Heroes and Villains

E363095
single song

"Heroes and Villains" is a song by the Beach Boys, written by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks, known for its complex structure and association with the band's legendary unfinished Smile project.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Heroes and Villains canonical 6
Heroes and Villains (Children Were Raised) 1
Heroes and Villains (Early Takes) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist The Beach Boys ⓘ
associatedWork Smile ⓘ
bSide You’re Welcome ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 12 ⓘ
composer Brian Wilson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuresVocalHarmony true ⓘ
genre art pop ⓘ
baroque pop ⓘ
psychedelic pop ⓘ
hasAlbumVersion true ⓘ
hasAlternateVersions true ⓘ
hasComplexStructure true ⓘ
hasCriticalReception acclaimed for ambition and complexity ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn art pop arrangements ⓘ
psychedelic pop music ⓘ
hasModularRecordingApproach true ⓘ
hasMultipleSections true ⓘ
hasNotableCollaboration Van Dyke Parks ⓘ
surface form: Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks
hasSingleVersion true ⓘ
hasTheme Old West ⓘ
surface form: American West

mythic Americana ⓘ
includedInCompilation The Best of the Beach Boys ⓘ
Smile Sessions ⓘ
surface form: The Smile Sessions
isConsideredCenterpieceOf Smile project ⓘ
isFollowUpTo Good Vibrations ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadVocalist Brian Wilson ⓘ
Carl Wilson ⓘ
Mike Love ⓘ
lengthAlbumVersion about 3:36 ⓘ
lengthSingleVersion about 3:37 ⓘ
lyricist Van Dyke Parks ⓘ
originallyIntendedFor Smile ⓘ
partOfAlbum Smiley Smile ⓘ
performer The Beach Boys ⓘ
producer Brian Wilson ⓘ
publisher Capitol Records ⓘ
recordedBy The Beach Boys ⓘ
recordLabel Capitol Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1967-07-24 ⓘ
releaseYear 1967 ⓘ
tempo medium ⓘ
usesSoundEffects true ⓘ
usesUnconventionalSongForm true ⓘ
writer Brian Wilson ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Heroes and Villains – lyrics → lyricsFor → Heroes and Villains ⓘ
The Beach Boys → notableWork → Heroes and Villains ⓘ
SMiLE → hasPart → Heroes and Villains ⓘ
SMiLE → hasPart → Heroes and Villains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heroes and Villains (Sections)
SMiLE → hasPart → Heroes and Villains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heroes and Villains (Intro)
SMiLE → hasPart → Heroes and Villains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heroes and Villains (Children Were Raised)
SMiLE → hasPart → Heroes and Villains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heroes and Villains (Early Takes)
Smiley Smile → hasPart → Heroes and Villains ⓘ
SMiLE mythos → hasWorkComponent → Heroes and Villains ⓘ
Smile (unreleased Beach Boys project) → hasPart → Heroes and Villains ⓘ
Smile Sessions → includes → Heroes and Villains ⓘ
subject surface form: The Smile Sessions
this entity surface form: Heroes and Villains (sessions)