So, what counts as The Beach Boys covering The Beach Boys? In the eyes of this database, either radically different remakes or team ups with other artists.
The Beach Boys are Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, David Marks, Bruce Johnston, Blondie Chaplin and Ricky Fataar.
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"409" (covered as "Medley Part One: Uptempo") | The Beach Boys Medley single | 1981 | A (badly edited) medley consisting of "Good Vibrations"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"I Get Around"/"Little Deuce Coupe"/"Little Honda"/"Hawaii"/"409"/"Noble Surfer"/"Dance, Dance, Dance"/"Shut Down"/"Surfin' Safari"/"Barbara Ann"/"Surfin' U.S.A."/"Fun, Fun, Fun". Released as a single with Part Two (Ballads), and also a significantly shorter single version was released. This version was the B-side to the British "Wouldn't It Be Nice" re-release in 1990. | |
"Ballad Of Ole' Betsy" (covered as "Medley Part Two: Ballads") | The Beach Boys Medley single | 1981 | Youtube | A (badly edited) medley consisting of "Surfer Girl"/"Girls On The Beach"/"Ballad Of Ole' Betsy"/"We'll Run Away"/"Caroline, No"/"The Surfer Moon"/"In My Room". Released as a single with Part One (Uptempo), and also a significantly shorter single version was released. |
"California Girls" | Beach Boys' Party! Uncovered And Unplugged | 2015 | Youtube, Spotify | An attempt to cover the song in the Party! acoustic style. Unreleased until the 2015 Party! sessions album. |
"Caroline, No" (covered as "Medley Part Two: Ballads") | The Beach Boys Medley single | 1981 | Youtube | A (badly edited) medley consisting of "Surfer Girl"/"Girls On The Beach"/"Ballad Of Ole' Betsy"/"We'll Run Away"/"Caroline, No"/"The Surfer Moon"/"In My Room". Released as a single with Part One (Uptempo), and also a significantly shorter single version was released. |
"Dance, Dance, Dance" (covered as "Medley Part One: Uptempo") | The Beach Boys Medley single | 1981 | A (badly edited) medley consisting of "Good Vibrations"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"I Get Around"/"Little Deuce Coupe"/"Little Honda"/"Hawaii"/"409"/"Noble Surfer"/"Dance, Dance, Dance"/"Shut Down"/"Surfin' Safari"/"Barbara Ann"/"Surfin' U.S.A."/"Fun, Fun, Fun". Released as a single with Part Two (Ballads), and also a significantly shorter single version was released. This version was the B-side to the British "Wouldn't It Be Nice" re-release in 1990. | |
"Do It Again" | Do It Again single | 2011 | Youtube | Re-recorded to preempt the 50th anniversary reunion. Features Brian, Mike, Al, Bruce and David. Brian takes the lead on the bridge, while Mike takes the rest of his original lead. Jeff Foskett does falsetto vocals. |
"Don't Worry Baby" | Beach Boys' Party! Uncovered And Unplugged | 2015 | Youtube, Spotify | Calling this a cover is probably a stretch... |
"Don't Worry, Bill" (covered as "Wonderbill") | Endless Harmony Soundtrack | 1998 | Youtube, Spotify | Live medley, with the second-half of "Don't Worry, Bill" surrounded by "Wonderful". Recorded in 1972. |
"Fun, Fun, Fun" (covered as "The Beach Boys Medley") | The Beach Boys Medley single | Youtube | A (badly edited) medley of "Good Vibrations"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"I Get Around"/"Shut Down"/"Surfin' Safari"/"Barbara Ann"/"Surfin' U.S.A."/"Fun, Fun, Fun". This is in fact an edit of the much longer "Up Tempo" medley, but with half the songs. The shorter edit is in the listen links, while a slightly longer French version can be listened to here here, if for some reason you want an extra minute. | |
"Fun, Fun, Fun" (covered as "Medley Part One: Uptempo") | The Beach Boys Medley single | 1981 | A (badly edited) medley consisting of "Good Vibrations"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"I Get Around"/"Little Deuce Coupe"/"Little Honda"/"Hawaii"/"409"/"Noble Surfer"/"Dance, Dance, Dance"/"Shut Down"/"Surfin' Safari"/"Barbara Ann"/"Surfin' U.S.A."/"Fun, Fun, Fun". Released as a single with Part Two (Ballads), and also a significantly shorter single version was released. This version was the B-side to the British "Wouldn't It Be Nice" re-release in 1990. | |
