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It's a Beautiful Day (The Beach Boys song)

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"It's a Beautiful Day"
Single by The Beach Boys
B-side"Sumahama"
ReleasedSeptember 1979
RecordedUnknown
GenrePop
Length4 min 36 sec (Americathon version)
3 min 20 sec (single mix)
3 min 29 sec (Made in California remix)
LabelCaribou Records
Songwriter(s)Mike Love and Al Jardine
Producer(s)Bruce Johnston
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"Lady Lynda"
(1979)
"It's a Beautiful Day"
(1979)
"Goin' On"
(1980)

"It's a Beautiful Day" is a song written by Mike Love and Al Jardine for the American rock band The Beach Boys. The song was never released on an original Beach Boys album; however, it was released on the soundtrack to the film Americathon and as a single in September 1979 with B-side, "Sumahama". The song has also been released on the Ten Years of Harmony Beach Boys compilation album as well as the Made in California compilation.

Record World said that it "captures all the exuberance of a sunny day on a California beach."[1]

Personnel

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Credits via Craig Slowinski.[2]

The Beach Boys

unknown – bass, drums

References

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  1. ^ "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. November 10, 1979. p. 16. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
  2. ^ "It's a Beautiful Day".