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Surfer Girl

The Beach Boys

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LIST YEAR

1963

Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.

Genre

RockRock and rollSurf rock

Theme

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RELEASE DATE & LIST YEAR

Release: 1963

Release: 1963Source checked

V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. Original 1963 recording on Surfer Girl. Year precision is retained; the album association is not an assertion of an exact first-release day.

The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.

Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1963.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.

Surfer Girl - official original album section
The Surfer Girl section explicitly gives the original release year 1963 and selected original track membership. Modern remaster, stereo remix, session and live labels are separated from the original program; only the original recording year is used.

BEHIND THE SONG

Inspiration and background

Supplied note - not independently verified

This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.

Brian Wilson wrote this ballad about his ideal girlfriend.

Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent

Sources for this information

Owner-supplied 1963.html, song-list position 102
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.

Other appearances and versions

catalog version unspecified

Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.

An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.

Sources and scope

Imported annual selection - further review needed

Editorial artist-repertoire classification

Owner-supplied 1963.html
Imported annual selection. Title, artist and year have not all been independently corroborated; retained source annotations are archived, not verified song histories.

ALL 66 ANNUAL COLLECTIONS

1960-2025. Each year contains 150 selections.

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