"Fun, Fun, Fun"
(Brian Wilson / Mike Love)The Beach Boys songAlbum: Shut Down Volume 2 (1964)
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Artist  | Album | Year | Listen | Notes |
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| Ōsama (王様) (covered as "浜っ子伝説") | 浜っ子伝説～ビーチボーイズ 日本語直訳メドレ single | 1996 | Youtube | Japanese "direct translation" medley of "Surfin' U.S.A."/"Fun, Fun, Fun"/"I Get Around"/"Surfer Girl"/"Good Vibrations"/"Little Honda"/"California Girls"/"God Only Knows"/"Wouldn't It Be Nice". |
| 101 Strings Orchestra & The Alshire Singers | Play And Sing The Songs Of The Beach Boys | 1976 | Youtube, Spotify | Orchestral pop cover. |
| A Taste Of Honey | The Hits Of The Beach Boys | 1969 | ||
| Noël Akchoté | Beach Volley (Plays The Beach Boys For SATB) EP | 2016 | Youtube, Spotify | Acoustic contemporary jazz instrumental. |
| ApologetiX (covered as "John 1:1") | Jesus Christ Morningstar (A Chronological Look At The Life Of Christ) | 1998 | Youtube, Spotify | Parody with Christian lyrics by J. John Jackson - "You'll see that John 1:1 tells us God is really Jesus the World". |
| Adrian Baker | California Girls | 2010 | ||
| Bamses Venner (covered as "På'n - På'n - På'n") | Sutsko! | 1976 | Danish lyrics by Flemming Bamse Jørgensen | |
| 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 | 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 Beach Boys And The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 2018 | Youtube, Spotify | The original Beach Boys recording and vocals with orchestral overdubs. |
| The Beach Boys and Ricky Van Shelton | Stars And Stripes Vol. 1 | 1996 | Youtube | Country cover with Ricky Van Shelton on lead vocals. |
| Beach Boyz Tribute Band | Beach Boyz Tribute Band Live | 2018 | Live recording. | |
| Beatnik Termites | Split EP | 1996 | Youtube | Punk cover. |
| The Boomerangs | Another Tear Falls single | 1965 | ||
| Busted | Year 3000 single | 2003 | Youtube, Spotify | Despite often being attributed to Busted and McFly, McFly were not involved in this recording. |
| John Cafferty And The Beaver Brown Band | Live At The Bottom Line 1980 | 2017 | Live recording from 1980. | |
| Cagey Strings | 25 Jahre Rock'n'Roll - Oldies & Raritäten | 2007 | Youtube, Spotify | Straightforward cover of the Status Quo version. |
| California (covered as "Summer Fun Medley") | Summer Fun Medley single | 1981 | Youtube | Medley of "Surfin' U.S.A."/"Little Honda"/"Catch A Wave"/"Fun, Fun, Fun"/"I Get Around"/"Barbara Ann"/"Dance, Dance, Dance"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"California Girls"/"Good Vibrations". |
| The Cantina Band (covered as "Summer '81") | Summer '81 single | 1981 | Youtube | Medley of "Surfer Girl"/"Fun, Fun, Fun"/"409"/"I Get Around"/"Dance, Dance, Dance"/"California Girls"/"Wouldn't It Be Nice"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"Good Vibrations". Basically an attempt to see how many choruses you can fit into 4 minutes 18 seconds, the B-side was the same medley without the 14 seconds of "Surfer Girl" at the start. |
| Captain Rat And The Blind Rivets (covered as "Cubs. Cubs, Cubs") | Cubs, Cubs, Cubs single | 1984 | Youtube | New lyrics about the Chicago Cubs. |
| Carmen Y Los Peques (covered as "Voy, Voy, Voy") | Es Dificil Ser Bebé | 1993 | Spotify | Kids cover with Spanish lyrics. |
| The Carnabees | The Story Of The Beach Boys | 1978 | ||
| Carpenters | Now And Then | 1973 | Youtube, Spotify | Part of the "Yesterday Once More" medley. |
