You're Welcome (song)

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"You're Welcome"
Song
A-side"Heroes and Villains"

"You're Welcome" is a song written by Brian Wilson for American rock band the Beach Boys. It was released on July 24, 1967 as the B-side of the "Heroes and Villains" single.[1] It later appeared as a bonus track on the compilations Smiley Smile/Wild Honey (1990) and The Smile Sessions (2011).

The Italian cover of the song

Composition

Writer Bill Tobelman argues that the inspiration for "You're Welcome" may have derived from Brian Wilson's attempt to turn his band mate Al Jardine onto LSD while giving him a car ride, which was followed by Wilson circling the car around multiple times until he finally let Jardine go.[2]

The song is a mostly-a cappella chant, with the repeating phrase of "Well / you're well / you're welcome to come". In mid 1967, Mike Love said of the piece "[It's] incredible. The title is 'You’re Welcome'. No other lyrics. I don’t know how Brian did it, but there’s no accompaniment. [sic] 'Heroes and Villains' is going to be released as the first single on our new label, Brother Records…We are finishing it [the album] now."[3] Its "extraordinary long fade-in" gives the impression of development which is absent from the similar "Whistle In", writes Daniel Harrison.[4]

Recording

"You're Welcome" was recorded on December 15, 1966 at CBS Columbia Square. Other songs worked on during that date were "Cabinessence", "Wonderful", and "Surf's Up". Some portions of the session were filmed by David Oppenheim.[5]

Personnel

The Beach Boys
Additional staff

Covers

See also: List of cover versions of Beach Boys songs

In popular culture

New York-based power pop combo the Cheepskates recorded a response to "You're Welcome" entitled "Thank You" for their 1988 album It Wings Above.[6]

References

  1. ^ Doe, Andrew Grayham. "GIGS67". Endless Summer Quarterly. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  2. ^ "SMiLE Site".
  3. ^ Domenic, Priore (1995). Look! Listen! Vibrate! Smile!. California: Last Gasp. ISBN 0867194170.
  4. ^ Harrison, Daniel (1997). "After Sundown: The Beach Boys' Experimental Music" (PDF). In Covach, John; Boone, Graeme M. (eds.). Understanding Rock: Essays in Musical Analysis. Oxford University Press. p. 56. ISBN 9780199880126. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  5. ^ Doe, Andrew Grayham. "GIGS66". Endless Summer Quarterly. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  6. ^ Borack, John M. (2007). Shake Some Action - The Ultimate Guide To Power Pop. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-9797714-0-8.
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