"All I Wanna Do" | |
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Song by the Beach Boys | |
from the album Sunflower | |
Released | August 31, 1970 |
Recorded | March 19, 1969 |
Studio | Gold Star and Beach Boys, Los Angeles |
Genre | |
Length | 2:34 |
Label | Brother/Reprise |
Songwriter(s) | |
Producer(s) | The Beach Boys |
Licensed audio | |
"All I Wanna Do" on YouTube | |
Audio sample | |
"All I Wanna Do" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1970 album Sunflower. Written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, the dreamlike production quality was created through liberal use of overdubbing, reverb and delay effects. It was influential to the development of lo-fi music and pioneered sounds that became associated with the shoegaze, dream pop, and chillwave music genres.
The song was initially attempted for the albums Friends (1968) and 20/20 (1969). Carl Wilson produced the version that appeared on Sunflower, likely with assistance from Brian, and with lead vocals by Love. The arrangement features multiple vocal parts sung in counterpoint, 12-string guitar, Rocksichord, electric sitar, and a Moog synthesizer played by band engineer Stephen Desper.
Brian later said that he felt it was "a boring song" that "wasn't done right". The band never performed it in concert, although Love's touring edition of the group did, in 2015. In 2018, an earlier version of the track was released on the compilation I Can Hear Music: The 20/20 Sessions. In 2021, isolated vocals and backing track versions were released on Feel Flows.
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