Album and Alternate Releases
The song first appeared on The Beach Boys classic 1966 album Pet Sounds in monophonic sound format. It was also released July 11, 1966, as the B-side of the "Wouldn't It Be Nice" single. The song appears in several stages of the recording process on The Pet Sounds Sessions box set, including its original monophonic mix; the first ever original stereo mix of the song, which was mixed by Mark Linett; highlights from the tracking dates, which documents the progress of the recording of the instrumental track; the finished instrumental track; an a cappella mix of the song; an alternate version, with a saxophone solo; another alternate version with an a cappella tag; and a version with Brian singing lead vocals.
Live versions appear on two of the band's albums: Live In London and Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980.
In the documentary I Just Wasn't Made for These Times, there is a version of Brian Wilson playing the song at his piano with his mother by his side and with Carl Wilson singing lead vocals. Live versions of the song were also recorded and released on two of Brian Wilson's live albums: the 2000 release Live At The Roxy Theatre and the 2002 release Pet Sounds Live.
There is another live version of this song on Al Jardine's solo album, Live in Las Vegas, which has lead vocals by Carnie Wilson.
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