20 Golden Greats (The Beach Boys album)

20 Golden Greats
Greatest hits album by The Beach Boys
Released	June 1976
Recorded	January 31, 1963 – April 23, 1969
Genre	Rock, surf rock, sunshine pop, psychedelic rock
Label	Capitol
Producer	Nick Venet, Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys chronology

20 Golden Greats is a 1976 greatest hits album by the Beach Boys that was released in the UK by EMI's newly created TV advertising division.[1] It became the second biggest selling album of the year, spending a total of 86 weeks on the UK Albums Chart and peaking at number one in July 1976, where it remained for 10 weeks.[1][2][3]

Track listing

All tracks are duophonic mixes on the original LP release, asides from "Surfin' USA", "Fun, Fun, Fun", "Don't Worry Baby", "Little Deuce Coupe" and "I Can Hear Music" which are the original stereo LP mixes.

Side 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Year Originally Released	Length
1.	"Surfin' U.S.A."	Brian Wilson, Chuck Berry	1963	2:28
2.	"Fun, Fun, Fun"	B. Wilson, Mike Love	1964	2:03
3.	"I Get Around"	B. Wilson, Love	1964	2:13
4.	"Don't Worry Baby"	B. Wilson, Roger Christian	1964	2:48
5.	"Little Deuce Coupe"	B. Wilson, Christian	1963	1:38
6.	"When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)"	B. Wilson, Love	1964	2:03
7.	"Help Me, Rhonda" (Single version on LP release, original album version on CD release)	B. Wilson, Love	1965	2:46/3:10
8.	"California Girls"	B. Wilson, Love	1965	2:38
9.	"Barbara Ann" (Edited album version on LP release, single version on CD release)	Fred Fassert	1965	3:06/2:08
10.	"Sloop John B"	Trad. Arr. B. Wilson, Al Jardine	1966	2:56

Side 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Year Originally Released	Length
1.	"You're So Good to Me"	B. Wilson, Love	1965	2:16
2.	"God Only Knows"	B. Wilson, Tony Asher	1966	2:51
3.	"Wouldn't It Be Nice" (original album version on LP release, Made in U.S.A. version on CD release)	B. Wilson, Asher, Love	1966	2:22
4.	"Good Vibrations"	B. Wilson, Love	1966	3:36
5.	"Then I Kissed Her"	Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry	1965	2:15
6.	"Heroes and Villains"	B. Wilson, Van Dyke Parks	1967	3:37
7.	"Darlin'"	B. Wilson, Love	1967	2:12
8.	"Do It Again" (single version)	B. Wilson, Love	1968	2:19
9.	"I Can Hear Music"	Jeff Barry, Greenwich, Phil Spector	1969	2:38
10.	"Break Away"	B. Wilson, Murry Wilson	1969	2:55

Chart and certifications

Charts

Chart	Year	Peak position
UK Albums Chart[4]	1976	1

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[5]	Gold	250,000^{^}
Austria (IFPI Austria)[6]	Platinum	50,000^*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[7]	Platinum	50,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)[8]	Platinum	600,000[9]
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

"Album Chart History – 1976". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on April 14, 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2010.
Brown, Tony. (2000). The Complete Book of the British Charts. Omnibus Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-7119-7670-2.
1976 Number 1 Albums at theofficialcharts.com
"Number 1 Albums – 1970s". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on February 9, 2008. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
"Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (The Beach Boys; '20 Golden Greats')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
"Austrian album certifications – The Beach Boys – 20 Golden Greats" (in German). IFPI Austria.
"The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (The Beach Boys; '20 Golden Greats')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
"British album certifications – The Beach Boys – 20Golden Greats". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type 20Golden Greats in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
"Certified Awards Search". Archived from the original on September 1, 2009. Retrieved May 11, 2013.

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[official-1] "Album Chart History – 1976". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on April 14, 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2010.

[2] Brown, Tony. (2000). The Complete Book of the British Charts. Omnibus Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-7119-7670-2.

[3] 1976 Number 1 Albums at theofficialcharts.com

[4] "Number 1 Albums – 1970s". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on February 9, 2008. Retrieved June 19, 2011.

[GermanyThe_Beach_Boys20_Golden_GreatsalbumCertRef-5] "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (The Beach Boys; '20 Golden Greats')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.

[AustriaThe_Beach_Boys20_Golden_GreatsalbumCertRef-6] "Austrian album certifications – The Beach Boys – 20 Golden Greats" (in German). IFPI Austria.

[SwitzerlandThe_Beach_Boys20_Golden_GreatsalbumCertRef-7] "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (The Beach Boys; '20 Golden Greats')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.

[United_KingdomThe_Beach_Boys20Golden_GreatsalbumCertRef-8] "British album certifications – The Beach Boys – 20Golden Greats". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type 20Golden Greats in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

[9] "Certified Awards Search". Archived from the original on September 1, 2009. Retrieved May 11, 2013.