The Beach Boys Version
| "Do You Wanna Dance?" | ||||||||||||
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| Single by The Beach Boys | ||||||||||||
| from the album Today! | ||||||||||||
| B-side | "Please Let Me Wonder" | |||||||||||
| Released | February 15, 1965 | |||||||||||
| Format | Vinyl | |||||||||||
| Recorded | January 11, 1965 | |||||||||||
| Genre | Rock | |||||||||||
| Length | 2:21 (mono) 2:39 (stereo) |
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| Label | Capitol | |||||||||||
| Producer | Brian Wilson | |||||||||||
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The Beach Boys' version of "Do You Wanna Dance?" was a single released through Capitol Records on February 15, 1965. It peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the highest charting Beach Boys song to feature Dennis Wilson on lead vocals. According to the contemporary Gilbert Youth Survey conducted nationwide in April 1965, it spent one week on its chart at No. 5. The B-side was "Please Let Me Wonder". The song was also released on the band's 1965 album Today!.
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