CH	UK2 platinum (45 weeks)UK	US10 platinum (44 weeks)US	Published May 16, 1966 (Capitol); June 1990 (US, with two new songs); September 1995 (UK) 2nd place on the Rolling Stone 500 chart entry in CH only in 2016
1967	Smiley smiley	-	-	-	UK9 (8 weeks) UK	US41 (21 weeks) US	Released: September 18, 1967 ( Brother )
1967	Wild Honey	DE20 (2 months) DE	-	-	UK7 (15 weeks) UK	US24 (15 weeks) US	Release: December 18, 1967 (Capitol)
1968	Friends	-	-	-	UK13 (8 weeks) UK	US126 (10 weeks) US	Released: June 24, 1968 (Capitol)
1968	Stack-O-Tracks ¹	-	-	-	-	-	Release: August 19, 1968 (Capitol)
1969	20/20	DE23 (3 months) DE	-	-	UK3 (10 weeks) UK	US68 (11 weeks) US	Release: February 10, 1969 (Capitol)
1970	Live in London (US: Beach Boys '69)	-	-	-	-	US75 (10 weeks) US	Live album, recorded in London on August 12th and December 1st 1968. Release: in UK May 1970 / in US November 1976 (Capitol)
1970	Sunflower	-	-	-	UK29 (6 weeks) UK	US151 (4 weeks) US	Release: August 31, 1970 (Brother / Reprise ) Place 380 of the Rolling Stone 500
1971	Surf's Up	-	-	-	UK15 (7 weeks) UK	US29 (17 weeks) US	Released: August 30, 1971 (Brother / Reprise)
1972	Carl and the Passions - "So Tough"	-	-	-	UK25 (1 week) UK	US50 (20 weeks) US	in US as a double album together with a re-release of the album Pet Sounds Release: May 15, 1972 (Brother / Reprise)
1973	Holland	-	-	-	UK20th silver (7 weeks)UK	US36 (30 weeks) US	Released: January 8, 1973 (Brother / Reprise)
1973	The Beach Boys in Concert	-	-	-	-	US25 (24 weeks) US	Live album release: November 19, 1973 (Brother / Reprise)
1976	15 big ones	-	-	-	UK31 silver (3 weeks)UK	US8th gold (27 weeks)US	Released: June 28, 1976 (Brother / Reprise)
1977	The Beach Boys Love You	-	-	-	UK28 (1 week) UK	US53 (7 weeks) US	Released: April 11, 1977 (Brother / Reprise)
1978	MIU album	-	-	-	-	US151 (4 weeks) US	largely recorded at Maharishi International University Published: October 2, 1978 (Brother / Reprise)
1979	LA (Light Album)	-	-	-	UK32 (6 weeks) UK	US100 (13 weeks) US	Release: March 19, 1979 ( Caribou )
1980	Keepin 'the Summer Alive	-	-	-	UK54 (3 weeks) UK	US75 (6 weeks) US	Released: March 24, 1980 (Caribou)
1985	The Beach Boys	DE60 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	UK60 (2 weeks) UK	US52 (14 weeks) US	Released: June 10, 1985 (Caribou)
1989	Still cruisin '	DE26 (12 weeks) DE	AT12 gold (2 months)AT	CH25 (2 weeks) CH	-	US46 platinum (22 weeks)US	Release: August 28, 1989 (Capitol)
1992	Summer in Paradise	DE81 (6 weeks) DE	-	CH37 (2 weeks) CH	-	-	Released: August 3, 1992 (Brother / EMI ² )
1996	Stars and Stripes Vol. 1	-	-	-	-	US101 (8 weeks) US	Released: August 19, 1996 (River North)
1996	Ich liebe dich	-	-	-	UK- gold UK	-
2012	That's Why God Made the Radio	DE36 (4 weeks) DE	AT42 (2 weeks) AT	CH36 (2 weeks) CH	UK15 (3 weeks) UK	US3 (8 weeks) US	Release: June 4th, 2012 (Capitol)
2016	Live at the Fillmore East 1971	-	-	-	-	-	Release: March 24, 2016 (Iconography (in-akustik))
2017	1967 - Live Sunshine	-	-	-	-	-	Release: December 8, 2017 (Capitol)

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Remarks

¹ Greatest Hits in the form of instrumental tracks without vocal tracks, perhaps the first karaoke LP in history
² The US version was released through Brother Records, the European version was distributed through EMI.

