California Girls

E363893
single song

"California Girls" is a classic 1965 pop song by the Beach Boys, celebrated for its lush harmonies, orchestral arrangement, and iconic evocation of idealized West Coast life.

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Label Occurrences
California Girls canonical 4
California Girls by The Beach Boys 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) ⓘ
artist The Beach Boys ⓘ
bSide Let Him Run Wild ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 26 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 3 ⓘ
composer Brian Wilson ⓘ
copyrightHolder Capitol Records ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuresInstrument bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
horns ⓘ
orchestral arrangement ⓘ
organ ⓘ
strings ⓘ
genre baroque pop ⓘ
pop ⓘ
psychedelic pop ⓘ
sunshine pop ⓘ
hasMusicalCharacteristic complex vocal arrangement ⓘ
lush vocal harmonies ⓘ
orchestral introduction ⓘ
hasNotableCoverVersionBy David Lee Roth ⓘ
includedIn The Beach Boys Today!/Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) era ⓘ
influenced California Gurls ⓘ
Good Vibrations ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 2:45 ⓘ
lyricalTheme admiration of regional American girls ⓘ
idealized West Coast lifestyle ⓘ
lyricist Mike Love ⓘ
originalReleaseDate 1965-07-12 ⓘ
performer The Beach Boys ⓘ
producer Brian Wilson ⓘ
rankedBy Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ⓘ
recordingDate 1965-04-06 ⓘ
1965-04-07 ⓘ
recordingLocation United Western Recorders, Hollywood ⓘ
recordLabel Capitol Records ⓘ
side A-side ⓘ
subjectOf music video-style promotional film (1960s TV appearances) ⓘ
tempo medium tempo ⓘ
timeSignature 4/4 ⓘ
vocalPerformanceBy Al Jardine ⓘ
Brian Wilson ⓘ
Bruce Johnston ⓘ
Carl Wilson ⓘ
Mike Love ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

The Beach Boys → notableWork → California Girls ⓘ
California Sound → notableWork → California Girls ⓘ
this entity surface form: California Girls by The Beach Boys
Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) → featuresSong → California Girls ⓘ
Endless Summer → containsHitSong → California Girls ⓘ
Help Me, Rhonda → precedesSingle → California Girls ⓘ