What do the Seaside Boys have in widespread with the Dave Clark 5, Petula Clark, and BB King? They might not seem to be the obvious musical bedfellows, however the factor they shared in widespread was that all of them had new entries on the Billboard Sizzling 100 in October of 1966. The Seaside Boys’ track? It was solely “Good Vibrations.”
In its October 15 problem that 12 months, Billboard had predicted that the daringly uncommon single had prime 20 potential. “Penned by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, group has sure-fire hit in this off-beat and intriguing rhythm number,” mentioned its overview. “Should hit hard and fast.” They had been proper, if not instantly.
The track would turn into one of many actually basic pop singles of all time, however of the 17 titles that made their first look on that new chart, “Good Vibrations” was solely the fourth highest arrival, at No. 81. It was overwhelmed by the Mamas and the Papas’ “Look Through My Window” at 65, Petula Clark’s “Who Am I” at 70 and the Sandpipers’ model of “Louie, Louie” at 74. Additional down, the Dave Clark 5 took their bow with “Nineteen Days” and BB King with “Don’t Answer The Door.”
However per week later, “Good Vibrations” had overtaken all three of the singles that had debuted above it, racing to No. 38, then once more at prime pace to 17, 4, 2, then 2 once more, then 2 once more… and, on December 10, simply because it regarded as if the track would possibly finish in runner-up spot, it made that closing vault to No. 1. By then, it had additionally topped the UK chart for a fortnight, beginning on November 19.
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As American Songwriter wrote: “At first, ‘Good Vibrations’ was not well received by critics who expected more sunshine pop from the band, but those opinions quickly changed. Since then, outlets like Rolling Stone have gone on to say that ‘Good Vibrations’ is one of the best and most significant rock’n’roll songs of the 20th century.”
In an interview for that article, co-writer Love mentioned: “We felt it was completely unique and avant garde. It was totally different. In fact, Cousin Brucey, who was the #1 DJ in America at the time on ABC in New York City said when he first heard ‘Good Vibrations’ he didn’t like it. But he got to like it. Because it was so unlike ‘California Girls’ and ‘I Get Around’ and ‘Fun, Fun, Fun’ and ‘Surfin’ USA’ and ‘Help Me, Rhonda’ and all that. So, it took some getting used to. But, it certainly caught on and it was appropriate for the time. It was our psychedelic anthem.”
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