Had to Phone Ya

"Had to Phone Ya"
Single by the Beach Boys
from the album 15 Big Ones
A-side"It's O.K."
ReleasedAugust 30, 1976[1]
RecordedMarch 30, 1976
StudioBrother (Santa Monica)
Length1:43
LabelBrother/Reprise
Songwriter(s)Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Diane Rovell
Producer(s)Brian Wilson
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"Rock and Roll Music"
(1976) 		"Had to Phone Ya"
(1976) 		"Everyone's in Love with You"
(1976)
Audio sample
"Had to Phone Ya"
Song by American Spring
from the album Spring
Released1988 (1988)
Recorded1973
Length2:02
Songwriter(s)Brian Wilson, Diane Rovell
Producer(s)Brian Wilson

"Had to Phone Ya" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1976 album 15 Big Ones. It was written by Brian Wilson, his sister-in-law Diane Rovell, and Mike Love. The song was issued as the B-side to their single "It's O.K.". An earlier recording by the group American Spring was included as a bonus track on a later reissue of the album Spring (1972).

  1. ^ Badman, Keith. The Beach Boys. The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band: On Stage and in the Studio Backbeat Books, San Francisco, California, 2004. ISBN 978-0-87930-818-6 p. 367