Greatest Beach Boys Songs Survey - Winner Revealed and Album Rankings!

[Runaways]

A day in the life of a tree!?? That song is a top 20 for me

[KokoNO]

Everybody has their own favorites, I guess. What's most staggering is the quality of the list from top-to-bottom. I can't get over how much great material this band has and the stuff that ended up at #101-150 is pretty damn great as well.

[Eric Aniversario]

Thanks for continuing to post the countdown!  I love stuff like this!

[KokoNO]

80. It's OK


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocUX6u1fOLI

Year: 1976
Album: 15 Big Ones

Score: 545



79. Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8NkQQ6oMtc

Year: 1969
Album: 20/20

Score: 549



78. Marcella



Year: 1972
Album: Carl and the Passions - "So Tough"

Score: 553



77. I Love To Say Da-Da


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-loq9sSp_Po

Year: 1966/1967
Album: Smile

Score: 555



76. The Night Was So Young


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5yWU95Sp4g

Year: 1977
Album: Love You

Score: 557 (48)



75. Surfin' Safari


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otCSz2jr4S4


Year: 1962
Album: Surfin' Safari

Score: 557 (51)



74. Do You Like Worms? (Roll Plymouth Rock)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F_xHnnG3V4

Year: 1967
Album: Smile

Score: 572



73. Disney Girls (1957)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUttnRlXrJk

Year: 1971
Album: Surf's Up

Score: 574



72. Little Bird


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BLyXRPl1aE

Year: 1968
Album: Friends

Score: 578 (49) - 15




71. Good Timin'


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Fddgh-WS0

Year: 1979
Album: L.A. (Light Album)

Score: 578 (49) - 16



70. Do You Wanna Dance?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJQRxExlmy8

Year: 1965
Album: Today!

Score: 578 (55)

[Aegir]

I hope the top 10 isn't like Good Vibrations, I Get Around, California Girls, Surfer Girl, Wouldn't It Be Nice, God Only Knows, etc. But I'm sure it will be.

and all the interested parties reading this board will be like, "Ah, you see! This confirms our decision to have really boring setlists! Even the diehards like those songs the best!"

[KokoNO]

Um, so tell me, what Beach Boys songs are better than "God Only Knows" or "Good Vibrations"?

I think on the whole that this list gives such high praise to Pet Sounds (every song from that album is on this list, perhaps no big surprise since the outtake, 'Hang On To Your Ego', cracked the Top 100...) and Smile along with their later career that it definitely shows a much different side than what the casual audience seems to think.

Now, if we get to the top ten and "Surfin' U.S.A." and "Barbara Ann" appear there....then I'll be inclined to agree with you. We'll just have to wait and see.

[KokoNO]

Here's the schedule:

This afternoon (after I eat lunch): #69-51

Monday Evening: #50-36
Tuesday Evening: #35-26
Wednesday Evening: #25-16
Thursday Evening: #15-6 + #101-150
Friday Afternoon: #5-1 + scores for everything that didn't make the Top 150


I'd like to post on the weekend, but never have the time. If I miss any update days next week, I'll simply make up for it the following day. The winner will be known next Friday.

[KokoNO]

Also, if anybody guesses the three songs that finished in 1st-2nd-3rd (in the correct order), they can see the rest of the list immediately via PM!

Place your bets, folks!

[KokoNO]

69. Add Some Music To Your Day


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBkA4-U4MPk

Year: 1970
Album: Sunflower

Score: 582



68. Girls On The Beach


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBLqXAN5cSQ

Year: 1964
Album: All Summer Long

Score: 595




67. Hushabye


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kugBjlnnaA

Year: 1964
Album: All Summer Long

Score: 598




66. Busy Doin' Nothin'

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCXFLxCARRs

Year: 1968
Album Friends

Score: 600



65. Slip On Through


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHKKwQQcZNE

Year: 1970
Album: Sunflower

Score: 604




64. In The Back Of My Mind


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkLLJnaHjrQ

Year: 1965
Album: Today!

Score: 606




63. Let The Wind Blow


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IslzZ5MqZkM

Year: 1967
Album: Wild Honey

Score: 607




62. Friends


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45LpOzVcKYw

Year: 1968
Album: Friends

Score: 613



61. Little Saint Nick


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSynDh_K0EE

Year: 1963/1964
Album: Non-Album Single/Christmas Album

Score: 620



60. Wild Honey


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmOE92ACzZY

Year: 1967
Album: Wild Honey

Score: 628



59. Can't Wait Too Long


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHXGvDP8iLI

Year: 1967-68
Unreleased

Score: 636



58. The Trader


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4dxHyhRDlc

Year: 1973
Album: Holland

Score: 641 (45)




57. Wendy


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkqhZJTLulQ

Year: 1964
Album: All Summer Long

Score: 641 (51)




56. Little Deuce Coupe


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXFFLuoaMzM

Year: 1963
Album: Surfer Girl

Score: 650



55. All This Is That


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjqAGBfiOM0

Year: 1972
Album: Carl and the Passions - "So Tough"

Score: 653




54. Pet Sounds


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlj9XHTEeU4


Year: 1966
Album: Pet Sounds

Score: 657



53. Catch A Wave


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLgWbH-qhVo


Year: 1963
Album: Surfer Girl

Score: 667



52. Mrs. O'Leary's Cow


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31pCY1uDRzY

Year: 1967
Album: Smile

Score: 668



51. Child Is Father Of The Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPz_PgFwpRU


Year: 1967
Album: Smile

Score: 674

[Runaways]

These rankings baffle me.

