Aren't You Glad
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| "Aren't You Glad" | |
|---|---|
| Song by the Beach Boys | |
| from the album Wild Honey | |
| Released | December 18, 1967 |
| Studio | Wally Heider, Los Angeles |
| Genre | Soul[1] |
| Length | 2:16 |
| Label | Capitol |
| Songwriters | |
| Producer | The Beach Boys |
| Music video | |
| "Aren't You Glad" on YouTube | |
"Aren't You Glad" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys, written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love.[2] The two also share lead vocal. Recording began in either late September or early October 1967 and concluded in November.[3] It was released in December as the second track on their studio album Wild Honey.
In its 1968 review of the LP, Rolling Stone called it a "Lovin' Spoonful type song with the Beach Boys touch".[4] That year, Rolling Stone editor Gene Sculatti said it "achieves a Miracles style smoothness via a Bobby Goldsboro-type song".[5] In 1979, Byron Preiss wrote that the song "epitomized the simple energy of the album".[6]
A live version was released on the album Live in London (1970).[7]
The Beach Boys
- Brian Wilson – vocals, taped piano
- Mike Love – vocals
- Carl Wilson – vocals, bass
Session musicians
- Arnold Belnick - violin
- Norman Botnick - viola
- David Burk - viola
- Bonnie Douglas - violin
- Ollie Mitchell - trumpet
- Alexander Neiman - viola
- Wilbert Nuttycombe - violin
- Jerome Reisler - violin
- Paul Shure - violin
- Anthony Terran - trumpet
Per Craig Slowinski; whoever played the track's drums, guitar, organ, and Chamberlin could not be determined.[8]
