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“God Only Knows”

Single by The Beach Boys
from the album Pet Sounds

A-side

"Wouldn't It Be Nice"

Released

July 11, 1966

Format

Vinyl

Recorded

Western Studios
March 10, 1966
Columbia Studios
March 10, 1966
April 11, 1966

Genre

Baroque Pop

Length

2:49

Label

Capitol 5706

Writer(s)

Wilson/Asher

Producer

Brian Wilson

The Beach Boys singles chronology

"Sloop John B"/"You're So Good to Me"
(1966

"Wouldn't It Be Nice"/"God Only Knows"
(1966)

"Good Vibrations"/"Let's Go Away For Awhile"
(1966)

Pet Sounds track listing

"Wouldn't It Be Nice"
"You Still Believe in Me"
"That's Not Me"
"Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)"
"I'm Waiting for the Day"
"Let's Go Away for Awhile"
"Sloop John B"
"God Only Knows"
"I Know There's an Answer"
"Here Today"
"I Just Wasn't Made for These Times"
"Pet Sounds"
"Caroline, No"

"God Only Knows" is the eighth track on the Pet Sounds album and one of the most widely recognized songs performed by American pop band The Beach Boys. It was composed and produced by Brian Wilson, with lyrics by Tony Asher, and the lead vocal was sung by Carl Wilson.

The song broke new ground in many ways. It was one of the first pop songs to use the word 'God' in its title. The song was also far more technically sophisticated than anything the Beach Boys, or arguably any pop group, had ever attempted before - particularly the complicated melodic structure and vocal harmonies. As producer, Brian Wilson also used many unusual instruments, including the harpsichord and French horns that are heard in the song's famous introduction.

Tony Asher has noted the irony that this, one of the all-time great love songs, opens with the line 'I may not always love you' (although the line is turned on its head by the subsequent lines).

Mojo Magazine ranked God Only Knows 13th greatest song of all time. Pitchfork Media named it the best song of the 1960s. The song is 25th on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.

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god only knows

God Only Knows" is the eighth track on the Pet Sounds album and one of the most widely recognized songs performed by American pop band The Beach Boys.

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The Beach Boys, if you don't all ready know, were a pop group formed in California in the early 60s. They are widely regarded as one of the most influencial bands in pop history ...