You Didn't Have to Be So Nice

"You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" is the second single released by The Lovin' Spoonful, released in 1965. The song was featured on their 1966 album Daydream. It reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1966.^[1]

It has been cited as an inspiration for the composition of the song "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys.^[2]

	"You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" by The Lovin' Spoonful, from Daydream, (Kama Sutra Records 1966, Buddah Records 2000) format=Ogg
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It was covered in 1966 by The Grass Roots on their first album Where Were You When I Needed You.
It was covered by Amy Grant & Kevin Costner in Costner's 1997 film The Postman during the film's ending credits.
It was covered and released as a single in 2014 by Nick Vernier Band.^[3]

References

1 2 Richie Unterberger. "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice - The Lovin' Spoonful | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
↑ "Beach Boys: Our top 50 hits". Newsday. 2012-06-22. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
↑ "Nick Vernier Band - You Didn't Have To Be So Nice (short edit)". YouTube. 2014-05-04. Retrieved 2016-09-30.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

The Lovin' Spoonful

Steve Boone Joe Butler Jerry Yester Mike Arturi Phil Smith John Sebastian Zal Yanovsky

Studio albums	Do You Believe in Magic (1965) Daydream (1966) Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful (1966) You're A Big Boy Now (1967) Everything Playing (1967) Revelation: Revolution '69 (1969)

Compilations	What's Shakin' (1966) The Best of The Lovin' Spoonful (1967) The Very Best of the Lovin' Spoonful (1970) Anthology (1990)

Live albums	Live at the Hotel Seville (1999)

Singles	"Do You Believe In Magic" "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" "Daydream" "Summer in the City" "Darling Be Home Soon"

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