Album and Alternate Releases
The song was first released on an album in 1969 on the band's 20/20 album. The song's backing track was released on the 1968 album Stack-O-Tracks. On the 1998 compilation album, Endless Harmony Soundtrack, an early incarnation of the song was released with slightly different lyrics. This early version of the song featured no drum intro and obviously wasn't as produced as the final version. Brian is also more prominent in the vocal mix on the chorus. The song is only available in mono (or rechanneled mono on the 20/20 LP) because the true stereo master was lost in the making of Stack-O-Tracks.
The song frequently appears on many of the groups greatest hits compilations including the 1975 compilation album Good Vibrations - Best of The Beach Boys; The single mix of the song, which doesn't feature the woodshop sounds on the fade out of the song, was released on the 1999 greatest hits compilation The Greatest Hits - Volume 2: 20 More Good Vibrations and the 2003 compilation Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys.
Do It Again! is also the title of a compilation album featuring the songs "California Girls", "I Get Around", "This Car of Mine", "Fun, Fun, Fun", "Wendy", "Graduation Day", "Do It Again", "The Little Girl I Once Knew", and "Surfin' Safari".
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