"Girls On The Beach" (covered as "Medley Part Two: Ballads") | The Beach Boys Medley single | 1981 | Youtube | A (badly edited) medley consisting of "Surfer Girl"/"Girls On The Beach"/"Ballad Of Ole' Betsy"/"We'll Run Away"/"Caroline, No"/"The Surfer Moon"/"In My Room". Released as a single with Part One (Uptempo), and also a significantly shorter single version was released. |
"Good Vibrations" (covered as "Medley Part One: Uptempo") | The Beach Boys Medley single | 1981 | A (badly edited) medley consisting of "Good Vibrations"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"I Get Around"/"Little Deuce Coupe"/"Little Honda"/"Hawaii"/"409"/"Noble Surfer"/"Dance, Dance, Dance"/"Shut Down"/"Surfin' Safari"/"Barbara Ann"/"Surfin' U.S.A."/"Fun, Fun, Fun". Released as a single with Part Two (Ballads), and also a significantly shorter single version was released. This version was the B-side to the British "Wouldn't It Be Nice" re-release in 1990. | |
"Good Vibrations" (covered as "The Beach Boys Medley") | The Beach Boys Medley single | Youtube | A (badly edited) medley of "Good Vibrations"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"I Get Around"/"Shut Down"/"Surfin' Safari"/"Barbara Ann"/"Surfin' U.S.A."/"Fun, Fun, Fun". This is in fact an edit of the much longer "Up Tempo" medley, but with half the songs. The shorter edit is in the listen links, while a slightly longer French version can be listened to here here, if for some reason you want an extra minute. | |
"Hawaii" (covered as "Medley Part One: Uptempo") | The Beach Boys Medley single | 1981 | A (badly edited) medley consisting of "Good Vibrations"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"I Get Around"/"Little Deuce Coupe"/"Little Honda"/"Hawaii"/"409"/"Noble Surfer"/"Dance, Dance, Dance"/"Shut Down"/"Surfin' Safari"/"Barbara Ann"/"Surfin' U.S.A."/"Fun, Fun, Fun". Released as a single with Part Two (Ballads), and also a significantly shorter single version was released. This version was the B-side to the British "Wouldn't It Be Nice" re-release in 1990. | |
"Help Me, Rhonda" (covered as "Medley Part One: Uptempo") | The Beach Boys Medley single | 1981 | A (badly edited) medley consisting of "Good Vibrations"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"I Get Around"/"Little Deuce Coupe"/"Little Honda"/"Hawaii"/"409"/"Noble Surfer"/"Dance, Dance, Dance"/"Shut Down"/"Surfin' Safari"/"Barbara Ann"/"Surfin' U.S.A."/"Fun, Fun, Fun". Released as a single with Part Two (Ballads), and also a significantly shorter single version was released. This version was the B-side to the British "Wouldn't It Be Nice" re-release in 1990. | |
"Help Me, Rhonda" (covered as "The Beach Boys Medley") | The Beach Boys Medley single | Youtube | A (badly edited) medley of "Good Vibrations"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"I Get Around"/"Shut Down"/"Surfin' Safari"/"Barbara Ann"/"Surfin' U.S.A."/"Fun, Fun, Fun". This is in fact an edit of the much longer "Up Tempo" medley, but with half the songs. The shorter edit is in the listen links, while a slightly longer French version can be listened to here here, if for some reason you want an extra minute. | |
"Here Comes The Night" | L.A. (Light Album) | 1979 | Youtube, Spotify | Eleven-minute long disco remake of the song, produced by Bruce Johnston and Curt Boettcher (California Music, Sagittarius). There are five different edits, the shortest being an almost bearable 3:18. However, I am not merciful and have linked the full 10:51 version here. It reached #48 in the US Disco chart. |
"I Get Around" (covered as "Medley Part One: Uptempo") | The Beach Boys Medley single | 1981 | A (badly edited) medley consisting of "Good Vibrations"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"I Get Around"/"Little Deuce Coupe"/"Little Honda"/"Hawaii"/"409"/"Noble Surfer"/"Dance, Dance, Dance"/"Shut Down"/"Surfin' Safari"/"Barbara Ann"/"Surfin' U.S.A."/"Fun, Fun, Fun". Released as a single with Part Two (Ballads), and also a significantly shorter single version was released. This version was the B-side to the British "Wouldn't It Be Nice" re-release in 1990. | |
