Surfin' U.S.A.

Brian took Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen" and (with "research help" from his then-girlfriend's brother, Jimmy Bowles) added surf lyrics and came up with this song.

The first really great Beach Boys track.

Because Brian "plaugarized" SLS, Chuck Berry's publishers sued for the writer's credit of SUSA; the initial settlement was that Berry would get full credit for the song. On the track's subsequent appearences, Chuck Berry would get full writing credits until the 1993 Good Vibrations box set and the 1995 20 Good Vibrations CD, whcih would carry the "Berry/Wilson" credit.

One song that people identify with the Beach Boys the most.

Good Vibrations Box Set starts with Brian's original piano demo of SUSA.

Live versions of SUSA are included on 1973's In Concert album and on CD 5 of the Good Vibrations box set (that track was an outtake from 1964's Concert album).

2:02, 2:08, 2:14, 2:20 Brian yells "good" after every "Everybody's gone surfin', surfin' U.S.A."

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