Unreleased studio albums

Remember the Zoo (1965)
Live in Michigan (1966)
Smile (1967)
Lei'd in Hawaii (1967)
A World of Peace Must Come (1969) (Brian Wilson & Steve Kalinich)
Reverberation / Landlocked (1969)
Add Some Music (1970)
Caribou album (1975)
New Album (1976) (untitled)

Working title of an album started at the end of 1976, which, in addition to various outtakes of 15 Big Ones, should also contain new songs by the band.

My Diane
Marilyn Rovell
Hey little tomboy
Ruby baby
You've Lost That Lovin 'Feelin'
Sherry She Needs Me
Come go with me
Mony Mony
On Broadway
Sea cruise
HELP is on the way
Games Two Can Play
When Girls Get Together

My Diane , Come Go with Me and Hey Little Tomboy were released on the MIU album in 1978 . When Girls Get Together was published on Keepin 'the Summer Alive . Sherry She Needs Me was released in 1998 under the title She Said That She Needs Me on Brian Wilson's solo album Imagination .

Adult Child (1977)

Planned follow-up album to The Beach Boys Love You . It should also contain some tracks that were already intended for the unreleased new album .

Life is for the living
Hey little tomboy
Deep Purple
HELP is on the way
It's over now
Everybody Wants to Live
Shortenin 'bread
Lines
On Broadway
Games Two Can Play
It's Trying to Say (Alternative title: Baseball )
Still I Dream of It

It's Over Now Wilson wrote for Frank Sinatra, who turned down the title, however. Still I Dream of It was released as a demo version of Brian Wilson's solo album I Just Wasn't Made for These Times in 1995.

Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys (1977)
California Feeling (1978)
Untitled album, Love / Jardine concept album (1979)
Untitled album / Nashville Sounds / with Don Was and Brian Wilson (1995)