"I Get Around" (covered as "The Beach Boys Medley") | The Beach Boys Medley single | Youtube | A (badly edited) medley of "Good Vibrations"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"I Get Around"/"Shut Down"/"Surfin' Safari"/"Barbara Ann"/"Surfin' U.S.A."/"Fun, Fun, Fun". This is in fact an edit of the much longer "Up Tempo" medley, but with half the songs. The shorter edit is in the listen links, while a slightly longer French version can be listened to here here, if for some reason you want an extra minute. | |
"I Get Around" (covered as "Medley: I Get Around / Little Deuce Coupe") | Beach Boys' Party! | 1965 | Youtube, Spotify | Acoustic medley of "I Get Around"/"Little Deuce Coupe", with some "humorous" lyrical adjustments. A version without the party overdubs can be found on Beach Boy's Party! Uncovered And Unplugged (Spotify). |
"In My Room" (covered as "Medley Part Two: Ballads") | The Beach Boys Medley single | 1981 | Youtube | A (badly edited) medley consisting of "Surfer Girl"/"Girls On The Beach"/"Ballad Of Ole' Betsy"/"We'll Run Away"/"Caroline, No"/"The Surfer Moon"/"In My Room". Released as a single with Part One (Uptempo), and also a significantly shorter single version was released. |
"Lady Lynda" (covered as "Lady Liberty") | California Dreamin' single | 1986 | Youtube | A patriotic rewrite. Sounds like it was thrown together in half an hour, as they needed a B-side. |
"Little Deuce Coupe" (covered as "Medley: I Get Around / Little Deuce Coupe") | Beach Boys' Party! | 1965 | Youtube, Spotify | Acoustic medley of "I Get Around"/"Little Deuce Coupe", with some "humorous" lyrical adjustments. A version without the party overdubs can be found on Beach Boy's Party! Uncovered And Unplugged (Spotify). |
"Little Deuce Coupe" (covered as "Medley Part One: Uptempo") | The Beach Boys Medley single | 1981 | A (badly edited) medley consisting of "Good Vibrations"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"I Get Around"/"Little Deuce Coupe"/"Little Honda"/"Hawaii"/"409"/"Noble Surfer"/"Dance, Dance, Dance"/"Shut Down"/"Surfin' Safari"/"Barbara Ann"/"Surfin' U.S.A."/"Fun, Fun, Fun". Released as a single with Part Two (Ballads), and also a significantly shorter single version was released. This version was the B-side to the British "Wouldn't It Be Nice" re-release in 1990. | |
"Little Honda" (covered as "Medley Part One: Uptempo") | The Beach Boys Medley single | 1981 | A (badly edited) medley consisting of "Good Vibrations"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"I Get Around"/"Little Deuce Coupe"/"Little Honda"/"Hawaii"/"409"/"Noble Surfer"/"Dance, Dance, Dance"/"Shut Down"/"Surfin' Safari"/"Barbara Ann"/"Surfin' U.S.A."/"Fun, Fun, Fun". Released as a single with Part Two (Ballads), and also a significantly shorter single version was released. This version was the B-side to the British "Wouldn't It Be Nice" re-release in 1990. | |
"Noble Surfer" (covered as "Medley Part One: Uptempo") | The Beach Boys Medley single | 1981 | A (badly edited) medley consisting of "Good Vibrations"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"I Get Around"/"Little Deuce Coupe"/"Little Honda"/"Hawaii"/"409"/"Noble Surfer"/"Dance, Dance, Dance"/"Shut Down"/"Surfin' Safari"/"Barbara Ann"/"Surfin' U.S.A."/"Fun, Fun, Fun". Released as a single with Part Two (Ballads), and also a significantly shorter single version was released. This version was the B-side to the British "Wouldn't It Be Nice" re-release in 1990. | |
"Shut Down" (covered as "Medley Part One: Uptempo") | The Beach Boys Medley single | 1981 | A (badly edited) medley consisting of "Good Vibrations"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"I Get Around"/"Little Deuce Coupe"/"Little Honda"/"Hawaii"/"409"/"Noble Surfer"/"Dance, Dance, Dance"/"Shut Down"/"Surfin' Safari"/"Barbara Ann"/"Surfin' U.S.A."/"Fun, Fun, Fun". Released as a single with Part Two (Ballads), and also a significantly shorter single version was released. This version was the B-side to the British "Wouldn't It Be Nice" re-release in 1990. | |
"Shut Down" (covered as "The Beach Boys Medley") | The Beach Boys Medley single | Youtube | A (badly edited) medley of "Good Vibrations"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"I Get Around"/"Shut Down"/"Surfin' Safari"/"Barbara Ann"/"Surfin' U.S.A."/"Fun, Fun, Fun". This is in fact an edit of the much longer "Up Tempo" medley, but with half the songs. The shorter edit is in the listen links, while a slightly longer French version can be listened to here here, if for some reason you want an extra minute. | |
