Let's Go Away for Awhile

"Let's Go Away for Awhile"
Instrumental by the Beach Boys
from the album Pet Sounds
ReleasedMay 16, 1966
RecordedJanuary 18–19, 1966
StudioWestern, Hollywood
GenreLounge[1]
Length2:25
LabelCapitol
Composer(s)Brian Wilson
Producer(s)Brian Wilson
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"Let's Go Away for Awhile" is an instrumental by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1966 album Pet Sounds. It was composed and produced by Brian Wilson, and performed by uncredited session musicians. The track is the first of two instrumentals that appear on the album, the other being its title track.[2]

The piece was intended to have a vocal, but Wilson ultimately decided that it did not need one. He later called it his favorite instrumental that he ever wrote,[3] and commented that it was possibly influenced by Burt Bacharach's music. Several months after the album's release, the track was issued as the B-side to the band's single "Good Vibrations".

  1. ^ Dunsbee, Tony (2015). Gathered from Coincidence: A Singular History of Sixties' Pop. M-Y Books Ltd. p. 432. ISBN 978-1-909908-33-8.
  2. ^ Elliott, Brad (August 31, 1999). "Pet Sounds Track Notes". beachboysfanclub.com. Retrieved March 3, 2009.
  3. ^ "Brian Answer's Fans' Questions In Live Q&A". January 29, 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.