It's OK (The Beach Boys song)

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"It's OK"
It's OK, Had To Phone Ya.jpg
Single by the Beach Boys
from the album 15 Big Ones
B-side"Had to Phone Ya"
ReleasedAugust 9, 1976
Recorded1974–1976
GenreRock
Length2:12
LabelBrother/Reprise
Songwriter(s)Brian Wilson, Mike Love
Producer(s)Brian Wilson
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"Rock and Roll Music"
(1976) 		"It's OK"
(1976) 		"Everyone's in Love with You"
(1976)
Licensed audio
"It's OK" on YouTube

"It's OK" (spelled "It's O.K." on the album disc inlay) is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1976 album 15 Big Ones. Written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, it is an upbeat song about celebrating summer fun. It was issued as a single on August 9, 1976 (with the B-side "Had to Phone Ya") and reached number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[1]

Background and recording[]

"It's OK" is an upbeat song about celebrating summer fun that was written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love.[1] Brian commented of the song in a 1995 interview, "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 Love's lyrics, but said that the song "doesn't bring back real pleasant memories."[1]

Thanks to mutual connections, engineer Earle Mankey arranged for Wizzard members Roy Wood, Mike Burney, and Nick Pentelow to play saxophone on the track. Mankey estimated that the members also appeared on several other tracks on 15 Big Ones, but were uncredited.[1]

Legacy[]

The single was the highest-charting original song that the Beach Boys had 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] "It's O.K." later reappeared as the B-side to the 1985 single "It's Gettin' Late".[citation needed]

In 2019, Love re-recorded "It's O.K." for his album 12 Sides of Summer. In 2021 Brian Wilson also re-recorded the track for the soundtrack to his documentary ‘’Long Promised Road’’.

Personnel[]

Per 2000 liner notes[3] and Dillon.[1]

The Beach Boys

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[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Dillon, Mark (2014). Fifty Sides of the Beach Boys: The Songs That Tell Their Story. ECW Press. p. 223. ISBN 978-1-77090-198-8.
  2. ^ Benci, Jacopo (January 1995). "Brian Wilson interview". Record Collector. UK (185).
  3. ^ Diken, Dennis; Buck, Peter (2000). 15 Big Ones/Love You (booklet). The Beach Boys. California: Capitol Records. p. 2.

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