Mike Love and Brian Wilson's world-famous song, gloriously illustrated
by Paul Hoppe, will bring smiles to the faces of children and parents
alike.
I'm pickin' up good vibrations
She's giving me the excitations (oom bop bop)
I'm pickin' up good vibrations (good vibrations, oom bop bop)
She's giving me the excitations (excitations, oom bop bop)
Good Vibrations is a lively picture book based on Mike Love and Brian
Wilson's number one hit about absorbing positive energy from the people
around them. Often praised as one of the most important compositions in
rock, the Beach Boys' original version of this song was their third
number one Billboard hit. With lyrics by Brian Wilson and Mike Love,
and illustrations by Paul Hoppe, this picture book follows a girl and
her dog as they make their way down to the beach, sharing good
vibrations all along the way. Parents and children alike can share and
enjoy one of rock's greatest hits through the colorful pages of Good
Vibrations.
Released in 1966, this is one of the defining and iconic songs of the
era
The recording involved the then-revolutionary process of tape-splicing,
cutting up and editing pieces of the master tape together
The musicians used in the recording of the song included members of the
Wrecking Crew, the legendary set of Los Angeles session studio players
Beach Boys publicist Derek Taylor described the song as a pocket
symphony (Derek was the former press officer for the Beatles and the
Beach Boys, and worked with the Byrds and the Mamas & the Papas, among
others)
The unusual sound featured in the song's chorus was produced by an
electrotheremin
The song was a transatlantic number one, reaching the top spot in both
the USA and the UK
The song was the last US number one the Beach Boys achieved in the 1960s
Inducted into both the Grammy and Rock & Roll Halls of Fame
Rolling Stone ranked the song at number six on its 2010 list of the
500 Greatest Songs of All-Time
In 2001, the RIAA and the National Endowment for the Arts published
their Songs of the Century list, with Good Vibrations at number 24
The song is part of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's permanent exhibition,
500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll