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	title	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
1966	Best of the Beach Boys	-	-	-	UK2 (142 weeks) UK	US8th × 2 Double platinum (78 weeks)US	Release: July 1966 (Capitol)
1966	Surf Beat Fun	DE6 (5 months) DE	-	-	-	-	Release: July 1966 (Capitol)
1967	Best of the Beach Boys, Vol. 2	-	-	-	UK3 (39 weeks) UK	US50 × 2 Double platinum (22 weeks)US	Release: July / August 1967 (Capitol)
1968	Best of the Beach Boys, Vol. 3	-	-	-	UK9 (12 weeks) UK	US153 (6 weeks) US	Release: June 1968 (Capitol)
1968	Girls	DE24 (2 months) DE	-	-	-	-	Release: August 1966 (Capitol)
1970	Greatest hits	-	-	-	UK5 (22 weeks) UK	US- × 2 Double platinum US	Release: September 1970 (Capitol)
1974	Endless summer	-	-	-	UK- silver UK	US1 × 3 Triple platinum (156 weeks)US	Release: July 1974 (double LP, Capitol)
1975	Spirit of America	-	-	-	-	US8th gold (43 weeks)US	Continuation of Endless Summer Release: April 1975 (double LP, Capitol)
1975	Good Vibrations - Best of the Beach Boys	-	-	-	-	US25 (23 weeks) US	Release: July 1975 (Brother / Reprise)
1976	20 golden greats	DE- gold DE	AT- platinum AT	CH- platinum CH	UK1 platinum (86 weeks)UK	-	Release: July 1976 (Capitol)
1976	20 greatest hits	DE2 (4½ months) DE	AT4 (4 months) AT	-	-	-	Release: September 1977 (Arcade)
1981	Ten Years of Harmony (1970-1980)	-	-	-	-	US156 (8 weeks) US	Release: December 1981 (Caribou)
1982	Sunshine Dream	-	-	-	-	US180 (6 weeks) US	Release: June 1982 (Capitol)
1983	The Very Best of the Beach Boys	-	-	-	UK1 platinum (17 weeks)UK	-	Release: July 18, 1983 (Capitol)
1986	Made in USA	-	-	-	-	US96 × 2 Double platinum (12 weeks)US	Release: July 1986 (Capitol)
1990	Summer Dreams - 28 Classic Tracks	-	-	-	UK2 platinum (27 weeks)UK	-	Release: June 11, 1990 (Capitol)
1991	California Gold - The Very Best of the Beach Boys	DE30 (11 weeks) DE	AT19 (11 weeks) AT	-	-	-	Release: June 1991 (double CD, Capitol)
1993	Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys	-	-	-	-	US- gold US	Release: 1993 (EMI)
1995	The Best of the Beach Boys	-	-	-	UK25th silver (6 weeks)UK	-	Release: June 19, 1995 (Capitol)
1996	The Greatest Hits - Volume 1: 20 Good Vibrations	-	-	-	-	US95 (12 weeks) US	Publication: April 1996 / March 2000 (Capitol); the highest position was only reached when it was re-released
1998	Greatest hits	-	-	-	UK28 gold (4 weeks)UK	-	Release: July 1998 (EMI)
2000	The Greatest Hits - Volume 2: 20 More Good Vibrations	-	-	-	-	US192 (1 week) US	Release: March 2000 (Capitol)
2001	The Very Best of the Beach Boys	-	-	-	UK31 × 2 Double platinum (6 weeks)UK	-	Release: July 2001 (Capitol)
2002	The Beach Boys Classics Selected by Brian Wilson	-	-	-	-	US159 (1 week) US	Release: July 2002 (Capitol)
2003	Sounds of Summer - The Very Best of the Beach Boys	-	-	-	UK46 silver (4 weeks)UK	US16 × 3 Triple platinum (… Where.)US	Release: US June 2003, UK July 2006 (Capitol)
2005	The Platinum Collection	-	-	-	UK30th silver (5 weeks)UK	-	Release: July 1998 (EMI)
2007	The Warmth of the Sun	-	-	-	-	US40 (7 weeks) US	Continuation of Sounds of Summer Release: July 1998 (Capitol)
2011	The Smile Sessions	DE26 (4 weeks) DE	-	CH65 (2 weeks) CH	UK25 (2 weeks) UK	US27 (2 weeks) US	Box set with original recordings from 1966 and 1967, which is a reconstructed version of the unreleased album Smile represents publication October 2012 (Capitol)
2012	50th Anniversary Retrospective - Limited Edition	-	-	-	-	US86 (1 week) US	Release: May 2012 (Capitol)
2012	Fifty Big Ones: Greatest Hits	DE96 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK30 (2 weeks) UK	US116 (1 week) US	Release: October 2012 (Capitol)
2017	1967 - Sunshine Tomorrow	-	-	-	UK49 (1 week) UK	US145 (1 week) US	Release: June 30, 2017 (Capitol)
2017	1967 - Sunshine Tomorrow 2 - The Studio Sessions	-	-	-	-	-	Release: December 8, 2017 (Capitol)
	Number one albums	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK2UK	US2US
	Top 10 albums	DE3DE	AT1AT	CH-CH	UK14thUK	US14thUS
	Albums in the charts	DE17thDE	AT4thAT	CH5CH	UK35UK	US48US

