Wouldn't It Be Nice

E363894
single song

"Wouldn't It Be Nice" is a 1966 pop song by the Beach Boys, celebrated for its lush harmonies, innovative production, and idealistic portrayal of young love.

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Label Occurrences
Wouldn't It Be Nice canonical 2
Wouldn’t It Be Nice 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
albumBy The Beach Boys ⓘ
artist The Beach Boys ⓘ
associatedArtist Brian Wilson ⓘ
The Beach Boys ⓘ
Tony Asher ⓘ
associatedMovement California Sound ⓘ
backingVocalist Al Jardine ⓘ
Bruce Johnston ⓘ
Carl Wilson ⓘ
bSide God Only Knows ⓘ
chartPositionUK_SinglesChart 2 ⓘ
chartPositionUS_BillboardHot100 8 ⓘ
composer Brian Wilson ⓘ
Tony Asher ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception highly acclaimed ⓘ
featuresEnsemble The Wrecking Crew ⓘ
genre baroque pop ⓘ
pop ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasFormat 7-inch single ⓘ
hasMusicalCharacteristic complex arrangements ⓘ
innovative production ⓘ
lush vocal harmonies ⓘ
hasNotableFeature layered instrumentation ⓘ
orchestral textures ⓘ
includedInList various greatest songs of all time lists ⓘ
influencedGenre baroque pop ⓘ
pop rock ⓘ
key A major ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadVocalist Brian Wilson ⓘ
Mike Love ⓘ
lyricalTheme idealistic young love ⓘ
longing for marriage ⓘ
lyricist Tony Asher ⓘ
originalMedium vinyl record ⓘ
partOfAlbum Pet Sounds ⓘ
performer The Beach Boys ⓘ
producer Brian Wilson ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1965–1966 ⓘ
recordLabel Capitol Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1966-05-16 ⓘ
releaseYear 1966 ⓘ
side opening track of Pet Sounds ⓘ
tempo upbeat ⓘ

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The Beach Boys → notableWork → Wouldn't It Be Nice ⓘ
50 First Dates → notableSong → Wouldn't It Be Nice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wouldn’t It Be Nice
Pet Sounds → hasPart → Wouldn't It Be Nice ⓘ