Surf's Up

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musical work song

"Surf's Up" is a critically acclaimed and lyrically complex song by The Beach Boys, often regarded as one of their most ambitious and artful compositions.

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Label Occurrences
Surf's Up canonical 6
Surf's Up (1966 Version) 1
Surf's Up (1971 Version) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work ⓘ
song ⓘ
albumBy The Beach Boys ⓘ
artist The Beach Boys ⓘ
associatedWithProject Smile Sessions ⓘ
surface form: Smile sessions
composer Brian Wilson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception critically acclaimed ⓘ
featuredInstrument French horn ⓘ
clarinet ⓘ
piano ⓘ
strings ⓘ
finalRecordingPeriod 1971 ⓘ
firstRecordingPeriod 1966 ⓘ
1967 ⓘ
genre art pop ⓘ
baroque pop ⓘ
psychedelic pop ⓘ
hasSection multi-part suite structure ⓘ
solo piano coda ⓘ
hasTheme melancholy ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ
includedIn various Beach Boys compilation albums ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterReleasedOn Surf's Up ⓘ
leadVocalist Brian Wilson ⓘ
Carl Wilson ⓘ
lyricalStyle abstract ⓘ
impressionistic ⓘ
lyricist Van Dyke Parks ⓘ
notableFor complex lyrics ⓘ
elaborate vocal arrangements ⓘ
modular recording techniques ⓘ
sophisticated harmony ⓘ
originallyIntendedFor Smile ⓘ
partOfAlbum Surf's Up self-link ⓘ
performer The Beach Boys ⓘ
producer Brian Wilson ⓘ
Carl Wilson ⓘ
The Beach Boys ⓘ
rankedAmong The Beach Boys' most ambitious songs ⓘ
The Beach Boys' most critically acclaimed songs ⓘ
recordLabel Brother Records ⓘ
Reprise Records ⓘ
releaseYear 1971 ⓘ
timeSignature 4/4 ⓘ

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The Beach Boys → notableWork → Surf's Up ⓘ
SMiLE → hasPart → Surf's Up ⓘ
SMiLE → hasPart → Surf's Up ⓘ
this entity surface form: Surf's Up (Piano Demo)
SMiLE → hasPart → Surf's Up ⓘ
this entity surface form: Surf's Up (1966 Version)
SMiLE → hasPart → Surf's Up ⓘ
this entity surface form: Surf's Up (1971 Version)
SMiLE → hasPart → Surf's Up ⓘ
this entity surface form: Surf's Up (Early Takes)
SMiLE mythos → hasWorkComponent → Surf's Up ⓘ
Smile (unreleased Beach Boys project) → hasPart → Surf's Up ⓘ
Smile Sessions → includes → Surf's Up ⓘ
subject surface form: The Smile Sessions
this entity surface form: Surf's Up (sessions)
Surf's Up → partOfAlbum → Surf's Up self-link ⓘ
Sunflower → followedBy → Surf's Up ⓘ
Brother Records → notableRelease → Surf's Up ⓘ
this entity surface form: Surf’s Up