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More compilations

1996: 20 Great Love Songs (UK:silver)
2002: Hits Of (UK:silver)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	Title album	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
1962	Surfin '	-	-	-	-	US75 (6 weeks) US	Release: November 1961 (Candix)
	Surfin 'Safari ¹	-	-	-	-	US14 (17 weeks) US	Release: June 4th, 1962 ( Capitol )
	409 ¹	-	-	-	-	US76 (1 week) US	Released on a single with Surfin 'Safari
	Ten Little Indians	-	-	-	-	US49 (8 weeks) US	Release: November 19, 1962 (Capitol)
1963	Surfin 'USA	-	-	-	UK34 silver (7 weeks)UK	US3 (25 weeks) US	Release: March 4, 1963 (Capitol) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
	shut down	-	-	-	-	US23 (13 weeks) US	Released on a single with Surfin 'USA
	Surfer girl	-	-	-	-	US7 (14 weeks) US	Released: July 22, 1963 (Capitol)
	Little Deuce Coupe	-	-	-	-	US15 (11 weeks) US	released on a single with Surfer Girl
	Be True to Your School	-	-	-	-	US6 (12 weeks) US	Release: October 14, 1963 (Capitol)
	In My Room	-	-	-	-	US23 (13 weeks) US	with Surfin 'USA released on a single Grammy Hall of Fame , number 209 in the Rolling Stone 500
1964	Fun, fun, fun	DE49 (1 month) DE	-	-	-	US5 (11 weeks) US	Release: February 3, 1964 (Capitol)
	I get around	DE38 (1 month) DE	-	-	UK7th silver (13 weeks)UK	US1 gold (15 weeks)US	Release: May 11, 1964 (Capitol)
	Don't worry baby	-	-	-	-	US24 (10 weeks) US	released with I Get Around on a single Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , number 176 in the Rolling Stone 500
	When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)	-	-	-	UK27 (7 weeks) UK	US9 (10 weeks) US	Released: August 17, 1964 (Capitol)
	Wendy	DE36 (1 month) DE	-	-	-	US44 (6 weeks) US	in the US on the EP 4 By the Beach Boys appeared publication: September 1, 1964 (Capitol)
	Little Honda	DE44 (½ month) DE	-	-	-	US65 (5 weeks) US	in the US on the EP 4 By the Beach Boys appeared publication: September 1, 1964 (Capitol)
	Dance, dance, dance	-	-	-	UK24 (6 weeks) UK	US8 (11 weeks) US	Release: October 26, 1964 (Capitol)
1965	Do You Wanna Dance?	-	-	-	-	US12 (8 weeks) US	Release: February 8, 1965 (Capitol)
	Please Let Me Wonder	-	-	-	-	US52 (5 weeks) US	released on single with Dance, Dance, Dance ; Release: February 8, 1965 (Capitol)
	Help me, Rhonda	DE10 (3½ months) DE	-	-	UK27 (10 weeks) UK	US1 (14 weeks) US	Release: April 5, 1965 (Capitol)
	California girls	DE30 (½ month) DE	-	-	UK26 (8 weeks) UK	US3 (11 weeks) US	Publication: July 12, 1965 (Capitol) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , number 71 in the Rolling Stone 500
	The Little Girl I Once Knew	-	-	-	-	US20 (8 weeks) US	Release: November 8, 1965 (Capitol)
1966	Barbara Ann	DE2 (4 months) DE	AT1 (4 months) AT	-	UK3 (10 weeks) UK	US2 (11 weeks) US	Release: December 20, 1965 (Capitol)
	Caroline, No.	-	-	-	-	US32 (7 weeks) US	actually a solo recording by Brian Wilson. Publication: March 7, 1966 (Capitol) Place 211 of the Rolling Stone 500
	Sloop John B.	DE1 (3½ months) DE	AT1 (4 months) AT	-	UK2 (15 weeks) UK	US3 (11 weeks) US	Published: March 21, 1966 (Capitol) No. 271 of the Rolling Stone 500
	God Only Knows	DE22 (1½ Mt.) DE	-	-	UK2 gold (14 weeks)UK	US39 (8 weeks) US	Release: July 11, 1966 (Capitol) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , 25th place on the Rolling Stone 500
	Wouldn't it be nice	-	-	-	UK58 silver (1 week)UK	US8 (11 weeks) US	released on single with God Only Knows ; in Great Britain only in the charts in June 1990
	Good vibrations	DE8 (3½ months) DE	AT9 (1 month) AT	-	UK1 gold (13 weeks)UK	US1 platinum (14 weeks)US	Release: October 10, 1966 (Capitol) Grammy Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , 6th place in the Rolling Stone 500
