| "Cool, Cool Water" | ||||
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| Single by the Beach Boys | ||||
| from the album Sunflower | ||||
| B-side | "Forever" | |||
| Released | March 1971 | |||
| Recorded | October 26, 1967 – July 7, 1970[1] | |||
| Studio | Beach Boys, Los Angeles | |||
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| Label | Brother/Reprise | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Brian Wilson, Mike Love | |||
| Producer(s) | The Beach Boys | |||
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| Licensed audio | ||||
| "Cool, Cool Water" on YouTube | ||||
"Cool, Cool Water" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1970 album Sunflower. It was written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love and later issued as an A-sided single in March 1971.[2]
The song evolved from "Love to Say Dada", an unfinished composition from the band's cancelled Smile album. Earlier versions of "Cool, Cool Water" were recorded during sessions for the 1967 albums Smiley Smile and Wild Honey. At the insistence of A&R man Lenny Waronker, the song was completed for Sunflower, with Moog synthesizer contributions from Beaver & Krause.
Brian Wilson described "Cool, Cool Water" as "one of my very, very favorite songs that we ever did."[3]
- ^ Slowinski, Craig (Summer 2020). "Sunflower: 50 Year Anniversary Special Edition (Issue 130, Volume 33, No. 3)". Endless Summer Quarterly Magazine (Magazine). Charlotte, North Carolina, USA: David Beard.
- ^ Badman 2004, p. 289.
- ^ Wilson, Brian. "Brian Wilson on "Cool, Cool Water"". YouTube. Retrieved 30 July 2022.