The Beach Boys Version
| "I Can Hear Music" | ||||||||||||
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| Single by The Beach Boys | ||||||||||||
| from the album 20/20 | ||||||||||||
| B-side | "All I Want to Do" | |||||||||||
| Released | March 3, 1969 | |||||||||||
| Format | Vinyl | |||||||||||
| Recorded | October 1, 1968 | |||||||||||
| Genre | Rock | |||||||||||
| Length | 2:36 | |||||||||||
| Label | Capitol | |||||||||||
| Producer | Carl Wilson | |||||||||||
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"I Can Hear Music" was covered by the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1969 album 20/20 with Carl Wilson on lead vocals.
With Brian Wilson increasingly losing interest in producing for the Beach Boys, his younger brother Carl took over the role of producer and lead Beach Boy. "I Can Hear Music" is considered by many to be Carl Wilson's first taste at being the "leader" of the group. Released as a single, the song peaked at #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (and #20 on the Cash Box and Record World charts) in the US. Internationally, it reached #5 in Sweden, #6 in Holland and Malaysia, #7 in Poland, #10 in the UK, #13 in Germany and in Australia's Go Set chart, and #15 in Ireland. The Beach Boys' version is noted for its a cappella section of harmonies and counterpoint.
Within the US it peaked on top 10 playlists at #5 Boston, #7 New York, #7 Chicago (WCFL), San Diego, Seattle, Houston and Vancouver in order of success; #11 Chicago (WLS), #12 Los Angeles (KHJ), Columbus and Indianapolis; #14 Detroit.
In 1996, The Beach Boys re-recorded the song, with contemporary Christian singer Kathy Troccoli on lead vocals, for their country album Stars and Stripes Vol. 1. That recording was released as a single, and hit #16 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
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