Darlin' (Beach Boys song)

"Thinkin' 'Bout You Baby"
Single by Sharon Marie
Released	June 1, 1964
Recorded	April 1964
Length	2:35
Songwriter(s)	Brian Wilson; Mike Love;
Producer(s)	Brian Wilson
Sharon Marie singles chronology

"Darlin'"
Single by The Beach Boys
from the album Wild Honey
B-side	"Here Today"
Released	December 18, 1967
Recorded	October 10 and 27, 1967
Studio	Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood
Genre	Soul[1][2]; R&B[3];
Length	2:12
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Brian Wilson; Mike Love;
Producer(s)	The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys singles chronology
Music video
	"Darlin'" on YouTube
Audio sample
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"Darlin'" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, recorded by American rock band the Beach Boys with Carl Wilson on lead vocal. It opens the second side of their 1967 album Wild Honey and was also released as a single, backed with "Here Today" from their 1966 album Pet Sounds.[4] The single peaked at No. 19 in the United States, No. 11 in the United Kingdom and No. 10 in New Zealand.[5] The song was previously recorded with different lyrics and structure as "Thinkin' 'Bout You Baby", also written by Wilson and Love, by singer Sharon Marie in 1964.

It has twice returned to the US Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 51 for Paul Davis in 1978, and two years later No. 68 for the Milwaukee-based band Yipes!.[6]

Recording

The instrumental and vocal track was recorded under the production of Brian Wilson on October 27, 1967. Initially Wilson had planned to give this song and "Time to Get Alone" to Three Dog Night, then called "Redwood", as Danny Hutton was a friend of Wilson. Hutton laid claim to inspiring the title for "Darlin'", it being frequent in his vocabulary at the time. Redwood only got as far as recording a guide vocal before Mike Love insisted that Brian focus his attention on producing work for the Beach Boys.[7][4] Accompanied by piano, bass, tambourine, strings, and horns, Carl Wilson sings lead vocals.[8]

Personnel

Sourced from Craig Slowinski.[9]

The Beach Boys

Brian Wilson – piano[10]
Carl Wilson – lead vocals, guitar,[8] inaudible drums
The Beach Boys – backing vocals, tambourine, other percussion

Additional personnel

Ron Brown — bass[11]
Hal Blaine - drums [11]
unknown – strings, horns[8]

Release history

The "Darlin'" single, backed with "Here Today", was issued by Capitol Records in the United States in December 1967. The single peaked at the number 19 position on the Billboard charts, but it placed at number 10 on the Cash Box sales chart. Radio station playlists showed popularity in Santa Barbara (#1), Los Angeles (#2), Toronto (#3), Baltimore, Norfolk, Albany tri-cities, Phoenix and Tucson (all #4), Washington, Boston, San Diego, Salt Lake City, Honolulu (all #5); Montreal, Fresno, Portland, Milwaukee, Louisville (all #6); Vancouver and Columbus (#7), Dallas, Pittsburgh and Hartford (all #8), Toronto and Denver (#9), Jacksonville (#10), Miami (#12), Cincinnati and Rochester (#13), New York and Nashville (#14).

In the United Kingdom the single was issued in January 1968 with the B-side "Country Air". The single peaked at the number 11 position. In New Zealand the single peaked at the number 10 position. In Sweden it placed number 15, and in the Dutch single charts the song peaked at number 21.

Variations

The instrumental track of the song was later released on the 1968 album Stack-O-Tracks. In 2012, "Darlin'" received its first stereo mix in the compilation Fifty Big Ones. Live versions were released on three of their albums: Live In London (1970), The Beach Boys In Concert (1973) and Good Timin': Live At Knebworth England 1980 (2002). As a solo artist, the song appeared on Brian Wilson's live album Live at the Roxy Theatre (2000).

Sharon Marie version

The song was initially written as "Thinkin' 'Bout You Baby" by Wilson and Love years earlier, and was first recorded in April 1964 and released as a single two months later by Sharon Marie[12]—a previously unrecorded teenager who had informally auditioned for Wilson and Love by singing opera standards after a Sacramento Beach Boys concert—with production by Wilson himself.[8] The song later appeared on the 2004 compilation Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions.

