It's OK (Beach Boys song)

"It's O.K."
"It's O.K."
Single by The Beach Boys
from the album 15 Big Ones
B-side	"Had to Phone Ya"
Released	August 9, 1976
Recorded	1974-1976
Genre	Rock
Length	2:12
Label	Brother/Reprise
Songwriter(s)	Brian Wilson, Mike Love
Producer(s)	Brian Wilson
The Beach Boys singles chronology

"It's O.K." is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love of the American rock band the Beach Boys, released on their 1976 album 15 Big Ones. It was issued as a single on August 9, 1976 (with B-side "Had to Phone Ya") and climbed to number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.^[1] The track later reappeared as the B-side to the 1985 single "It's Gettin' Late".

The single was the highest-charting original song that the Beach Boys would have in the 1970s, unless one counts "Almost Summer", a song written by Wilson, Love, and Al Jardine for the sidegroup Celebration, which peaked at number 28.^[1]

Love re-recorded it for his 2019 album 12 Sides of Summer.

Composition[]

In 1995, Brian commented: "That was written inside Brother Studios in Santa Monica. At the end, where Dennis goes (sings) "Find a ride", we put two of his voices on there, and it sounded fan-tas-tic! Fuckin' fantastic from Dennis."^[2] On another occasion, he praised Mike Love's lyrics, but said that the song "doesn't bring back real pleasant memories."^[1]

Personnel[]

Per 2000 liner notes.^[3]^[1]

The Beach Boys

Ricky Fataar – drums
Al Jardine – harmony and backing vocals
Mike Love – lead, harmony and backing vocals
Brian Wilson – harmony and backing vocals; piano, organ, Moog bass
Carl Wilson – harmony and backing vocals; guitar
Dennis Wilson – lead, harmony and backing vocals; drums

Additional musicians and production staff

Dennis Dreith – clarinet
Jules Jacobs – clarinet
Marilyn Wilson – backing vocals
Roy Wood – saxophone
Mike Burney - saxophone
Nick Pentelow - saxophone

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Dillon, Mark (2014). Fifty Sides of the Beach Boys: The Songs That Tell Their Story. ECW Press. p. 430. ISBN 978-1-77090-198-8.
^ Benci, Jacopo (January 1995). "Brian Wilson interview". Record Collector. UK (185).
^ Diken, Dennis; Buck, Peter (2000). 15 Big Ones/Love You (booklet). The Beach Boys. California: Capitol Records. p. 2.

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[Dillon2014-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Dillon, Mark (2014). Fifty Sides of the Beach Boys: The Songs That Tell Their Story. ECW Press. p. 430. ISBN 978-1-77090-198-8.

[2] Benci, Jacopo (January 1995). "Brian Wilson interview". Record Collector. UK (185).

[liner-3] Diken, Dennis; Buck, Peter (2000). 15 Big Ones/Love You (booklet). The Beach Boys. California: Capitol Records. p. 2.

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