Add Some Music to Your Day

"Add Some Music to Your Day"
"Add Some Music to Your Day"
Single by The Beach Boys
from the album Sunflower
B-side	"Susie Cincinnati"
Released	February 23, 1970
Recorded	October 28, 1969 – January 1970
Studio	Beach Boys Studio, Bel Air
Genre	Pop
Length	3:34
Label	Brother/Reprise
Songwriter(s)	Brian Wilson, Joe Knott, Mike Love
Producer(s)	The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys singles chronology

"Add Some Music to Your Day" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys that was released in February 1970 as the lead single from their album Sunflower. It was written by Brian Wilson, Joe Knott and Mike Love. Wilson later said that Knott "was a friend of mine who wasn't a songwriter but he contributed a couple of lines. But I can't remember which ones!"^[1]

The song features lyrics that are a celebration of music and its ubiquitous presence in daily life.^[2] In April, the single peaked at number 64 in the US^[3] during a five-week stay.^[1] Disc jockeys generally refused to play the song on the radio.^[4]^[5] According to band promoter Fred Vail, WFIL program director Jay Cook refused to play the song even after "telling me how great the Beach Boys are and how great Brian is."^[3]

Personnel[]

Sourced from Craig Slowinski^[6]

The Beach Boys

Brian Wilson – lead vocals, harmony and backing vocals, Rocksichord, production
Mike Love – lead vocals, harmony and backing vocals
Al Jardine – lead vocals, harmony and backing vocals
Carl Wilson – lead vocals, harmony and backing vocals, 12-string acoustic guitars, Chamberlin
Dennis Wilson – harmony and backing vocals, drums, additional percussion (flicked car and house keys, bongos, guiro, Jaw harp)
Bruce Johnston – lead vocals, harmony and backing vocals, bass

Production staff

Stephen Desper – engineer

Charts[]

Chart (1970)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart^[3]	64

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b White, Timothy (2000). Sunflower/Surf's Up (CD Liner). The Beach Boys. Capitol Records.
^ Carlin 2006, p. 151.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Badman 2004, p. 264.
^ Carlin 2006, p. 153.
^ Leaf 1978, p. 133.
^ Slowinski, Craig (Summer 2020). "Sunflower: 50 Year Anniversary Special Edition (Issue 130, Volume 33, No. 3)". Endless Summer Quarterly Magazine (Magazine). Charlotte, North Carolina, USA: David Beard.

Sources

Badman, Keith (2004). The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band, on Stage and in the Studio. Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-0-87930-818-6.
Carlin, Peter Ames (2006). Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson. Rodale. ISBN 978-1-59486-320-2.
Leaf, David (1978). The Beach Boys and the California Myth. New York: Grosset & Dunlap. ISBN 978-0-448-14626-3.

[White2000-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b White, Timothy (2000). Sunflower/Surf's Up (CD Liner). The Beach Boys. Capitol Records.

[FOOTNOTECarlin2006151-2] Carlin 2006, p. 151.

[FOOTNOTEBadman2004264-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Badman 2004, p. 264.

[FOOTNOTECarlin2006153-4] Carlin 2006, p. 153.

[FOOTNOTELeaf1978133-5] Leaf 1978, p. 133.

[Slowinski2020-6] Slowinski, Craig (Summer 2020). "Sunflower: 50 Year Anniversary Special Edition (Issue 130, Volume 33, No. 3)". Endless Summer Quarterly Magazine (Magazine). Charlotte, North Carolina, USA: David Beard.

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