| Celtic Thunder (covered as "Surfer Medley") | It's Entertainment! | 2010 | Youtube, Spotify | Live medley of Surf City / Fun, Fun, Fun / Surfin' U.S.A. |
| The Craftsmen | What Can We Say | 1965 | Discogs says a 1964 release, but the album contains "You're So Good To Me", which was not released until 1965. | |
| The Delltones | The Dellies' Burst Out | 1965 | ||
| Dino, Desi & Billy | Our Time's Coming | 1966 | Youtube | Straightforward cover. |
| Gretchen Dowsing | Fun, Fun, Fun | |||
| Jamie Dunn | Fun Fun Fun single | 1978 | Youtube | Straightforward cover. |
| Les Excentriques (covered as "Fume, Fume, Fume") | Les Excentriques | 1965 | Youtube, Spotify | Released as a single. French lyrics by Fernand Bonifay. |
| Chris Farmer | California Dreamin' | 2008 | Youtube, Spotify | Straightforward cover. |
| Feedtime | Cooper-S | 1988 | Youtube, Spotify | Post-punk cover. |
| The Firebirds | Stars In Stripes | 2013 | Youtube, Spotify | Straightforward cover. |
| Frankie & The Young Ones | Golden Rock Dreams Vol. 2 | 1982 | ||
| G4 (covered as "Beach Boys Medley") | Live At The Royal Albert Hall | 2005 | Live medley of "Fun, Fun, Fun" / "I Get Around" / "Wouldn't It Be Nice" / "California Girls" / "God Only Knows". | |
| Leif Garrett | Feel The Need | 1978 | Youtube | Pop cover. |
| Gidea Park (covered as "Beach Boy Gold") | Gidea Park | 1981 | Youtube, Spotify | Released as a single, which went to #11 in the UK charts. Medley of "Graduation Day"/"Catch A Wave"/"Surfin' U.S.A"/"I Get Around"/"Little Old Lady From Pasadena"/"Fun, Fun, Fun"/"Sloop John B"/"Dance, Dance, Dance"/"When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)"/"Good Vibrations. A live version appears on their Live In Concert album, with different songs (only "Surfin' U.S.A" and "Fun, Fun, Fun" remaining from the studio version). |
| Grandaddy (covered as "Fun X 3") | The Windfall Varietal | 2000 | Youtube | Lo-fi cover |
| The Great Rufus Road Machine (covered as "Medley: Surfin' USA / Surf City / Fun Fun Fun") | The Great Rufus Road Machine | 1975 | Medley of "Surfin' U.S.A.", "Surf City", and "Fun, Fun, Fun". | |
| Half Japanese | ½ Live | 1979 | ||
| The Hard Travelers | The Hard Travelers | 1979 | ||
| Gary Hoey | Monster Surf | 2005 | Youtube, Spotify | Hard rock guitar instrumental. |
| The Hollyridge Strings | The Beach Boys Song Book: Romantic Instrumentals By The Hollyridge Strings | 1964 | Youtube, Spotify | Orchestral version, arranged by Stu Philips. |
| The Jalopy Five | Draggin' And Surfin' | 1964 | Youtube, Spotify | Straightforward cover. Released as a single. Appears on the No-Go Showboat - 20 Beach Boys Cover Songs compilation album. |
| Jan & Dean | Silver Summer | 1985 | The album Silver Summer featured Mike Love on backing vocals and many Beach Boys sidemen on instruments. | |
| Jan & Dean | Their Greatest Hits | 1977 | Youtube, Spotify | Straightforward cover from this "greatest hits" album, that is actually an album of new recordings from 1977, and is more of a solo project by Dean Torrence than an actual Jan & Dean recording. |
| Al Jardine, Family & Friends | Live In Las Vegas | 2001 | Youtube | Live recording. |
| Joan Jett & The Blackhearts | Good Music | 1986 | Youtube, Spotify | Rock cover. Features Carl on guitar, and Al, Bruce, Mike (along with touring band members Billy Hinsche and Bobby Figueroa) on backing vocals. |
| John B. & The Surfin' Safaris | A Tribute To The Beach Boys | 2002 | Youtube, Spotify | |
