The Beach Boys Medley

"The Beach Boys Medley"
"The Beach Boys Medley"
Single by The Beach Boys
B-side	"God Only Knows"
Released	July 1981
Length	4:05
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Brian Wilson; Mike Love; Roger Christian; Fred Fassert; Chuck Berry;
The Beach Boys singles chronology

"The Beach Boys Medley" is a single containing a medley of popular Beach Boys songs from the 1960s, edited by John Palladino. Released in mid-1981, it capitalized on a medley craze begun by the Stars on 45 medleys. "The Beach Boys Medley" reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band's highest-charting hit in the United States in over five years. The single peaked at number 8 on the Cash Box sales chart. It also reached number 4 in New Zealand.^[1] "The Beach Boys Medley" was first released on an album a year later in 1982 on Sunshine Dream.

Songs in the medley[]

In order, the songs of the medley include the following:

Chart history[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1981)	Peak position
Australia Kent Music Report^[2]	16
Canada RPM Top Singles^[3]	15
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary^[3]	8
New Zealand^[4]	4
US Billboard Hot 100^[5]	12
US Billboard Adult Contemporary^[6]	20
US Cash Box Top 100^[7]	8

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1981)	Rank
Australia^[2]	87
Canada^[8]	87
New Zealand^[9]	43
US Billboard Hot 100^[10]	93
US Cash Box^[11]	63

References[]

^ NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, 25 October 1981
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (doc) |format= requires |url= (help). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1981-10-24. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
^ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1981-10-25. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 25.
^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 26, 1981". Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
^ The 1981 Top 100 Singles chart is identified by the RPM Year-End article "Top 100 Singles (1981)". RPM. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
^ "End of Year Charts 1979". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
^ Musicoutfitters.com
^ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 26, 1981". Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2017.

External links[]

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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[1] NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, 25 October 1981

[Australian_Chart_Book_1970���1992-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (doc) |format= requires |url= (help). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[bac-lac.gc.ca-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1981-10-24. Retrieved 2017-12-01.

[4] "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1981-10-25. Retrieved 2017-12-01.

[5] Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X

[6] Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 25.

[7] "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 26, 1981". Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 30, 2017.

[8] The 1981 Top 100 Singles chart is identified by the RPM Year-End article "Top 100 Singles (1981)". RPM. Retrieved 2016-04-12.

[9] "End of Year Charts 1979". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved December 1, 2017.

[10] Musicoutfitters.com

[11] "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 26, 1981". Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2017.

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