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Wouldn't It Be Nice

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"Wouldn't It Be Nice"
Single by the Beach Boys
from the album Pet Sounds
B-side"God Only Knows"
ReleasedJuly 18, 1966 (1966-07-18)
RecordedJanuary 22 – April 1966
StudioGold Star and Columbia, Hollywood
Genre
Length2:33
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Brian Wilson
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"Sloop John B"
(1966)
"Wouldn't It Be Nice"
(1966)
"Good Vibrations"
(1966)
Music video
"Wouldn't It Be Nice" on YouTube

"Wouldn't It Be Nice" is a 1966 song by The Beach Boys and is the opening track to 11th studio album Pet Sounds. It went to number 2 in Australia, number 8 in the United States, number 58 in the United Kingdom, number 12 in New Zealand and number 4 in Canada. It is considered to be the work of power pop than progressive pop sounding.

References

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