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Aren't You Glad
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Wikipedia article
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| name = Aren't You Glad
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| artist = The Beach Boys
| album = Wild Honey
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| recorded = Late September or early OctoberNovember 1967
| studio = Wally Heider Studios,
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| label = Capitol
| writer =
*Brian Wilson
*Mike Love
| producer = The Beach Boys
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"'Aren't You Glad'" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for American rock band the Beach Boys. The two also share lead vocal. It was released in 1967 as the second track on their studio album 'Wild Honey'.
In its 1968 review of the LP, 'Rolling Stone' called it a "Lovin' Spoonful type song with the Beach Boys touch". That same year, 'Rolling Stone' editor Gene Sculatti said "['Aren't You Glad'] achieves a Miracles style smoothness via a Bobby Goldsboro-type song". In 1979, Byron Preiss wrote that the song "epitomized the simple energy of the album".
A live version was released on the album 'Live in London' (1970).
Personnel
'The Beach Boys'
* Brian Wilson vocals, piano
* Mike Love vocals
* Carl Wilson vocals, bass
* Dennis Wilson drums
Per Craig Slowinski; whoever played the track's guitar, organ, and Chamberlin could not be determined.Slowinski sessionography, ESQ Issue 121
Cover versions
*1968 Peggy March
References
Further reading
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Category:1967 songs
Category:The Beach Boys songs
Category:American power pop songs
Category:Songs written by Brian Wilson
Category:Songs written by Mike Love
Category:Song recordings produced by the Beach Boys
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