"Surfer Girl" (covered as "Medley Part Two: Ballads") | The Beach Boys Medley single | 1981 | Youtube | A (badly edited) medley consisting of "Surfer Girl"/"Girls On The Beach"/"Ballad Of Ole' Betsy"/"We'll Run Away"/"Caroline, No"/"The Surfer Moon"/"In My Room". Released as a single with Part One (Uptempo), and also a significantly shorter single version was released. |
"Surfin'" | Summer In Paradise | 1992 | A 90s remake of their first single. To this day people are still trying to work out why it was necessary. | |
"Surfin' Safari" (covered as "The Beach Boys Medley") | The Beach Boys Medley single | 1981 | Youtube | A (badly edited) medley of "Good Vibrations"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"I Get Around"/"Shut Down"/"Surfin' Safari"/"Barbara Ann"/"Surfin' U.S.A."/"Fun, Fun, Fun". This is in fact an edit of the much longer "Up Tempo" medley, but with half the songs. The shorter edit is in the listen links, while a slightly longer French version can be listened to here here, if for some reason you want an extra minute. |
"Surfin' Safari" (covered as "Medley Part One: Uptempo") | The Beach Boys Medley single | 1981 | A (badly edited) medley consisting of "Good Vibrations"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"I Get Around"/"Little Deuce Coupe"/"Little Honda"/"Hawaii"/"409"/"Noble Surfer"/"Dance, Dance, Dance"/"Shut Down"/"Surfin' Safari"/"Barbara Ann"/"Surfin' U.S.A."/"Fun, Fun, Fun". Released as a single with Part Two (Ballads), and also a significantly shorter single version was released. This version was the B-side to the British "Wouldn't It Be Nice" re-release in 1990. | |
"Surfin' U.S.A." (covered as "The Beach Boys Medley") | The Beach Boys Medley single | 1981 | Youtube | A (badly edited) medley of "Good Vibrations"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"I Get Around"/"Shut Down"/"Surfin' Safari"/"Barbara Ann"/"Surfin' U.S.A."/"Fun, Fun, Fun". This is in fact an edit of the much longer "Up Tempo" medley, but with half the songs. The shorter edit is in the listen links, while a slightly longer French version can be listened to here here, if for some reason you want an extra minute. |
"Surfin' U.S.A." (covered as "Medley Part One: Uptempo") | The Beach Boys Medley single | 1981 | A (badly edited) medley consisting of "Good Vibrations"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"I Get Around"/"Little Deuce Coupe"/"Little Honda"/"Hawaii"/"409"/"Noble Surfer"/"Dance, Dance, Dance"/"Shut Down"/"Surfin' Safari"/"Barbara Ann"/"Surfin' U.S.A."/"Fun, Fun, Fun". Released as a single with Part Two (Ballads), and also a significantly shorter single version was released. This version was the B-side to the British "Wouldn't It Be Nice" re-release in 1990. | |
"The Surfer Moon" (covered as "Medley Part Two: Ballads") | The Beach Boys Medley single | 1981 | Youtube | A (badly edited) medley consisting of "Surfer Girl"/"Girls On The Beach"/"Ballad Of Ole' Betsy"/"We'll Run Away"/"Caroline, No"/"The Surfer Moon"/"In My Room". Released as a single with Part One (Uptempo), and also a significantly shorter single version was released. |
"We'll Run Away" (covered as "Medley Part Two: Ballads") | The Beach Boys Medley single | 1981 | Youtube | A (badly edited) medley consisting of "Surfer Girl"/"Girls On The Beach"/"Ballad Of Ole' Betsy"/"We'll Run Away"/"Caroline, No"/"The Surfer Moon"/"In My Room". Released as a single with Part One (Uptempo), and also a significantly shorter single version was released. |
Also see The Beach Boys and Junior Brown.
Also see: The Beach Boys, John Stamos.
Song | Album | Year | Listen | Notes |
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"Forever" | Summer In Paradise | 1992 | Youtube | Also released as a single. Stamos had previously sung the show multiple times in sitcom Full House. |
Also see The Beach Boys, Lorrie Morgan.
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"Don't Worry Baby" | Stars And Stripes, Vol. 1 | 1996 | Youtube | Lorrie Morgan takes lead vocals on this country cover. Reached 73 in the US Country chart. |
Also see The Beach Boys, James House.
