Surfin’ U.S.A.
~ Recording by The Beach Boys
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.3 | Surfin' U.S.A. | 2:28 | The Beach Boys | Made in U.S.A. | The Beach Boys | Album + Compilation |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | CDP 7 46324 2 |
| 1.8 | Surfin’ USA | 2:27 | The Beach Boys | The Very Best of Beach Boys | The Beach Boys | Album + Compilation |
| AMIGA | 8 56 144 |
| 1.5 | Surfin' U.S.A. | 2:29 | The Beach Boys | Endless Summer | The Beach Boys | Album + Compilation |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | CDP 7 46467, CDP 7 46467 2, CDP 7 464672 |
| 1.1 | Surfin' U.S.A. | 2:29 | The Beach Boys | The Best of the Beach Boys | The Beach Boys | Album + Compilation |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | CDP 7 91318 2, DIDX 2545 |
| 1.13 | Surfin’ USA | 2:31 | The Beach Boys | Surfin’ Safari / Surfin’ USA | The Beach Boys | Album + Compilation |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | CDP 7 93691 2 |
| 1.9 | Surfin' U.S.A. | 2:29 | The Beach Boys | Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys | The Beach Boys | Album + Compilation |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | CDS 7 89936 2 |
| 1.1 | Surfin’ U.S.A. | 2:32 | The Beach Boys | Endless Summer | The Beach Boys | Album + Compilation |
| DCC Compact Classics | GZS-1076 |
| 1.2 | Surfin’ U.S.A. | 2:29 | The Beach Boys | The Greatest Hits: 20 Good Vibrations | The Beach Boys | Album + Compilation |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | CDP 7243 8 29418 2 8 |
| 1.3 | Surfin’ U.S.A. | 2:28 | The Beach Boys | The Greatest Hits: 20 Good Vibrations | The Beach Boys | Album + Compilation |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | CDP 7243 5 21860 2 0 |
| 1.13 | Surfin’ U.S.A. | 2:31 | The Beach Boys | Surfin’ Safari / Surfin’ USA | The Beach Boys | Album + Compilation |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | 72435-31517-2-0 |
| 1.4 | Surfin’ U.S.A. | 2:29 | The Beach Boys | Sights and Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of the Beach Boys | The Beach Boys | Album + Compilation |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | 72435-77694-0-2 |
| 1.3 | Surfin’ USA | 2:28 | The Beach Boys | The Platinum Collection | The Beach Boys | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 7243 5 71345 2 1 |
| 1.6 | Surfin’ U.S.A. | 2:30 | The Beach Boys | Fifty Big Ones: Greatest Hits | The Beach Boys | Album + Compilation |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | 50999 97374 4 28 |
Relationships
| engineer: | Chuck Britz |
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| producer: | Nick Venet |
| lead vocals: | Mike Love (Beach Boys) (on 1963-01-31) |
| recorded at: | Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood (on 1963-01-31) |
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| part of: | Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1963 (number: 9) (order: 9) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (order: 113) |
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| recording of: | Surfin’ U.S.A. (on 1963-01-31) |
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Related works
Surfin’ U.S.A.
| lyricist: | Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder) |
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| composer: | Chuck Berry |
| publisher: | Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) Isalee Music Publishing Company Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) |
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| sub-publisher: | ロックンロール ミュージック (Rock ’n’ Roll Music) |
| referred to in medleys: | Can Can You Party (order: 4) Beach Boys Medley (order: 7) |
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| later parody versions: | Cruis’n USA (a "Surfin’ U.S.A." parody) Search And You'll Get Saved |
| later translated parody versions: | De Smurfen Gaan Naar Zee Saufen an ’nem See Sjömän av nya sorten |
| later translated versions: | サーフィン・U.S.A. サーフィンU.S.A. |
| is based on: | Sweet Little Sixteen |
| is the basis for: | Surfin' in Wave Race |
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