Alternative Versions
The Beach Boys have released four live versions of "Little Deuce Coupe", on Beach Boys Concert, Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980, Songs from Here & Back, and as part of a medley on Endless Harmony Soundtrack. Al Jardine included this song on his solo album Live in Las Vegas.
A demo version surfaced on the 2001 compilation Hawthorne, CA.
Alvin and the Chipmunks covered the song for their TV series episode "Carsick."
It was also recorded as part of a medley with "I Get Around" on Beach Boys' Party!. On their 1996 album Stars and Stripes Vol. 1, the Beach Boys re-recorded this song with country music artist James House.
An instrumental cover version with some popularity on its own was published the same year as the original by The Defenders.
In the 2005 film, War of the Worlds directed by Steven Spielberg, Ray Ferrier (played by Tom Cruise) sings part of the song to his daughter (Dakota Fanning) as a lullaby when she is too afraid to sleep.
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