Gettin' Hungry
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| Single by Brian Wilson and Mike Love | ||||||||||
| B-side | "Devoted to You" | |||||||||
| Released | August 28, 1967 | |||||||||
| Format | 7" vinyl | |||||||||
| Recorded | July 14, 1967 | |||||||||
| Genre | R&B[1] | |||||||||
| Length | 2:25 | |||||||||
| Label | Capitol | |||||||||
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"Gettin' Hungry" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, released as a single in August 1967, the second and last released on the original Brother Records label. It was later placed on the Beach Boys' album Smiley Smile one month later.[2] It is one of the few songs on Smiley Smile not explicitly taken from the aborted Smile project, along with "Little Pad".[3]
Author Byron Preiss characterized it as "an odd combination of energetic chorus, electric bass, and bluesy meandering". According to Wilson, he "just thought it would be a good single".[4] Billboard reviewed it as an "unusual piece of material — as off-beat as their current 'Heroes and Villains' smash. Should prove to be an important chart item."[5] Biographer Mark Dillon noted the song as a "flop single".[1]
Personnel
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- Brian Wilson – lead vocals
- Mike Love – lead vocals
Cover versions
- 1979 – Celebration, Celebration
- 1974 – The Faces
- 2013 – Seth Mankowski, Portland Sings The Beach Boys "Smiley Smile"
References
- 1 2 Dillon, Mark (June 1, 2012). Fifty Sides of the Beach Boys: The Songs That Tell Their Story. ECW Press. pp. 305–. ISBN 978-1-77090-198-8.
- ↑ Leaf, David (1990). Smiley Smile/Wild Honey (CD Liner). The Beach Boys. Capitol Records.
- ↑ Lambert, Philip (2007). Inside the Music of Brian Wilson: the Songs, Sounds, and Influences of the Beach Boys' Founding Genius. Continuum. p. 197. ISBN 978-0-8264-1876-0.
- ↑ Preiss, Byron (1979). The Beach Boys. Ballantine Books. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-345-27398-7.
- ↑ Reviews. Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc.). September 2, 1967. p. 18. ISSN 0006-2510.
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