1967	Then I Kissed Her	DE39 (½ month) DE	-	-	UK4 (11 weeks) UK	-	Release: April 1967 (Capitol)
	Heroes and Villains	DE34 (½ month) DE	-	-	UK8 (9 weeks) UK	US12 (7 weeks) US	Release: July 24, 1967 (Capitol)
	Wild Honey	-	-	-	UK29 (6 weeks) UK	US31 (6 weeks) US	Release: October 23, 1967 (Capitol)
	Darlin '	-	-	-	UK11 (14 weeks) UK	US19 (9 weeks) US	Release: December 11, 1967 (Capitol)
1968	Friends	-	-	-	UK25 (7 weeks) UK	US47 (7 weeks) US	Release: April 8, 1968 (Capitol)
	Do it again	DE4 (4 months) DE	AT8 (2 months) AT	CH7 (4 weeks) CH	UK1 (15 weeks) UK	US20 (10 weeks) US	Release: July 15, 1968 (Capitol)
	Bluebirds over the Mountain	-	-	-	UK33 (5 weeks) UK	US61 (6 weeks) US	Release: December 2, 1968 (Capitol)
1969	I can hear music	DE13 (1 month) DE	-	-	UK10 (13 weeks) UK	US24 (10 weeks) US	Release: February 24, 1969 (Capitol)
1969	Break away	DE29 (½ month) DE	-	-	UK6 (11 weeks) UK	US63 (6 weeks) US	Release: June 23, 1969 (Capitol)
1970	Add Some Music to Your Day	-	-	-	-	US64 (5 weeks) US	Released: February 23, 1970 ( Brother )
1970	Cotton Fields	DE29 (½ month) DE	-	-	UK5 (17 weeks) UK	-	Released: April 20, 1970 (Brother)
1971	Long Promised Road	-	-	-	-	US89 (5 weeks) US	Released: October 11, 1971 (Brother)
1973	Sail on, sailor	-	-	-	-	US49 (17 weeks) US	Published: January 29, 1973, April 1975 (Brother) Top ranking was only achieved in 1975
1973	California Saga (On My Way to Sunny Californ-ia)	-	-	-	UK37 (5 weeks) UK	US84 (4 weeks) US	Released: April 16, 1973 (Brother)
1976	Rock and roll music	-	-	-	UK36 (4 weeks) UK	US5 (16 weeks) US	Released: May 24, 1976 (Brother)
	Good vibrations	-	-	-	UK18 (7 weeks) UK	-	Re-release of the 1966 song in Great Britain in June 1976 (Capitol)
	It's OK	-	-	-	-	US29 (10 weeks) US	Released: August 9, 1976 (Brother)
1978	Peggy Sue	-	-	-	-	US59 (6 weeks) US	Released: August 28, 1978 (Brother)
1979	Here comes the night	-	-	-	UK37 (8 weeks) UK	US44 (8 weeks) US	Release: February 19, 1979 ( Caribou )
	Good timin '	-	-	-	-	US40 (10 weeks) US	Release: April 16, 1979 (Caribou)
	Lady Lynda	-	-	-	UK6 (11 weeks) UK	-	Release: June 1979 (Caribou)
	Sumahama	-	-	-	UK45 (4 weeks) UK	-	Release: September 1979 (Caribou)
1980	Goin 'on	-	-	-	-	US83 (3 weeks) US	Released: March 11, 1980 (Caribou)
1981	The Beach Boys Medley	-	-	-	UK47 (4 weeks) UK	US12 (18 weeks) US	Release: July 1981 (Capitol)
1981	Come go with me	-	-	-	-	US18 (15 weeks) US	Release: November 2, 1981 (Caribou)
1985	Getcha Back	-	-	-	-	US26 (12 weeks) US	Release: May 8, 1985 (Caribou)
1985	It's getting late	-	-	-	-	US82 (5 weeks) US	Release: July 17, 1985 (Caribou)
1986	Rock 'n' Roll to the Rescue	-	-	-	-	US86 (6 weeks) US	Release: June 1986 (Capitol)
1986	California Dreamin '	-	-	-	-	US57 (10 weeks) US	Release: September 1, 1986 (Capitol)
1987	Wipeout (with the Fat Boys )	DE30 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	UK2 (12 weeks) UK	US12 (19 weeks) US	Original: The Surfaris (1963) Released: July 1, 1987 (Tin Pan Apple)
1988	Kokomo	DE7 (18 weeks) DE	-	CH8 (11 weeks) CH	UK25 (9 weeks) UK	US1 platinum (28 weeks)US	from the movie Cocktail Release: July 18, 1988 (Elektra)
1989	Don't Worry Baby (with the Everly Brothers )	DE41 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	Release: March 1989
1989	Still cruisin '	DE51 (12 weeks) DE	AT11 (8 weeks) AT	-	-	US93 (3 weeks) US	from the movie Lethal Weapon II - Focal Point LA Release: August 7, 1989 (Capitol)
1996	Fun, fun, fun (with status quo )	DE81 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	UK24 (4 weeks) UK	-	Release: February 1996
	Number one singles	DE1DE	AT2AT	CH-CH	UK2UK	US4thUS
	Top 10 singles	DE6thDE	AT4thAT	CH2CH	UK13UK	US15thUS
	Singles in the charts	DE21stDE	AT5AT	CH2CH	UK31UK	US55US

