Gettin' Hungry

1967 single by Brian Wilson & Mike Love/the Beach Boys From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Gettin' Hungry" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1967 album Smiley Smile. Credited on the label to Brian Wilson and Mike Love, it was released as a single on August 28, 1967, the second and last released on the original iteration of Brother Records.[3]

ReleasedAugust 28, 1967
RecordedJuly 14, 1967
StudioBeach Boys (Los Angeles)
Quick facts from the album Smiley Smile, B-side ...
"Gettin' Hungry"
A semi-circular, pencil-like illustration of the song's authors, Mike Love and Brian Wilson. Surrounding the illustration is the song's title at the top in big, droopy letters, and the author names and "Beach Boys", their band of origin. At the bottom left is the Capitol Records logo.
Dutch picture sleeve
Single by Brian Wilson & Mike Love
from the album Smiley Smile
B-side"Devoted to You"
ReleasedAugust 28, 1967
RecordedJuly 14, 1967
StudioBeach Boys (Los Angeles)
Genre
Length2:25
LabelBrother/Capitol
SongwritersBrian Wilson, Mike Love
ProducerThe Beach Boys
Brian Wilson singles chronology
"Caroline, No"
(1966)
"Gettin' Hungry"
(1967)
"Let's Go to Heaven in My Car"
(1987)
Mike Love singles chronology
"Gettin' Hungry"
(1967)
"Lookin' Back with Love"
(1981)
Licensed audio
"Gettin' Hungry" on YouTube
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Background

Asked for comment, Wilson said that he "just thought it would be a good single".[4] It is one of the few songs on Smiley Smile that lack a definite connection to the aborted Smile project.[5]

Recording

"Gettin' Hungry" was recorded at Brian Wilson's Bellagio home studio on July 14, 1967.[6]

Reception

Billboard reviewed "Gettin' Hungry" as an "unusual piece of material — as off-beat as their current 'Heroes and Villains' smash. Should prove to be an important chart item."[7] Cash Box said that the "use of abrupt changes of speed, overwhelming organ atmosphere and the sort of 'soul' sound that is Beach Boys" make the song "distinctive."[2]

Among biographers, Byron Preiss characterized it as "an odd combination of energetic chorus, electric bass, and bluesy meandering".[4] Mark Dillon noted the song as a "flop single".[1]

Cover versions

  • 1979 – Celebration, Celebration
  • 1974 – Faces
  • 2012 – Keith Haman - from the album Total Electric
  • 2013 – Seth Mankowski, Portland Sings The Beach Boys "Smiley Smile"

References

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