| 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". |
| Lónlí Blú Bojs (covered as "Stuð Stuð Stuð") | Stuð Stuð Stuð | 1975 | Other | Icelandic cover with lyrics by Þorsteinn Eggertsson. |
| The Lazer Band | When The Manslayers Jam | 1980 | ||
| Little Joe Shaver And Devil Dog | Country Surfin' | 1976 | ||
| Little Wings | Made It Rain | 2011 | Other | Acoustic, "party"-vibe cover. |
| Los Locos Del Ritmo (covered as "Voy, Voy, Voy") | Los Locos Del Ritmo Vol. V | 1964 | Youtube | Rock 'n' Roll cover with Spanish lyrics by Jesús González. Released as a single. |
| Mike Love | Unleash The Love | 2017 | Youtube, Spotify | Straightforward cover. |
| Mike Love | Catch A Wave | 1996 | Re-recording with Adrian Baker. Also appeared on Mike Love, Bruce Johnston and David Marks Of The Beach Boys Salute NASCAR, although neither David or Bruce seem to appear on the track. | |
| Mike Love | Unleash The Love | 2017 | ||
| Jacki Mac and Wickety Wak | Love Me Love My Dog | 1980 | ||
| Mama Betty's Band (covered as "Eine Reise Nach New York") | Juliet single | 1964 | Youtube | German cover with lyrics about New York penned by R.M. Siegel. |
| The Marina Swingers | Fun Fun Fun single | 1979 | ||
| Mike McClintock | In Like Satin | 1989 | Youtube | Alt. Rock cover. |
| Mette & Mogensen (covered as "Sjov, Sjov, Sjov") | Jeg Ser Et Sted single | 1974 | Youtube | Danish lyrics by J.S. Mogensen. |
| Mi-Ke (covered as "Fun³ Medley") | 太陽の下のサーフィン・Japan | 1992 | Japanese cover. Medley of "Fun, Fun, Fun"/"Shut Down"/"Barbara Ann"/"Surf City". | |
| The Midas Touch (covered as "Beach Boys Medley") | The Midas Touch | Medley of "I Get Around"/"Barbara Ann"/"409"/"Surfin' U.S.A."/"Fun, Fun, Fun". | ||
| The Millionaires | Personally Yours... | Medley of "Barbara Ann", "Surfin' U.S.A." and "Fun, Fun, Fun". | ||
| Les Missiles (covered as "Fume, Fume, Fume") | Les Missiles | 1964 | Youtube, Spotify | Straightforward cover, with French lyrics by Fernand Bonifay. |
| Fred Mollin And The Blue Sea Band | Disney's Beach Party - Surf Sound | 2006 | Youtube, Spotify | Straightforward cover. Co-produced by Mark Linnett and features Darian Sahanaja and Jeff Foskett on backing vocals. Introduction by Mickey Mouse, Goofy and Minnie Mouse. |
| Roland Montreuil (covered as "Fume, Fume, Fume") | ....Sur Demande....Vol.8 | 1965 | Youtube | French pop cover. |
| Naja | Beach Boys: Best Of Tribute | 2004 | ||
| New Symphonic Orchestra | New Symphonic Orchestra Plays The Beach Boys | 1999 | Spotify | Muzak cover. |
| Ol' 55 | Open Top Cars & Girls In Tight T-Shirts | 1986 | ||
| La Onda Vaselina (covered as "Voy, Voy, Voy") | La Onda Vaselina 2 | 1991 | Youtube, Spotify | Pop cover with Spanish lyrics. |
| Original Cast Recording | Good Rockin' Tonite! | 1992 | Youtube, Spotify | Original London Cast recording, medley of "Surfin' U.S.A.", "Fun, Fun, Fun", "I Get Around" and Johnny B. Goode. |
| Out Of The Blue [Oxford] | Cut Loose | 2017 | Other | A cappella medley of "Surfin' U.S.A." and "Fun, Fun, Fun". |
| P.K. And The Sound Explosion | The Beach Boys Songbook | 1977 | ||
| Papa Doo Run Run | California Project | 1985 | Youtube | Straightforward cover. |
| Caleigh Peters | Herbie Fully Loaded Original Soundtrack | 2005 | ||
| Carl Petter & New Rocket (covered as "Den Om Tipper'n") | Turet Hele Natten single | 1982 | Danish lyrics by Carl Petter. | |
| The Phantoms | Big Beat Hits | 1967 | ||
| Plastic Zoo | Skateboard Junction | 1979 | ||
| The Poets | Living High | 1977 | ||