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¹ single was released by Capitol Records with A-side 409 and B-side Surfin Safari . After it turned out that Surfin 'Safari was selling better and getting more radio airplay from the DJs, Capitol turned the single around and started delivering Surfin' Safari as the A-side.

More singles without chart positions

Little Saint Nick / The Lord's Prayer (December 2, 1963, Capitol)
The Man with All the Toys / Blue Christmas (November 16, 1964, Capitol)
Gettin 'Hungry / Devoted to You (Brian Wilson & Mike Love , Aug 28, 1967, Brother)
Slip On Through / This Whole World (Jun 29, 1970, Brother)
Tears in the Morning / It's About Time (Nov 1970, Brother)
Cool, Cool Water / Forever (February 1971, Brother)
Wouldn't It Be Nice (live) / The Times They Are a-Changin ' (April 1971, Ode)
Long Promised Road / Deirdre (May 24, 1971, Brother)
Surf's Up! / Don't Go Near the Water (November 8, 1971, Brother)
You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone / Cuddle Up (May 15, 1972, Brother)
Marcella / Hold On Dear Brother (June 26, 1972, Brother)
Child of Winter / Susie Cincinnati (December 23, 1974, Brother)
Everyone's in Love with You / Susie Cincinnati (Nov. 1, 1976, Brother)
Honkin 'Down the Highway / Solar System (May 30, 1977, Brother)
Livin 'with a Heartache / Santa Ana Winds (May 20, 1980, Caribou)
She Believes in Love Again / It's Just a Matter of Time (October 2, 1985, Caribou)
Happy Endings (with Little Richard ) / California Girls (November 1987, Critique Records)
Somewhere Near Japan / Kokomo (January 1990, Capitol)
Problem Child / Tutti Frutti (with Little Richard) (July 1990, RCA)
Hot Fun in the Summertime / Summer of Love (July 1992, Brother)
I Can Hear Music (with Kathy Troccoli; August 1996, River North)
Long Tall Texan (with Doug Supernaw; September 1996, River North)
Little Deuce Coupe (with James House; October 1996, River North)

Number one successes

Singles

Surfin 'Safari (1962) (Canada, Sweden)
I Get Around (1964) (USA)
Help Me, Rhonda (1965) (USA)
Sloop John B (1966) (Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, Germany, Austria)
Barbara Ann (1966) (Norway, Austria)
Good Vibrations (1966) (US, UK and others)
Do It Again (1968) (UK, Australia)
Cottonfields (1970) (Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Australia, Canada)
Kokomo (1988) (USA, Australia)

