It helped develop the use of the studio as an instrument and heralded a wave of pop experimentation and the onset of psychedelic and progressive rock. Band publicist Derek Taylor dubbed the unusual work a ' pocket symphony'.

Over 90 hours of tape was consumed in the sessions, with the total cost of production estimated to be in the tens of thousands of dollars. Building on his approach for Pet Sounds, Wilson recorded a surplus of short, interchangeable musical fragments with his bandmates and a host of session musicians at four different Hollywood studios from February to September 1966, a process reflected in the song's several dramatic shifts in key, texture, instrumentation and mood. The making of 'Good Vibrations' was unprecedented for any kind of recording. Instead, the track appeared on the September 1967 release Smiley Smile. It was issued as a standalone single, backed with ' Let's Go Away for Awhile', and was to be included on the never-finished album Smile. The song was written as it was recorded and in a similar fashion to other compositions from Wilson's Smile period. He used the concept to suggest extrasensory perception, while Love's lyrics were inspired by the nascent Flower Power movement. Īlso produced by Wilson, the title derived from his fascination with cosmic vibrations, as his mother would tell him as a child that dogs sometimes bark at people in response to their 'bad vibrations'. 'Good Vibrations' later became widely acclaimed as one of the finest and most important works of the rock era. Characterized by its complex soundscapes, episodic structure and subversions of pop music formula, it was the most expensive single ever recorded. It was released as a single on Octoand was an immediate critical and commercial hit, topping record charts in several countries including the United States and the United Kingdom. ' Good Vibrations' is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys that was composed by Brian Wilson with lyrics by Mike Love.

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