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"The Beach Boys Medley"
Single by The Beach Boys
B-side"God Only Knows"
ReleasedJuly 1981
Length4:05
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"Livin' with a Heartache"
(1980)
"The Beach Boys Medley"
(1981)
"Come Go with Me"
(1981)

"The Beach Boys Medley" is a single containing a medley of popular Beach Boys songs from the 1960s, edited by John Palladino. Released in mid-1981, it capitalized on a medley craze begun by the Stars on 45 medleys. "The Beach Boys Medley" reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band's highest-charting hit in the United States in over five years. The single peaked at number 8 on the Cash Box sales chart. It also reached number 4 in New Zealand.[1] "The Beach Boys Medley" was first released on an album a year later in 1982 on Sunshine Dream.

Songs in the medley

In order, the songs of the medley include the following:

Chart history

References

  1. ^ NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, 25 October 1981
  2. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. {{cite book}}: |format= requires |url= (help)
  3. ^ a b "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1981-10-24. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  4. ^ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1981-10-25. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  5. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 25.
  7. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 26, 1981". Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
  8. ^ The 1981 Top 100 Singles chart is identified by the RPM Year-End article "Top 100 Singles (1981)". RPM. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  9. ^ "End of Year Charts 1979". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  10. ^ Musicoutfitters.com
  11. ^ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 26, 1981". Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2017.

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