Albums

Beach Boys' Concert (1964) (USA)
Endless Summer (1974) (USA)
20 Golden Greats (1976) (UK)
The Very Best of the Beach Boys (1983) (UK)

more publishments

Live albums

2002: The Lost Concert , 1964 - Release of a live recording
2003: Good Timin ': Live at Knebworth England 1980 - full concert in Knebworth, released on Brother Records (US:gold)
2006: Songs from Here and Back - nine live songs from 1974 and 1989 as well as three new songs from the respective solo projects of the band members
2011: The Beach Boys Live - The Dave Cash Collection - recordings from the 1960s
2014: The Beach Boys Live in Sacramento 1964 - Live recordings of two concerts in Sacramento on August 1, 1964, only released as a download album on itunes

New recordings

Salute to Nascar (1998) - Mike Love, Bruce Johnston, and David Lee Marks
Symphonic Sounds of the Beach Boys (1998) - concept by Bruce Johnston

Rarities

Rarities (November 1983) - 13 previously unreleased and rare recordings, plus three medleys with well-known pieces
Lost & Found (1961-62) (1991)
The Pet Sounds Sessions (1996) - an attempt to document the album as completely as possible. In addition to a remix of the original album, four CDs now feature a stereo mix for the first time in 30 years, each song only as a vocal and only as an instrumental track and a few alternative versions.
Endless Harmony Soundtrack (October 1998) - Documentary soundtrack with some unreleased tracks
Ultimate Christmas (November 1998) - the Christmas album from 1964, supplemented with some alternative mixes and eight recordings that were made in 1977 for a second Christmas album that never came out.
Hawthorne, CA - Birthplace of a Musical Legacy (January 2001) - 57 previously unreleased recordings with Time to Live in Dreams, an unreleased piece by Dennis Wilson.
Pet Sounds - DVD Audio (2003) - A remix of the master tapes from the original album in high definition DVD-Audio quality. In addition to a remix in 5.1-channel surround sound, there is also a stereo mix. In addition, similar to the CD The Pet Sounds Sessions , the DVD only contains the vocal and instrumental tracks for some songs.
Keep an Eye on Summer - The Beach Boys Sessions 1964 (December 2014) - Compilation of rare outtakes, alternative versions and live recordings from 1964, only released as a download album on itunes.

Awards for music sales

Silver record

France France
- 1989: for the single Kokomo
United Kingdom United Kingdom
- 2019: for the album The Beach Boys With The Royal

Golden record

Australia Australia
- 2008: for the video album Endless Harmony: The Beach Boys Story, A Documentary
France France
- 1992: for the album California Gold - The Very Best of The Beach Boys
- 2000: for the album The Greatest Hits - Volume 1:20 Good Vibrations
New Zealand New Zealand
- 1979: for the album 20 Greatest Hits
- 2001: for the album The Very Best of the Beach Boys
Netherlands Netherlands
- 1979: for the album All Time Greatest Hits
Spain Spain
- 1996: for the album Anthology

Platinum record

Australia Australia
- 1989: for the single Kokomo
- 2006: for the video album Live At Knebworth 1980
- 2008: for the video album Good Vibrations Tour
Canada Canada
- 2006: for the album Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys
New Zealand New Zealand
- 1979: for the album 20 Golden Greats
- 1993: for the album California Gold - The Very Best of The Beach Boys
- 1999: for the album Greatest Hits

2 × platinum record

Australia Australia
- 2011: for the album Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys
Spain Spain
- 1990: for the album The Beach Boys Collection

