The Beach Boys / discography
The Beach Boys (2012)
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Publications | |
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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 | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1962 | Surfin 'safari | - | - | - | - |
US32 (37 weeks) US |
Release: October 29, 1962 ( Capitol )
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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
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Little Deuce Coupe | - | - | - | - |
US4th
platinum
(46 weeks)US |
Release: October 21, 1963 (Capitol)
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1964 | Shut Down Vol. 2 | - | - | - | - |
US13
gold
(38 weeks)US |
Released: March 23, 1964 (Capitol)
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All summer long | - | - | - | - |
US4th
gold
(49 weeks)US |
Release: July 13, 1964 (Capitol)
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|
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) |
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The Beach Boys' Christmas Album | - | - | - | - |
US107
gold
(1 week)US |
Christmas album
release: November 16, 1964 (Capitol) |
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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)
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Beach Boys' Party! |
DE4 (8 months) DE |
- | - |
UK3 (14 weeks) UK |
US6 (24 weeks) US |
Release: November 8, 1965 (Capitol)
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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 )
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Wild Honey |
DE20 (2 months) DE |
- | - |
UK7 (15 weeks) UK |
US24 (15 weeks) US |
Release: December 18, 1967 (Capitol)
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1968 | Friends | - | - | - |
UK13 (8 weeks) UK |
US126 (10 weeks) US |
Released: June 24, 1968 (Capitol)
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Stack-O-Tracks 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Release: August 19, 1968 (Capitol)
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1969 | 20/20 |
DE23 (3 months) DE |
- | - |
UK3 (10 weeks) UK |
US68 (11 weeks) US |
Release: February 10, 1969 (Capitol)
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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) |
Sunflower | - | - | - |
UK29 (6 weeks) UK |
US151 (4 weeks) US |
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1971 | Surf's Up | - | - | - |
UK15 (7 weeks) UK |
US29 (17 weeks) US |
Released: August 30, 1971 (Brother / Reprise)
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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)
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The Beach Boys in Concert | - | - | - | - |
US25 (24 weeks) US |
Live album
release: November 19, 1973 (Brother / Reprise) |
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1976 | 15 big ones | - | - | - |
UK31
silver
(3 weeks)UK |
US8th
gold
(27 weeks)US |
Released: June 28, 1976 (Brother / Reprise)
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1977 | The Beach Boys Love You | - | - | - |
UK28 (1 week) UK |
US53 (7 weeks) US |
Released: April 11, 1977 (Brother / Reprise)
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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 )
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1980 | Keepin 'the Summer Alive | - | - | - |
UK54 (3 weeks) UK |
US75 (6 weeks) US |
Released: March 24, 1980 (Caribou)
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1985 | The Beach Boys |
DE60 (2 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK60 (2 weeks) UK |
US52 (14 weeks) US |
Released: June 10, 1985 (Caribou)
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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)
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1992 | Summer in Paradise |
DE81 (6 weeks) DE |
- |
CH37 (2 weeks) CH |
- | - |
Released: August 3, 1992 (Brother / EMI 2 )
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1996 | Stars and Stripes Vol. 1 | - | - | - | - |
US101 (8 weeks) US |
Released: August 19, 1996 (River North)
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Ich liebe dich | - | - | - |
UK-
gold
UK
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- | ||
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)
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2016 | Live at the Fillmore East 1971 | - | - | - | - | - |
Release: March 24, 2016 (Iconography (in-akustik))
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2017 | 1967 - Live Sunshine | - | - | - | - | - |
Release: December 8, 2017 (Capitol)
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gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
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 | |||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | ||||
1966 | Best of the Beach Boys | - | - | - |
UK2 (142 weeks) UK |
US8th × 2
(78 weeks)US |
Release: July 1966 (Capitol)
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Surf Beat Fun |
DE6 (5 months) DE |
- | - | - | - |
Release: July 1966 (Capitol)
