Surfin' Safari

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"Surfin' Safari" is the Beach Boys' early 1960s surf rock song and debut album centerpiece that helped launch their career and popularize the California surf sound.

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Surfin' Safari canonical 2
Surfin' 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work
single
song
artist The Beach Boys
associatedMovement surf music
associatedWithRegion Southern California
backingVocalist Al Jardine
Brian Wilson
Carl Wilson
Dennis Wilson NERFINISHED
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 14
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuresInstrument bass guitar
drums
electric guitar
featuresVocalStyle vocal harmonies
followsSingle Surfin' Safari self-linksurface differs
surface form: Surfin'
genre rock and roll
surf rock
hasBside 409
hasNotableLyric "Let's go surfin' now, everybody's learnin' how"
hasTempo up-tempo
helpedPopularize California surf sound
includedOnAlbum Surfin' Safari self-link
isEarlyHitFor The Beach Boys
language English
leadVocalist Mike Love NERFINISHED
length approximately 2:05
originallyReleasedAs 7-inch single
performer The Beach Boys
producer Nik Venet
recordedBy The Beach Boys
recordLabel Candix Records
Capitol Records
releaseDate 1962-06-04
releaseYear 1962
theme surfing
writer Brian Wilson
Mike Love NERFINISHED

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The Beach Boys notableWork Surfin' Safari
Surfin' Safari includedOnAlbum Surfin' Safari self-link
Surfin' Safari followsSingle Surfin' Safari self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Surfin'