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You're So Good to Me
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = You're So Good to Me
| cover = You're_So_Good_to_Me.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = The Beach Boys
| album = Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
| A-side = Sloop John B
| released = March 21, 1966
| recorded = May 24, 1965
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 2:16
| label = Capitol
| writer =
| producer = Brian Wilson
| prev_title = Barbara Ann
| prev_year = 1965
| next_title = Wouldn't It Be Nice
| next_title2 = God Only Knows
| next_year = 1966
| misc =
}}
"'You're So Good to Me'" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for the American rock band the Beach Boys, released on July 5, 1965, on the album 'Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)'. It was later included as the B-side of the group's single "Sloop John B", which was released on March 21, 1966. 'Mojo' later wrote that the song was the closest the group had come to northern soul.
Background and recording
Brian Wilson wrote "You're So Good to Me" while in Hawaii. He commented on the song, "The ones that aren't the hardest, right, they're the best 'You're So Good to Me' was written in 20 minutes. I knew it was special. The songs that come the fastest are the ones I like the most."
The basic track for "You're So Good to Me" was recorded at Western Studios in early May 1965. Take 24 was used as the master. On May 24, the lead and backing vocals for the song were recorded at Columbia Studios. Wilson wrote in 1990 that the track was "spearheaded by a guitar sent through a Leslie speaker. It gave it an eerie effect."
Wilson dubbed it a "tongue song" for its repeated "'la, la, la'" backing vocals in the chorus.
Alternate versions
In 2007, the compilation 'The Warmth of the Sun' released the first stereo remix of "You're So Good to Me". Previously, the song was only available in monophonic and duophonic capacities.
Cover versions
*1965 - Debra Swisher, single
*1966 - The Factotums, single
*1968 - The Kit Kats, single
*1976 Design, single
*1976 The Langley Schools Music Project, 'Lochiel, Glenwood, and South Carvolth Schools'
*1994 Velocity Girl, "Your Silent Face" B-side
*2001 Wilson Phillips, 'An All-Star Tribute to Brian Wilson'
*2005 Math and Physics Club, 'Movie Ending Romance'
*2016 M. Ward, 'More Rain'
References
Category:The Beach Boys songs
Category:1965 singles
Category:Songs written by Brian Wilson
Category:Songs written by Mike Love
Category:Capitol Records singles
Category:1965 songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Brian Wilson
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