Honkin' Down the Highway

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"Honkin' Down the Highway"
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Single by The Beach Boys
from the album The Beach Boys Love You
B-side"Solar System"
ReleasedMay 30, 1977
RecordedUnknown
GenreRock
Length2:48
LabelBrother
Songwriter(s)Brian Wilson
Producer(s)Brian Wilson
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"Everyone's in Love with You"
(1976)
"Honkin' Down the Highway"
(1977)
"Peggy Sue"
(1978)

"Honkin' Down the Highway" is a song written by Brian Wilson for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1977 album The Beach Boys Love You with a lead vocal by Al Jardine. A remake of this song is included on Jardine's album A Postcard from California, with Brian Wilson making a guest appearance.

Engineer Earle Mankey recalled that Wizzard frontman Roy Wood contributed to the recording.[1]

A slightly edited version was released on a single, in which the drum intro is cut off. The single version appeared on the 1991 cassette and CD reissue of The Beach Boys Love You on the Caribou label.


Cover versions[]

  • In the mid-eighties, Alex Chilton played "Honkin' Down the Highway" in concert with revised lyrics.

References[]

  1. ^ Beard, David (Spring 2007). "Ding Dang". Endless Summer Quarterly.
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