11 Facts About Good Vibrations

Good Vibrations used the concept to suggest extrasensory perception, while Love's lyrics were inspired by the nascent Flower Power movement.

Good Vibrations said he'd always thought that it would be fun to write a song about vibes and picking them up from other people.

Good Vibrations further stated that its triplet beat on the chorus was his own idea and that it was based on the Crystals' "Da Doo Ron Ron", produced by Spector.

Wilson's cousin and bandmate Mike Love submitted the final lyrics for "Good Vibrations" and contributed its bass-baritone vocals in the chorus.

Production for "Good Vibrations" spanned more than a dozen recording sessions at four different Hollywood studios, at a time when most pop singles were typically recorded in a day or two.

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In 2018, Wilson disputed the $50,000 figure for "Good Vibrations", saying that the overall expenses were closer to $25,000.

Good Vibrations thought about abandoning the track, but after receiving encouragement from Anderle, eventually decided on it as the next Beach Boys single.

Good Vibrations called me from the recording studio and played this really bizarre sounding music over the phone.

Good Vibrations characterized the song as "advanced rhythm and blues".

Episode 2 however, makes that interpretation untenable, and both listener and analyst must entertain the idea that "Good Vibrations" develops under its own power, as it were, without the guidance of overdetermined formal patterns.

In Steven M Martin's 1993 documentary Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey, in which Wilson makes an appearance, it was revealed that the attention being paid to the theremin due to "Good Vibrations" caused Russian authorities to exile its inventor, Leon Theremin.