Please Let Me Wonder
| "Please Let Me Wonder" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| A-side | "Do You Wanna Dance?" |
"Please Let Me Wonder" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for American rock band the Beach Boys. The song was the B-side of the single "Do You Wanna Dance?" which was released by The Beach Boys in 1965 through Capitol Records.[1] It peaked at a number 52 in Billboard and number 46 in Cash Box. The contemporary Gilbert Youth Survey conducted nationally in April 1965 placed this song at number 9 in its chart one week.
The song was the first that Wilson wrote while under the influence of marijuana.[2][3] The song was first released on the band's 1965 album The Beach Boys Today!. Due to the lyrics, which are filled with a sense of longing and uncertainty, it is a contrasting piece to Wilson's "When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)".[2]
Personnel
Per Craig Slowinski.[4]
- The Beach Boys
- Al Jardine – harmony and backing vocals
- Brian Wilson – lead, harmony and backing vocals, grand piano
- Carl Wilson – harmony and backing vocals, lead guitar
- Dennis Wilson – harmony and backing vocals, percussion
- Mike Love – harmony and backing vocals
- Additional musicians and production staff
Live version
A live version recorded during The 50th Reunion Tour in 2012 appears on Live – The 50th Anniversary Tour (2013).[citation needed]
Cover versions
- 1984 – Tatsuro Yamashita, Big Wave
References
- ^ Badman, Keith. The Beach Boys. The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band: On Stage and in the Studio Backbeat Books, San Francisco, California, 2004. ISBN 0-87930-818-4 p. 84
- ^ a b "Matthew Greenwald review".
- ^ Wilson, Brian; Greenman, Ben (2016). I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir. Da Capo Press. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-306-82307-7.
- ^ Slowinski, Craig (2007). "The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Today!" (PDF). Retrieved October 27, 2012.
