Top 10 Beach Boys Songs

“Fun, Fun, Fun,” a song about a girl taking her daddy's car out for a spin and getting into trouble but having fun while doing so.  Another great Beach Boys song with a surf sound talking about life in 1964 for teenagers.  What is great about this song is that it can apply to any generation of teenager having fun in a car. 

 7.  “When I Grow Up (To be a Man)” (1964) 

What I love about “When I Grow Up (To be a Man)” is how relatable the song is.  It talks about what life has in store when you get older and the questions about what is going to happen.  As a kid listening to this song it made me think about what life would be like when I was older. 

 6.  “Be True to Your School” (1963)

As a kid born in 1986 watching Full House, I remember Mike Love singing this song on the show.  It’s a great song about school pride.  Listening to this song now makes me wish for kids to be more proud of school instead of being so against it. 

 5.   “California Girls” (1965)

This is not the Katy Parry “California Girls” which is a play off The Beach Boys song.  Every band of guys has to have a song talking about girls and The Beach Boys are no different.  Even David Lee Roth had to have fun with the song back in the 80’s.  It’s a catchy song talking about girls all over the world but how they can’t top a California girl.  It’s a song I love to sing along with in the car at the top of my lungs, whichever version is on. 

 4.  "Surfin' U.S.A" (1963)

The introduction to the surf sound by The Beach Boys, “Surfin’ U.S.A” talks about what it is like to go surfin’ and catching a wave.  A great summer track that I love listening to year round, even when I was kid, because it was that catchy.  It's songs like this that make me think I should have been born in the 60’s instead of the 80’s at times.  You can’t help but to dance to this track.

 3. “God Only Knows” (1966)

One of the Beach Boys slower tracks, “God Only Knows” had Brian Wilson's brother Carl on lead vocals.  An amazing love song that can make anyone's heart melt.  It talks about being so in love with someone that only God knows the true feelings of how that person feels.  I love singing along with this song and I know it will be one of my songs whenever I get married.

 2.   “Good Vibrations” (1966)

“Good Vibrations,” a song that inspired The Beatles with their later work and has to be one of the best Beach Boys songs around.  With the release of Pet Sounds, the Beach Boys started changing their sound from the Surfer rock of the early 60’s to more a psychedelic sound.  The layers of sounds and harmonies used really make this song.  This is what a real pop song should sound like.

 1.  "Kokomo" (1988)

My all-time favorite Beach Boys song is “Kokomo.”  This was the first Beach Boy song not to feature Brian Wilson at all during the entire process of making the song.  It was featured in a very popular Tom Cruise movie Cocktail.  This song has more of an island sound to it along with the same great vocals we all came to love with The Beach Boys.   Also it helps that John Stamos played drums in the video. 

 This is my list.  Another hard one to pick because there are so many great songs The Beach Boys have made.  I hope you enjoyed this list.