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1967 | Best of the Beach Boys, Vol. 2 | - | - | - |
UK3 (39 weeks) UK |
US50 × 2
(22 weeks)US |
Release: July / August 1967 (Capitol)
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1968 | Best of the Beach Boys, Vol. 3 | - | - | - |
UK9 (12 weeks) UK |
US153 (6 weeks) US |
Release: June 1968 (Capitol)
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Girls |
DE24 (2 months) DE |
- | - | - | - |
Release: August 1966 (Capitol)
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1970 | Greatest hits | - | - | - |
UK5 (22 weeks) UK |
US- × 2
|
Release: September 1970 (Capitol)
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1974 | Endless summer | - | - | - |
UK-
silver
UK
|
US1 × 3
(156 weeks)US |
Release: July 1974 (double LP, Capitol)
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1975 | Spirit of America | - | - | - | - |
US8th
gold
(43 weeks)US |
Continuation of Endless Summer
Release: April 1975 (double LP, Capitol) |
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Good Vibrations - Best of the Beach Boys | - | - | - | - |
US25 (23 weeks) US |
Release: July 1975 (Brother / Reprise)
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1976 | 20 golden greats |
DE-
gold
DE
|
AT-
platinum
AT
|
CH-
platinum
CH
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UK1
platinum
(86 weeks)UK |
- |
Release: July 1976 (Capitol)
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20 greatest hits |
DE2 (4½ months) DE |
AT4 (4 months) AT |
- | - | - |
Release: September 1977 (Arcade)
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1981 | Ten Years of Harmony (1970-1980) | - | - | - | - |
US156 (8 weeks) US |
Release: December 1981 (Caribou)
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1982 | Sunshine Dream | - | - | - | - |
US180 (6 weeks) US |
Release: June 1982 (Capitol)
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1983 | The Very Best of the Beach Boys | - | - | - |
UK1
platinum
(17 weeks)UK |
- |
Release: July 18, 1983 (Capitol)
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1986 | Made in USA | - | - | - | - |
US96 × 2
(12 weeks)US |
Release: July 1986 (Capitol)
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1990 | Summer Dreams - 28 Classic Tracks | - | - | - |
UK2
platinum
(27 weeks)UK |
- |
Release: June 11, 1990 (Capitol)
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1991 | California Gold - The Very Best of the Beach Boys |
DE30 (11 weeks) DE |
AT19 (11 weeks) AT |
- | - | - |
Release: June 1991 (double CD, Capitol)
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1993 | Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys | - | - | - | - |
US-
gold
US
|
Release: 1993 (EMI)
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1995 | The Best of the Beach Boys | - | - | - |
UK25th
silver
(6 weeks)UK |
- |
Release: June 19, 1995 (Capitol)
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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
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1998 | Greatest hits | - | - | - |
UK28
gold
(4 weeks)UK |
- |
Release: July 1998 (EMI)
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2000 | The Greatest Hits - Volume 2: 20 More Good Vibrations | - | - | - | - |
US192 (1 week) US |
Release: March 2000 (Capitol)
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2001 | The Very Best of the Beach Boys | - | - | - |
UK31 × 2
(6 weeks)UK |
- |
Release: July 2001 (Capitol)
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2002 | The Beach Boys Classics Selected by Brian Wilson | - | - | - | - |
US159 (1 week) US |
Release: July 2002 (Capitol)
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2003 | Sounds of Summer - The Very Best of the Beach Boys | - | - | - |
UK46
silver
(4 weeks)UK |
US16 × 3
(… Where.)US |
Release: US June 2003, UK July 2006 (Capitol)
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2005 | The Platinum Collection | - | - | - |
UK30th
silver
(5 weeks)UK |
- |
Release: July 1998 (EMI)
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2007 | The Warmth of the Sun | - | - | - | - |
US40 (7 weeks) US |
Continuation of Sounds of Summer
Release: July 1998 (Capitol) |
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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) |
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2012 | 50th Anniversary Retrospective - Limited Edition | - | - | - | - |
US86 (1 week) US |
Release: May 2012 (Capitol)
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Fifty Big Ones: Greatest Hits |
DE96 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
UK30 (2 weeks) UK |
US116 (1 week) US |
Release: October 2012 (Capitol)
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2017 | 1967 - Sunshine Tomorrow | - | - | - |
UK49 (1 week) UK |
US145 (1 week) US |
Release: June 30, 2017 (Capitol)
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1967 - Sunshine Tomorrow 2 - The Studio Sessions | - | - | - | - | - |
Release: December 8, 2017 (Capitol)
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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 |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
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 | |||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | ||||
