Aren't You Glad

This article is about the song. For the album, see Aren't You Glad?
"Aren't You Glad"
Song by The Beach Boys from the album Wild Honey
Released December 18, 1967 (1967-12-18)
Recorded 1967 (1967)
Brian Wilson's home studio, Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles
Genre Psychedelic rock
Length 2:16
Label Capitol
Writer(s)
Producer(s) The Beach Boys

"Aren't You Glad" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for American rock band the Beach Boys.[1] It was released in 1967 as the second track on their studio album Wild Honey. Love also sings lead vocal.

In its 1968 review of the LP, Rolling Stone called it a "Lovin' Spoonful type song with the Beach Boys touch".[2] That same year, Rolling Stone editor Gene Scullati said "['Aren't You Glad'] achieves a Miracles style smoothness via a Bobby Goldsboro-type song".[3] In 1979, Byron Preiss wrote that the song "epitomized the simple energy of the album".[4]

An alternate live version was released on the album Live in London (1970).[5]

Cover versions

References

  1. Badman, Keith (2004). The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band, on Stage and in the Studio. Backbeat Books. p. 382. ISBN 978-0-87930-818-6.
  2. "Wild Honey". Rolling Stone (523). February 24, 1968.
  3. Scullati, Gene (September 1968). "Villains and Heroes: In Defense of the Beach Boys". Jazz & Pop.
  4. Preiss, Byron (1979). The Beach Boys. New York: Ballantine Books. p. 88. ISBN 9780345273987.
  5. Hickey, Andrew. The Beach Boys on CD Vol 1: The 1960s. Lulu.com. p. 186. ISBN 978-1-4475-4233-9.
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