Surfin' U.S.A.

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"Surfin' U.S.A." is a 1963 surf rock song and album by the Beach Boys that became one of their signature hits and an anthem of early 1960s California surf culture.

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Label Occurrences
Surfin' U.S.A. canonical 3
Surfin' U.S.A. (album) 1
Surfin' U.S.A. by The Beach Boys 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
studio album
studio album
album Surfin' U.S.A. self-linksurface differs
surface form: Surfin' U.S.A. (album)
artist The Beach Boys
basedOn Sweet Little Sixteen
bSide Shut Down Volume 2
surface form: Shut Down
chartPosition Billboard Hot 100 number 3
Cash Box Top 100 number 1
composer Brian Wilson
Chuck Berry
containsSong Shut Down
Surfin' U.S.A. self-linksurface differs
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coverArtFeatures The Beach Boys surfing
describedAs anthem of early 1960s California surf culture
followedBySingle Shut Down
genre rock and roll
surf rock
hasTheme surfing
inspiredBy Sweet Little Sixteen
isSignatureSongOf The Beach Boys
language English
leadVocalist Mike Love
length 2:27
mentions California surf spots
performer The Beach Boys
precededBySingle Ten Little Indians
producer Nick Venet
recordedIn Capitol Studios
United Western Recorders, Hollywood
surface form: United Western Recorders
recordingLocation Hollywood, California, United States
surface form: Hollywood, California
recordLabel Capitol Records
releaseDate 1963-03-04
1963-03-25
releaseYear 1963
side A-side
writer Brian Wilson
Chuck Berry

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

The Beach Boys notableWork Surfin' U.S.A.
California Sound notableWork Surfin' U.S.A.
this entity surface form: Surfin' U.S.A. by The Beach Boys
Surfin' U.S.A. album Surfin' U.S.A. self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Surfin' U.S.A. (album)
Surfin' U.S.A. containsSong Surfin' U.S.A. self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Surfin' U.S.A. (album)
Endless Summer containsHitSong Surfin' U.S.A.
Sweet Little Sixteen influenced Surfin' U.S.A.
this entity surface form: Surfin’ U.S.A.