1962 | Surfin ' | - | - | - | - |
US75 (6 weeks) US |
Release: November 1961 (Candix)
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Surfin 'Safari 1 | - | - | - | - |
US14 (17 weeks) US |
Release: June 4th, 1962 ( Capitol )
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409 1 | - | - | - | - |
US76 (1 week) US |
Released on a single
with Surfin 'Safari
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Ten Little Indians | - | - | - | - |
US49 (8 weeks) US |
Release: November 19, 1962 (Capitol)
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1963 | Surfin 'USA | - | - | - |
UK34
silver
(7 weeks)UK |
US3 (25 weeks) US |
Release: March 4, 1963 (Capitol)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
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shut down | - | - | - | - |
US23 (13 weeks) US |
Released on a single
with Surfin 'USA
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Surfer girl | - | - | - | - |
US7 (14 weeks) US |
Released: July 22, 1963 (Capitol)
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Little Deuce Coupe | - | - | - | - |
US15 (11 weeks) US |
released on a single
with Surfer Girl
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Be True to Your School | - | - | - | - |
US6 (12 weeks) US |
Release: October 14, 1963 (Capitol)
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In My Room | - | - | - | - |
US23 (13 weeks) US |
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1964 | Fun, fun, fun |
DE49 (1 month) DE |
- | - | - |
US5 (11 weeks) US |
Release: February 3, 1964 (Capitol)
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I get around |
DE38 (1 month) DE |
- | - |
UK7th
silver
(13 weeks)UK |
US1
gold
(15 weeks)US |
Release: May 11, 1964 (Capitol)
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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 |
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When I Grow Up (To Be a Man) | - | - | - |
UK27 (7 weeks) UK |
US9 (10 weeks) US |
Released: August 17, 1964 (Capitol)
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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) |
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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) |
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Dance, dance, dance | - | - | - |
UK24 (6 weeks) UK |
US8 (11 weeks) US |
Release: October 26, 1964 (Capitol)
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1965 | Do You Wanna Dance? | - | - | - | - |
US12 (8 weeks) US |
Release: February 8, 1965 (Capitol)
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Please Let Me Wonder | - | - | - | - |
US52 (5 weeks) US |
released on single
with Dance, Dance, Dance ; Release: February 8, 1965 (Capitol)
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Help me, Rhonda |
DE10 (3½ months) DE |
- | - |
UK27 (10 weeks) UK |
US1 (14 weeks) US |
Release: April 5, 1965 (Capitol)
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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 |
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The Little Girl I Once Knew | - | - | - | - |
US20 (8 weeks) US |
Release: November 8, 1965 (Capitol)
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1966 | Barbara Ann |
DE2 (4 months) DE |
AT1 (4 months) AT |
- |
UK3 (10 weeks) UK |
US2 (11 weeks) US |
Release: December 20, 1965 (Capitol)
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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 |
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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 |
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God Only Knows |
DE22 (1½ Mt.) DE |
- | - |
UK2
gold
(14 weeks)UK |
US39 (8 weeks) US |
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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
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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 |
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1967 | Then I Kissed Her |
DE39 (½ month) DE |
- | - |
UK4 (11 weeks) UK |
- |
Release: April 1967 (Capitol)
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Heroes and Villains |
DE34 (½ month) DE |
- | - |
UK8 (9 weeks) UK |
US12 (7 weeks) US |
Release: July 24, 1967 (Capitol)
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Wild Honey | - | - | - |
UK29 (6 weeks) UK |
US31 (6 weeks) US |
Release: October 23, 1967 (Capitol)
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Darlin ' | - | - | - |
UK11 (14 weeks) UK |
US19 (9 weeks) US |
Release: December 11, 1967 (Capitol)
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1968 | Friends | - | - | - |
UK25 (7 weeks) UK |
US47 (7 weeks) US |
Release: April 8, 1968 (Capitol)
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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)
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Bluebirds over the Mountain | - | - | - |
UK33 (5 weeks) UK |
US61 (6 weeks) US |
Release: December 2, 1968 (Capitol)
|
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1969 | I can hear music |
DE13 (1 month) DE |
- | - |
UK10 (13 weeks) UK |
US24 (10 weeks) US |
Release: February 24, 1969 (Capitol)
|
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Break away |
DE29 (½ month) DE |
- | - |
UK6 (11 weeks) UK |
US63 (6 weeks) US |
Release: June 23, 1969 (Capitol)
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1970 | Add Some Music to Your Day | - | - | - | - |
US64 (5 weeks) US |
Released: February 23, 1970 ( Brother )
|
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Cotton Fields |
DE29 (½ month) DE |
- | - |
UK5 (17 weeks) UK |
- |
Released: April 20, 1970 (Brother)
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1971 | Long Promised Road | - | - | - | - |
US89 (5 weeks) US |
Released: October 11, 1971 (Brother)
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1973 | Sail on, sailor | - | - | - | - |
US49 (17 weeks) US |
Published: January 29, 1973, April 1975 (Brother)
Top ranking was only achieved in 1975 |
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California Saga (On My Way to Sunny Californ-ia) | - | - | - |
UK37 (5 weeks) UK |
US84 (4 weeks) US |
Released: April 16, 1973 (Brother)
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1976 | Rock and roll music | - | - | - |
UK36 (4 weeks) UK |
US5 (16 weeks) US |
Released: May 24, 1976 (Brother)
|
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Good vibrations | - | - | - |
UK18 (7 weeks) UK |
- |
Re-release of the 1966 song in Great Britain in June 1976 (Capitol)
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It's OK | - | - | - | - |
US29 (10 weeks) US |
Released: August 9, 1976 (Brother)
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1978 | Peggy Sue | - | - | - | - |
US59 (6 weeks) US |
Released: August 28, 1978 (Brother)
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1979 | Here comes the night | - | - | - |
UK37 (8 weeks) UK |
US44 (8 weeks) US |
Release: February 19, 1979 ( Caribou )
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Good timin ' | - | - | - | - |
US40 (10 weeks) US |
Release: April 16, 1979 (Caribou)
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Lady Lynda | - | - | - |
UK6 (11 weeks) UK |
- |
Release: June 1979 (Caribou)
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Sumahama | - | - | - |
UK45 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
Release: September 1979 (Caribou)
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1980 | Goin 'on | - | - | - | - |
US83 (3 weeks) US |
Released: March 11, 1980 (Caribou)
|
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1981 | The Beach Boys Medley | - | - | - |
UK47 (4 weeks) UK |
US12 (18 weeks) US |
Release: July 1981 (Capitol)
|
|
Come go with me | - | - | - | - |
US18 (15 weeks) US |
Release: November 2, 1981 (Caribou)
|
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1985 | Getcha Back | - | - | - | - |
US26 (12 weeks) US |
Release: May 8, 1985 (Caribou)
|
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It's getting late | - | - | - | - |
US82 (5 weeks) US |
Release: July 17, 1985 (Caribou)
|
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1986 | Rock 'n' Roll to the Rescue | - | - | - | - |
US86 (6 weeks) US |
Release: June 1986 (Capitol)
|
|
California Dreamin ' | - | - | - | - |
US57 (10 weeks) US |
Release: September 1, 1986 (Capitol)
|
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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) |
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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) |
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1989 | Don't Worry Baby (with the Everly Brothers ) |
DE41 (6 weeks) DE |
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Release: March 1989
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Still cruisin ' |
DE51 (12 weeks) DE |
AT11 (8 weeks) AT |
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US93 (3 weeks) US |
from the movie Lethal Weapon II - Focal Point LA
Release: August 7, 1989 (Capitol) |
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1996 | Fun, fun, fun (with status quo ) |
DE81 (10 weeks) DE |
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UK24 (4 weeks) UK |
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Release: February 1996
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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 |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
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
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | silver | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Australia (ARIA) | - | gold1 | 5 × platinum5 | 247,500 | aria.com.au |
Germany (BVMI) | - | gold1 | - | 250,000 | musikindustrie.de |
France (SNEP) | silver1 | 2 × gold2 | - | 400,000 | snepmusique.com infodisc.fr |
Canada (MC) | - | - | platinum1 | 100,000 | musiccanada.com |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | - | 2 × gold2 | 3 × platinum3 | 60,000 | nztop40.co.nz |
Netherlands (NVPI) | - | gold1 | - | 100,000 | nvpi.nl |
Austria (IFPI) | - | gold1 | platinum1 | 75,000 | ifpi.at |
Switzerland (IFPI) | - | - | platinum1 | 50,000 | hitparade.ch |
Spain (Promusicae) | - | gold1 | 2 × platinum2 | 200,000 | Sólo éxitos: año año, 1959-2002 |
United States (RIAA) | - | 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)