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    "God Only Knows" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1966 album Pet Sounds. Written by Brian Wilson and Tony Asher, it is a baroque-style love song distinguished for its harmonic innovation and complexity, unusual instrumentation, and subversion of typical popular music conventions, both lyrically and musically. It is ...

  3. faroutmagazine.co.uk › beach-boys-brian-wilson-godThe story behind The Beach Boys song 'God Only Knows'

    Jul 18, 2021 · “God only knows what I’d be without you…” — Brian Wilson. Brian Wilson’s songwriting in the early days of pop heroes, The Beach Boys inevitably included cars, surfing, and always the pursuit of girls, California or otherwise.

  4. americansongwriter.com › behind-song-lyricsBehind the Song Lyrics & Meaning of "God Only Knows," the ...

    Jun 20, 2022 · Wilson wrote the song with collaborator Tony Asher in less than an hour. “I wrote ‘God Only Knows’ in 45 minutes—me and Tony Asher,” said Wilson in a 2015 interview. Though finalizing the...

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    May 27, 2024 · Two months later, on 18 July 1966, the song was released as a single with Wouldn’t It Be Nice, relegated to the B-side simply due to fears over using the word ‘God’. Much has been written by musicologists and music theorists who have sought to define what makes God Only Knows so compelling.

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  7. www.songfacts.com › the-beach-boys › god-only-knowsGod Only Knows by The Beach Boys - Songfacts

    Brian Wilson wrote "God Only Knows" with Tony Asher, an advertising copyrighter and lyricist Wilson worked with on songs for the Pet Sounds album. Asher came up with the title, but the song reflects Wilson's interest in spirituality.

  8. faroutmagazine.co.uk › the-beach-boys-god-onlyThe comprehensive story of The Beach Boys song ‘God Only Knows’

    Jul 18, 2022 · There are many who would say that he did just that, and ‘God Only Knows’ was the undoubted jewel in the crown, worth every mad effort it took. “The whole living room was full of sand,” Michelle Williams of the Mamas and the Papas recalled of Wilson’s writing process.

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    Aug 22, 2013 · Dedicated to the memory of Dennis and Carl Wilson whose lives changed the world as we know it in a profoundly positive way. Equal dues and respect to their eldest brother Brian Wilson...

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