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

How is CIFOTM 51!?!?

#3 BABY!

[KokoNO]

These rankings baffle me.

It's what happens when you get 59 people's opinions and put them into a blender. 

[KokoNO]

Hey, everyone. I've put together a Spotify playlist featuring all 100 songs. Enjoy!

http://open.spotify.com/user/casperisis/playlist/6S7qSUsUmdssgVm5UAXVD4

[Eric Aniversario]

Hey, everyone. I've put together a Spotify playlist featuring all 100 songs. Enjoy!

http://open.spotify.com/user/casperisis/playlist/6S7qSUsUmdssgVm5UAXVD4

Thanks!  You just convinced me to finally download and install Spotify!  Cool to see the entire top 100...and it's intriguing that the top 20 or so is not much different than it was in the 90's when the Cabinessence site's track ranking function was still working!  Playing the playlist now, so cool to hear these songs all together! 

[Aegir]

Boring for the most part. I'm happy "Surf's Up" is so high.

[Alan Smith]

Hey KoKoNo - thanks for putting in the effort to attach some visuals; on top of pulling the stats - nice one 

[Disney Boy (1985)]

Still I Dream Of It better than Here Comes The Night, Celebrate The News and It's About Time? I know it's all a matter of individual taste - but no, no, no, no, NO!

[Craig Boyd]

Hey, everyone. I've put together a Spotify playlist featuring all 100 songs. Enjoy!

http://open.spotify.com/user/casperisis/playlist/6S7qSUsUmdssgVm5UAXVD4

Hey KokoNO i'm loving this thread and the Spotify playlist you created is really great. How would you feel about making another one but the top 150 songs? I dunno if Spotify allows you to do playlists that big but that would be the best thing ever! Thanks again!

[KokoNO]

I'll do that soon.

[Craig Boyd]

Thanks so much! 

[Emdeeh]

How about posting the entire list here? (Or is that still in the works?)

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

Having "I went to sleep" at 83 is a joke. That is one of Brian's best songs.

[Disney Boy (1985)]

Add Some Music To Your Day isn't even in the top 5 best tracks on Sunflower, never mind one of their 100 greatest. (Again, individual taste etc. But I'm right.)

[KokoNO]

Add Some Music To Your Day isn't even in the top 5 best tracks on Sunflower, never mind one of their 100 greatest. (Again, individual taste etc. But I'm right.)

Well, five songs from Sunflower DID finish ahead of it on our list. Also, given the unlikelihood of the later albums to even get a single track in our Top 100 (and the early albums to get too many either), most of the middle period albums should be getting what we're seeing which is around a half dozen tracks from each (and more from the titans like Smile and Pet Sounds).

[KokoNO]

50. Long Promised Road


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4Aan95aC58

Year: 1971
Album: Surf's Up

Score: 682




49. She Knows Me Too Well


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY-EqfRyQ6g

Year: 1965
Album: Today!


Score: 686 (51)





48. Let's Go Away For Awhile


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwGkv7cuM1k

Year: 1966
Album: Pet Sounds

Score: 686 (52)



47. Dance, Dance, Dance


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcuUhB98l54

Year: 1965
Album: Today!

Score: 696



46. All I Wanna Do


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDDqZ5KVvmI

Year: 1970
Album: Sunflower

Score: 697


45. Feel Flows


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVoB1Q6Bjjk

Year: 1971
Album: Surf's Up

Score: 703



44. All Summer Long


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2smDXr13EJE

Year: 1964
Album: All Summer Long

Score: 711



43. Vegetables


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO0aNOpOYF0

Year: 1967
Album: Smile/Smiley Smile

Score: 722



42. Wind Chimes


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oKbjSaWFUE

Year: 1967
Album: Smile/Smiley Smile

Score: 727



41. Let Him Run Wild


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRL26odK5YE

Year: 1965
Album: Summer Days (And Summer Nights!)

Score: 728



40. That's Not Me




Year: 1966
Album: Pet Sounds

Score: 732



39. Here Today


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0XwbE8Yn7s

Year: 1966
Album: Pet Sounds

Score: 733



38. Cool, Cool Water


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mky-UhxUKoM

Year: 1970
Album: Sunflower

Score: 776



37. Our Prayer-Gee


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swQ1h_As22Q

Year: 1967
Album: Smile

Year: 1969 (for Our Prayer's first official release)
Album: 20/20


Score: 788



36. I Know There's An Answer


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVIlp5_w4f8

Year: 1966
Album: Pet Sounds

Score: 790



35. I'm Waiting For The Day


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_-qepkPAlI

Year: 1966
Album: Pet Sounds

Score: 792


34. Time To Get Alone


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcZUHSjgQ3E

Year: 1969
Album: 20/20

Score: 801



33. Do It Again


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHpjILzv1P4

Year: 1969
Album: 20/20

Score: 802



32. Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcFDaDZbc3Y

Year: 1966
Album: Pet Sounds

Score: 805