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	0! S.-	gold1	5 × platinum5	247,500	aria.com.au
Germany (BVMI)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	250,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	silver1	2 × gold2	0! P-	400,000	snepmusique.com infodisc.fr
Canada (MC)	0! S.-	0! G-	platinum1	100,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	0! S.-	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	60,000	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	100,000	nvpi.nl
Austria (IFPI)	0! S.-	gold1	platinum1	75,000	ifpi.at
Switzerland (IFPI)	0! S.-	0! G-	platinum1	50,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	0! S.-	gold1	2 × platinum2	200,000	Sólo éxitos: año año, 1959-2002
United States (RIAA)	0! S.-	13 × gold13	19 × platinum19th	27,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	12 × silver12	4 × gold4th	6 × platinum6th	3,820,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	13 × silver13	26 × gold26th	38 × platinum38

Filmography (selection)

Documentaries and films

An American Band (documentary, 1985)
Summer Dreams (Feature Film, 1990)
Endless Harmony (documentary, 1998)
An American Family (feature film, 2000)
Doin 'It Again (Documentary, 2012)

The Beach Boys in film and television

The Girls on the Beach (Feature Film, 1965)
The Monkey Uncle (feature film, 1965)
Trio with four fists (TV series, 1985. Episode "Blurred Traces")
You again (TV series, 1986. Episode "The Audition")
Full House (TV series, 1988. Episode "Beach Boys Bingo")
Full House (TV series, 1990. Episode "Our Very First Telethron")
Full House (TV series, 1992. Episode "Captain Video")
Baywatch - The Lifeguards of Malibu (TV series, 1992. Episode "Surf's Up")
Listen who's hammering (TV series, 1997. Episode "The Karate Kids Returns")

literature

US singles: Joel Whitburn : Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006 . Billboard Books, New York 2007, ISBN 0-89820-172-1 . / US albums: Joel Whitburn : Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006 . Billboard Books, New York 2006, ISBN 0-89820-172-1 .
British Hit Singles & Albums , 18th Edition, Guinness World Records Limited 2005, ISBN 9781904994008 .
Hit Singles Volume 2 - Complete UK Chart Data from 1952-2010 , Virgin Books 2010, ISBN 9780753522455 .

swell

↑ ^a ^b ^c Chart sources: DE1 DE2 AT CH UK US
↑ The Ones That Got Away ... ( Memento from January 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
^ Tales from Hawthorne , from "Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys" by Kingley Abbott, Keith Badman "The definate Diary of Americas greatest Band".
↑ www.btinternet.com. Index ( Memento of December 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Interview with Murry Wilson with Rolling Stone from 1972.
^ Platinum for Kokomo in Australia

Web links

The Beach Boys at the Internet Movie Database (English)

[charts-1] Chart sources: DE1 DE2 AT CH UK US

[2] The Ones That Got Away ... ( Memento from January 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

[3] Tales from Hawthorne , from "Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys" by Kingley Abbott, Keith Badman "The definate Diary of Americas greatest Band".

[4] www.btinternet.com. Index ( Memento of December 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

[5] Interview with Murry Wilson with Rolling Stone from 1972.

[6] Platinum for Kokomo in Australia


Studio albums	Surfin 'Safari (1962) • Surfin' USA (1963) • Surfer Girl (1963) • Little Deuce Coupe (1963) • Shut Down Vol. 2 (1964) • All Summer Long (1964) • The Beach Boys' Christmas Album ( 1964) • The Beach Boys Today! (1965) • Summer Days (And Summer Nights !!) (1965) • Beach Boys' Party! (1965) • Pet Sounds (1966) • Smiley Smile (1967) • Wild Honey (1967) • Friends (1968) • Stack-O-Tracks (1968) • 20/20 (1969) • Sunflower (1970) • Surf's Up (1971) • Carl and the Passions - "So Tough" (1972) • Holland (1973) • 15 Big Ones (1976) • The Beach Boys Love You (1977) • MIU Album (1978) • LA (Light Album) ( 1979) • Keepin 'the Summer Alive (1980) • The Beach Boys (1985) • Still Cruisin' (1989) • Summer in Paradise (1992) • Stars and Stripes Vol. 1 (1996) • That's Why God Made the Radio ( 2012)
Live albums	Beach Boys Concert (1964) • Live in London (1970) • The Beach Boys in Concert (1973) • Good Timin ': Live at Knebworth England 1980 (2002)