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« on: December 03, 2011, 04:34:20 PM »
I remember when this came out as a single in the USA, and I thought whatthe? I still do. Does anyone know why this came out as a solo single? I wonder what the politics of it were.
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« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2011, 11:12:18 PM »
Brian was teh only vocalist on it.
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« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2011, 11:38:12 PM »
Um, why didn't "Girl Don't Tell Me," for example, come out as a Carl Wilson single? Or Blue Christmas" for Brian? There has to be more to it.
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« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2011, 02:25:50 AM »
Quote from: groganb on December 03, 2011, 04:34:20 PM
Does anyone know why this came out as a solo single?

According to one interview, simply because he wanted it to. He asked Capitol to release it under his name because he thought it might be a hit.
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« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2011, 02:40:35 PM »
"Summer Means New Love" was on the B-side, which may indicate that it was an attempt to rebrand Brian as a composer rather than purely a Beach Boy. Maybe he was considering his options?
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« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2011, 03:13:58 PM »
I remember Brian saying he just wanted to promote his name.
A #32 (iirc) hit isn't too bad for a first single but I wonder if there woud've been any bigger chart succes if it was released under the Beach Boys' name
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