| Yvan Prévost (covered as "Fume, Fume, Fume") | 12 Succès Qui Font Danser La Jeunesse D'Aujourd'hui, Vol.2 | 1964 | French lyrics by Fernand Bonifay. | |
| The Quiet Five | When The Morning Sun Dries The Dew | 2005 | Spotify | Straightforward cover. Recorded between 1965 and 1967, but unreleased until 2005. |
| Rämouns | Rockaway Beach Boys | 2009 | Youtube, Spotify | Punk cover, in the style of the Ramones. |
| R.I.G.A.N. Clan | Fun, Fun, Fun single | 1978 | Youtube | Pop rock cover |
| Rally (covered as "Fan, Fan, Fan") | 2 | 1998 | Youtube, Spotify | Straightforward cover, Swedish lyrics by Stefan Livh. |
| The Re-Bops | Raised On Rock N' Roll | 1993 | Youtube, Spotify | Straightforward cover. |
| Red Shadow (covered as "Gone, Gone, Gone") | Live At The Panacea Hilton | 1975 | Youtube, Spotify | New political lyrics by Ev Ehrich |
| Red Squares | Live + 3 | 1998 | Youtube, Spotify | Straightforward live version. |
| Robin and The Frog Scouts | Muppet Beach Party | 1993 | Youtube | Straightforward cover, sung by green frogs made of felt. |
| Kenny Rogers and The First Edition | TV show | 1971 | Youtube | Live TV medley of "Fun, Fun, Fun" / "God Only Knows" / "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times" / "Caroline, No" / "Good Vibrations". |
| Rosewood (covered as "Beach Boys Medley") | Rosewood | 1979 | Medley of "Surfin' Safari", "Surfin' U.S.A." and "Fun, Fun, Fun". | |
| The Royal Showband, Waterford feat. Brendan Bowyer | The Wonder Of You single | 1965 | Youtube | Rock cover. |
| Sea Cruise (covered as "Beach Boys Medley") | Sea Cruise | 1978 | Youtube | 12 minute disco medley, consisting of "Dance, Dance, Dance"/"Do You Wanna Dance"/"Surfin' U.S.A."/"I Get Around"/"Wendy"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"Surfer Girl"/"Fun, Fun, Fun"/"Good Vibrations"/"Little Honda"/"Shut Down"/"Little Deuce Coupe"/"California Girls"/"Summer Finale". |
| The Shadows (Canada) | New Hit Parade With The Shadows | |||
| Status Quo with The Beach Boys | 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. |
| Die Strandjungs (covered as "Medley 1984 - 1985") | Strandgold | Youtube, Spotify | Medley of the Strandjung's versions of "Surfin' U.S.A." / "I Get Around" / "Fun, Fun, Fun" / "Barbara Ann". | |
| Die Strandjungs (covered as "Kleines Rotes Cabriolet") | Sommer, Sonne... Strandjungs | 1985 | Youtube, Spotify | German lyrics by Guntmar Feuerstein. Released as a single in Germany in 1984. |
| The Strangers | Colin Cook And The Strangers | 1964 | ||
| The Surf City Allstars | Scrapbook | 2002 | Live version on 2006's Live In Concert (Spotify, Youtube) and 2014's Live In Concert (Spotify, Youtube). | |
| Surf City Sounds | Surf City Sounds | 1981 | ||
| Adam Surf & The Pebble Beach Band | Fun, Fun, Fun single | 1976 | ||
| The Surfers | Hits That Made The Beach Boys | 1971 | Also appears on 1974's Sounds Like The Beach Boys. | |
| The Surfsiders | The Surfsiders Sing The Beach Boys Songbook | 1965 | Notoriously bad cover. | |
| Suzie & The Seniors | Back To The Sixties | |||
| Trygve Thue (covered as "Skjønt Skjønt Skjønt ") | Jeg - En Beach Boy | 1994 | Youtube, Spotify | Straightforward cover, Norwegian lyrics by Gustav Lorentzen. Released as a single. |
| The Tidal Waves | Fun, Fun, Fun single | 1979 | Youtube | Punk cover. |
| Time Pools | Beach Boys Gone Country | 2007 | Youtube, Spotify | Instrumental country cover. |
| The Top Ten Allstars | Sweet Beat And Fun, Fun, Fun! | Live recording. | ||
