"Surfin' Safari"
(Brian Wilson / Mike Love)The Beach Boys songAlbum: Surfin' Safari (1962)
Listen to The Beach Boys version: Youtube, SpotifyCovers: 46
The band's first single with Capitol. Spent three weeks at number one in Sweden.
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Artist  | Album | Year | Listen | Notes |
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| Alvin And The Chipmunks | Rockin' Through The Decades | 1991 | Youtube | Soundtrack to the documentary of the same name. |
| ApologetiX (covered as "Servin' The Father") | Unconditional Releases | 2015 | Youtube, Spotify | Parody with Christian lyrics. |
| Chet Avery | Surfin' Safari single | 1962 | ||
| The Beach Boys (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 Beach Boys (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. |
| The Carols | The New Girl In School single | 1966 | Youtube | Straightforward cover |
| The Challengers | Surfbeat | 1963 | Youtube, Spotify | Instrumental. |
| The Delltones | Surf 'n Stomp | 1964 | ||
| The Dovells | Everybody's Goin' Surfin' EP | 1963 | Youtube, Spotify | Straightforward cover. |
| Gretchen Dowsing | Fun, Fun, Fun | |||
| Les Fingers | Dansons Avec "Les Fingers" | 1963 | Youtube | Instrumental. Writing credits as (Wilson/Love/Hourdeaux/Rossner). |
| Annette Funicello | Sings Golden Surfin' Hits | 1965 | Youtube | Straightfoward cover. |
| Gidea Park (covered as "Beach Boy Gold") | Live In Concert | 2013 | Spotify | Live version of the song, a medley of "Hawaii"/"Surfin' Safari/"Surfin' U.S.A"/"Fun, Fun, Fun. |
| Goofy (covered as "Surfin' Medley (Surfin' Safari / Hawaii Five-O)") | Mickey Sports Songs | 1996 | Youtube | In medley with "Hawaii Five - O" (Morton Stevens). Also appeared on 2000's Goofy Greats album. |
| Hatcham Social | Sidewalk EP | 2009 | Youtube, Spotify | |
| Honeyrider | California Dreams single | 2001 | ||
| The Hot Doggers | Surfin' U.S.A. | 1964 | Youtube, Spotify | Features a pre-Beach Boys Bruce Johnston on lead vocals. |
| Jan & Dean | Jan & Dean Take Linda Surfin' | 1963 | Youtube, Spotify | Features The Beach Boys on the backing track and the backing vocals. |
| Jan & Dean | Silver Summer | 1985 | Re-recording. The album Silver Summer featured Mike Love on backing vocals and many Beach Boys sidemen on instruments. | |
| Juba & Lula (covered as "Surf Safari") | Juba & Lula O Disco | 1988 | Youtube | Straightforward version, with Portuguese lyrics. |
| Les Jumelles | Um Um Um single | 1964 | With French lyrics by Jacques Hourdeaux. | |
| Chuck Kirkpatrick (covered as "Surf's Up") | Surf's Up single | 1981 | Youtube | Medley of "Little Deuce Coupe"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"California Girls"/"Good Vibrations"/"In My Room"/"Surfer Girl"/"Don't Worry Baby"/"Wendy"/"I Get Around"/"Barbara Ann"/"Shut Down"/"409"/"Catch A Wave"/"Surfin' Safari"/"Surfin' U.S.A."/"Fun, Fun, Fun". |
| The Lively Ones | The Great Surf Hits!! | 1963 | Youtube, Spotify | Instrumental. |
| Mike Love | 12 Sides Of Summer | 2019 | Youtube, Spotify | Pop cover |
| Mike Love | Catch A Wave | 1996 | Re-recording with Adrian Baker. Also appeared on Summertime Cruisin': The Unforgettable Favourites Of Mike Love And Bruce Johnston Of The Beach Boys, although Bruce doesn't seem to appear on the track. | |
| Janne Lucas (covered as "Surfing Safari") | Memories - 15 Hits From The 50's & 60's | 1980 | Youtube, Spotify | Rock and roll cover |
| Los Mabber's | Surfin' Con Los Mabbers | 1963 | Youtube, Spotify | Sung in Spanish. |
| Melopea | Surf Y Rock And Roll | 1988 | Youtube, Spotify | Cover with Spanish lyrics. Released as a single in Spain, backed with "Barbara Ann". |
| The Monsters Of Rock 'N Roll | Everybody Rock 'N Roll EP | 1987 | ||
| Los Perdidos | Los Perdidos | 1963 | Instrumental. | |
| Rämouns | Rockaway Beach Boys | 2009 | Youtube, Spotify | Punk cover, in the style of the Ramones. |
| Ramones | Acid Eaters | 1993 | Youtube | Bonus track on some versions. |
| Rincon Surfside Band | The Surfing Song Book | 1965 | Youtube | |
| Rockapella | Smilin' | 2002 | Youtube | A capella performance. |
| Rod And The Cobras | Drag Race At Surf City | 1964 | ||
| Rosewood (covered as "Beach Boys Medley") | Rosewood | 1979 | Medley of "Surfin' Safari", "Surfin' U.S.A." and "Fun, Fun, Fun". | |
| The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (covered as "(Just For Fun...) All Surf") | Symphonic Sounds: Music Of The Beach Boys | 1998 | Orchestral medley of "Catch A Wave"/"Surfin' Safari"/"Surf City"/"Hawaii/"Surfin' U.S.A.". Arranged by Bob Alcivar, produced by Bruce Johnston and Adrian Baker. | |
| Super Ratones | Segundo Tiempo | 1990 | Youtube | Spanish language version. |
| The Surf City Allstars | Live In Concert | 2014 | Youtube, Spotify | Live version with David Marks. |
| The Surf City Allstars | Scrapbook | 2002 | A live version appears on 2006 release Live In Concert (Spotify, Youtube). | |
| Surfin' Lungs | Boss Beach Party EP | 2003 | ||
| The Surphonics | Let It Beat | 2000 | Youtube, Spotify | Rather straightforward cover |
| Travoltas | From Travoltas With Love, Part II EP | 2003 | Live recording. | |
| Unknown (covered as "Cocktail "Bumble Boogie"") | Ce Soir On Danse Vol. 9 | 1998 | Disco medley of "Bumble Boogie" / "I'm A Believer" / "Surfin' Safari" / "Les Cornichons" / "Bumble Boogie" / "Si J'avais Un Marteau" / "I Say Yeh-Yeh" / "Twist À St-Tropez" / "Bumble Boogie". | |
| Bob Vaught & The Renegaids | Surf Crazy | 1963 | ||
| Waistcoasts | American Graffiti Revisted | 2001 | Youtube, Spotify | Largely instrumental surf cover, with some chorus backing vocals. |