The Beach Boys Medley
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"The Beach Boys Medley" | ||||
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Single by The Beach Boys | ||||
B-side | "God Only Knows" | |||
Released | July 1981 | |||
Length | 4:05 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
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The Beach Boys singles chronology | ||||
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"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:
- "Good Vibrations"
- "Help Me, Rhonda"
- "I Get Around"
- "Shut Down"
- "Surfin' Safari"
- "Barbara Ann"
- "Surfin' U.S.A."
- "Fun, Fun, Fun"
Chart history
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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References
- ^ NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, 25 October 1981
- ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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(help) - ^ a b "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1981-10-24. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
- ^ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1981-10-25. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 25.
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 26, 1981". Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
- ^ The 1981 Top 100 Singles chart is identified by the RPM Year-End article "Top 100 Singles (1981)". RPM. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
- ^ "End of Year Charts 1979". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
- ^ Musicoutfitters.com
- ^ "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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