| The Troupadours (covered as "Beach Boys Medley") | The Troupadours | 1975 | Medley of "Good Vibrations" / "California Girls" / "Fun, Fun, Fun" / "Surfer Girl" / "Barbara Ann". | |
| Simon Turner (covered as "California Revisited") | California Revisited single | 1973 | Youtube | Medley of "California Revisited", "Surf City", "Fun, Fun, Fun" and "So You Wanna Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star?". |
| Unknown (covered as "Cocktail "Twist Candy"") | Ce Soir On Danse Vol. 3 | Disco medley of "What I'd Say" / "Do You Love Me" / "Judy In Disguise" / "Speedy Gonzalez" / "Hound Dog" / "I Saw Her Standing There" / "Fun, Fun, Fun" / "Manon, Viens Danser Le Ska" / "C'est La Faute Danser Le Ska" / "Wipe Out" / "What I'd Say". | ||
| Unknown (covered as "Cocktail "Crocodile Twist"") | Ce Soir On Danse Vol. 9 | 1998 | Disco medley of "Crocodile Rock" / "I Get Around" / "Little Honda" / "Les Marionnettes" / "Surf City" / "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena" / "Fun, Fun, Fun" / "Crocodile Rock". | |
| Unknown | Homage To The Beach Boys | |||
| Tom Urie | Tom Urie | 2011 | Youtube, Spotify | Straightforward cover. |
| Laurent Voulzy (covered as "Rockollection Live - Volume 4") | Rockollection Live | 1995 | French medley of "The Locomotion"/"Ticket To Ride"/"A Hard's Day Night"/"Fun, Fun, Fun"/"I Get Around"/"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction". French lyrics by Alain Souchon. | |
| Laurent Voulzy (covered as "Rockollection Live - Volume 2") | Rockollection Live | 1995 | French medley of "The Loco-Motion"/"A Hard Day's Night"/"Fun, Fun, Fun"/"I Get Around"/"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction". French lyrics by Alain Souchon. | |
| Laurent Voulzy (covered as "Rockollection Live - Volume 3") | Rockollection Live | 1995 | French medley of "Fun, Fun, Fun"/"I Get Around"/"You Really Got Me"/"Gloria"/"Let's Spend The Night Together"/"Jumpin' Jack Flash"/"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction". French lyrics by Alain Souchon. | |
| Laurent Voulzy (covered as "Rockollection Live") | Le Gothique Flamboyant Pop Dancing Tour | 2004 | Spotify | Live, French medley of "The Locomotion"/"From Me To You"/"Day Tripper"/"A Hard's Day Night"/"Fun, Fun, Fun"/"I Get Around"/"Gloria"/"Paint It, Black"/"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"/"Mr. Tambourine Man"/"Massachusetts"/"Night Fever"/"Superstition"/"The Boxer"/"Venus"/"Sunny Afternoon"/"California Dreamin'"/"On The Road Again"/"Owner Of A Lonely Heart"/"Message In A Bottle". French lyrics by Alain Souchon. Released as a single. |
| Laurent Voulzy (covered as "Rockollection Live") | Voulzy Tour | 1994 | Spotify | Live, French medley of "The Locomotion"/"Ticket To Ride"/"A Hard's Day Night"/"Fun, Fun, Fun"/"I Get Around"/"You Really Got Me"/"Gloria"/"Let's Spend The Night Together"/"Jumpin' Jack Flash"/"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"/"Mr. Tambourine Man"/"Massachusetts"/"Stayin' Alive"/"No Milk Today"/"Pinball Wizard"/"Wild Thing"/"California Dreamin'"/"Message In A Bottle". French lyrics by Alain Souchon. Released as a single. |
| Brian Wilson with Al Jardine, Blondie Chaplin, Ricky Fataar, Billy Hinsche and Sebu | Brian Wilson And Friends | 2016 | Youtube, Spotify | Live recording. Brian takes lead. |
| Wilson Phillips | Dedicated | 2012 | Youtube, Spotify | Straightforward cover. |
| Wink | Queen Of Love | 1991 | Youtube, Spotify | Japanese pop cover. |