Song | Album | Year | Listen | Notes |
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"Little Deuce Coupe" | Stars And Stripes Vol. 1 | 1996 | Youtube | Country cover with James House on lead vocals. Went to 69 in the US country charts and 41 on the Canadian country charts. |
Also see The Beach Boys, Sawyer Brown.
Song | Album | Year | Listen | Notes |
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"I Get Around" | Stars And Stripes Vol. 1 | 1996 | Youtube | Country cover with Sawyer Brown on lead vocals. |
Also see The Beach Boys, Toby Keith.
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"Be True To Your School" | Stars And Stripes Vol. 1 | 1996 | Youtube | Country cover with Toby Keith on vocals. |
Also see The Beach Boys, Ricky Van Shelton.
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"Fun, Fun, Fun" | Stars And Stripes Vol. 1 | 1996 | Youtube | Country cover with Ricky Van Shelton on lead vocals. |
Also see The Beach Boys, T. Graham Brown.
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"Help Me, Rhonda" | Stars And Stripes Vol. 1 | 1996 | Youtube | Country cover with Ricky Van Shelton on lead vocals. |
Also see The Beach Boys, Willie Nelson.
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"The Warmth Of The Sun" | Stars And Stripes Vol. 1 | 1996 | Youtube | Country cover with Willie Nelson on lead vocals. |
Also see The Beach Boys, Timothy B. Schmit.
Song | Album | Year | Listen | Notes |
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"Caroline, No" | Stars And Stripes Vol. 1 | 1996 | Youtube | Timothy B. Schmidt takes lead vocals. |
See also Status Quo and The Beach Boys.
Song | Album | Year | Listen | Notes |
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"Fun, Fun, Fun" | Don't Stop | 1996 | Youtube, Spotify | Recorded with The Beach Boys, including a new verse sang by Mike Love. Also released as a single, and has appeared on Beach Boys compilation albums. |
See also The Everly Brothers and The Beach Boys.
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"Don't Worry Baby" | Some Hearts... | 1988 | Youtube | The Beach Boys contributed backing vocals. It was released as a single (in some cases with a rather odd piece of cover art), and performed "live" (quotation marks fully intended) in a medley with "Getcha Back" and the Everly's "Wake Up Little Susie" for a TV special. |
Also see The Beach Boys and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Song | Album | Year | Listen | Notes |
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"California Girls" | The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 2018 | Youtube, Spotify | The original Beach Boys recording and vocals with orchestral overdubs. |
"Darlin'" | The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 2018 | Youtube, Spotify | The original Beach Boys recording and vocals with orchestral overdubs. |
"Disney Girls (1957)" (covered as "Disney Girls") | The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 2018 | Youtube, Spotify | The original Beach Boys recording and vocals with orchestral overdubs. |
"Don't Worry Baby" | The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 2018 | Youtube, Spotify | The original Beach Boys recording and vocals with orchestral overdubs. |
"Fun, Fun, Fun" | The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 2018 | Youtube, Spotify | The original Beach Boys recording and vocals with orchestral overdubs. |
"God Only Knows" | The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 2018 | Youtube, Spotify | The original Beach Boys recording and vocals with orchestral overdubs. |
"Good Vibrations" | The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 2018 | Youtube, Spotify | The original Beach Boys recording and vocals with orchestral overdubs. |
"Help Me, Rhonda" | The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 2018 | Youtube, Spotify | The original Beach Boys recording and vocals with orchestral overdubs. |
"Here Today" | The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 2018 | Youtube, Spotify | The original Beach Boys recording and vocals with orchestral overdubs. |
"Heroes And Villains" | The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 2018 | Youtube, Spotify | The original Beach Boys recording and vocals with orchestral overdubs. |
"In My Room" | The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 2018 | Youtube, Spotify | The original Beach Boys recording and vocals with orchestral overdubs. |
"Kokomo" | The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 2018 | Youtube, Spotify | The original Beach Boys recording and vocals with orchestral overdubs. |
"The Warmth Of The Sun" | The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 2018 | Youtube, Spotify | The original Beach Boys recording and vocals with orchestral overdubs. |
"Wouldn't It Be Nice" | The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 2018 | Youtube, Spotify | The original Beach Boys recording and vocals with orchestral overdubs. |
"You Still Believe In Me" | The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 2018 | Youtube, Spotify | The original Beach Boys recording and vocals with orchestral overdubs. |
Also see The Beach Boys and Rodney Crowell.
Song | Album | Year | Listen | Notes |
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"Sail On, Sailor" | Nashville Sounds | 1996 | Youtube | A live rehearsal appears on this DVD. |