| "Wind Chimes" | |
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| Song by the Beach Boys | |
| from the album Smiley Smile | |
| Released | September 18, 1967 |
| Recorded | July 10–11, 1967 |
| Studio | Beach Boys Studio, Los Angeles |
| Length | 2:36 |
| Label | |
| Songwriter(s) | Brian Wilson |
| Producer(s) | The Beach Boys |
| Licensed audio | |
| "Wind Chimes" on YouTube | |
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| "Wind Chimes" | |
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| Song by the Beach Boys | |
| from the album Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys | |
| Released | July 29, 1993 |
| Recorded | August 3 – October 10, 1966 |
| Studio | Gold Star and Western, Hollywood |
| Length | 2:33 |
| Label | Capitol |
| Songwriter(s) | |
| Producer(s) | Brian Wilson |
| Licensed audio | |
| "Wind Chimes" on YouTube | |
| Audio sample | |
"Wind Chimes" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1967 album Smiley Smile and their unfinished Smile project. Written by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks, it was inspired by wind chimes hanging outside Wilson's home and was one of the first pieces tracked for the Smile sessions.
The original version of "Wind Chimes" was recorded from August to October 1966 and featured a coda that consisted of multiple overdubbed pianos played in counterpoint from each other. In July 1967, the band rerecorded the song with a significantly different arrangement for inclusion on Smiley Smile. The original Smile recordings were later released on the compilations Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys (1993) and The Smile Sessions (2011).