Other cover versions

1968 – Paper Dolls, Paper Dolls House
1971 – Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Summertime
1972 – American Spring, Spring (as "Thinkin' 'Bout You Baby" w/Brian Wilson)
1975 – David Cassidy, The Higher They Climb (w/Bruce Johnston) (UK #16, Ireland #20, South Africa #1)[13]
1977 -- Paul Davis, Singer Of Songs, Teller Of Tales (w/ Susan Collins)
1978 – Triumvirat, A la Carte
1984 – Tatsuro Yamashita, Big Wave
1991 – The Records, Smiles, Vibes & Harmony: A Tribute to Brian Wilson
1993 – Darlin', Shimmies in Super 8
1993 – BMX Bandits, Kylie's Got A Crush On Us (as "Thinkin' 'Bout You Baby")[14]

In popular culture

French rock trio Darlin' took their name from the song. Two of its members later reformed as the electronic music duo Daft Punk, and the third joined pop band Phoenix.
The song features in the 2015 The Big Bang Theory episode, "The Earworm Reverberation".[15] In the episode, Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) has a song that is stuck in his head. He remembers the song's title at dinner with Leonard & Penny (Johnny Galecki & Kaley Cuoco) and realizes that it's about how Amy Farrah Fowler (Mayim Bialik) changed his life for the better. He then leaves the apartment to go to Amy's to confess his love for her, but stops as Sheldon sees Amy kissing another man.

References

Gaines 1986, p. 183.
Fine, Jason (2004). "The Beach Boys". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 46, 48. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
Hodgkins, Nig; et al. (1996). Buckley, Jonathan (ed.). Rock: The Rough Guide. Rough Guides. p. 69. ISBN 1858282012.
Badman 2004, p. 208.
"Darlin'". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
Joel Whitburn, Top Pop Singles 1955-1999 (Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research, 2000), 747.
Priore 2005, pp. 153–55.
Badman 2004, p. 203.
Craig Slowinski sessionography, Endless Summer Quarterly Issue 122
Priore 2005, p. 153.
"Who played the backing tracks on songs meant for Redwood?". Smileysmile.net. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
Doe, Andrew Grayham. "GIGS64". Endless Summer Quarterly. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
"SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 2 September 2018.
Robbins, Ira. "BMX Bandits". Trouser Press. Retrieved 3 August 2010.

Bibliography

Badman, Keith (2004). The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band, on Stage and in the Studio. Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-0-87930-818-6.
Priore, Domenic (2005). Smile: The Story of Brian Wilson's Lost Masterpiece. Domenic Priore. ISBN 978-1-78323-198-0.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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[FOOTNOTEGaines1986183-1] Gaines 1986, p. 183.

[2] Fine, Jason (2004). "The Beach Boys". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 46, 48. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.

[3] Hodgkins, Nig; et al. (1996). Buckley, Jonathan (ed.). Rock: The Rough Guide. Rough Guides. p. 69. ISBN 1858282012.

[FOOTNOTEBadman2004208-4] Badman 2004, p. 208.

[Official-5] "Darlin'". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2020-06-14.

[6] Joel Whitburn, Top Pop Singles 1955-1999 (Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research, 2000), 747.

[FOOTNOTEPriore2005153–55-7] Priore 2005, pp. 153–55.

[FOOTNOTEBadman2004203-8] Badman 2004, p. 203.

[9] Craig Slowinski sessionography, Endless Summer Quarterly Issue 122

[FOOTNOTEPriore2005153-10] Priore 2005, p. 153.

[smileysmile1-11] "Who played the backing tracks on songs meant for Redwood?". Smileysmile.net. Retrieved 2020-03-07.

[12] Doe, Andrew Grayham. "GIGS64". Endless Summer Quarterly. Retrieved December 9, 2014.

[13] "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 2 September 2018.

[14] Robbins, Ira. "BMX Bandits". Trouser Press. Retrieved 3 August 2010.