"Do You Remember?" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for the American rock band the Beach Boys, released on their 1964 album All Summer Long. The song is a minor rewrite of "The Big Beat", an earlier composition Wilson had written for Bob & Sheri in 1963.[1] Both songs are tributes to 1950s rock and roll, referencing performers such as Buddy Holly and Hank Ballard.
| "Do You Remember?" | |
|---|---|
| Song by the Beach Boys | |
| from the album All Summer Long | |
| Released | July 13, 1964 |
| Recorded | May 6–18, 1964 United Western Recorders, Hollywood |
| Genre | Rock and roll |
| Length | 2:02 |
| Label | Capitol |
| Songwriter(s) | Brian Wilson, Mike Love |
| Producer(s) | Brian Wilson |
Composition
edit"Do You Remember?" was originally credited to just Brian Wilson. Mike Love's name was added as a result of a lawsuit filed by him against Wilson in the 1990s.[2]
Byron Preiss called the song a "fractured history lesson".[3] Musicologist Philip Lambert writes: "Mike and Brian's 'Do You Remember?' frankly commands us to make these connections, in the form of a rock-and-roll history lesson and demonstration. While mentioning key historical figures—Little Richard, Chuck Berry, and Elvis—they remind us of rock and roll as a cultural phenomenon, because 'the critics kept aknockin' but the stars kept a-rockin'."[4]
Recording
edit"Do You Remember?" was recorded on May 6 and 18, 1964 at United Western Recorders.[5]
References
edit- ^ Gnerre, Sam (December 20, 2013). "Brian Wilson's early days chronicled on download-only 'The Big Beat 1963'". Daily Breeze.
- ^ Doe, Andrew G. "Album Archive". Bellagio 10452. Endless Summer Quarterly. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24.
- ^ Preiss, Byron (1979). The Beach Boys. New York: Ballantine Books. p. 25. ISBN 9780345273987.
- ^ Lambert, Philip (2007). Inside the Music of Brian Wilson: the Songs, Sounds, and Influences of the Beach Boys' Founding Genius. Continuum. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-8264-1876-0.
- ^ Doe, Andrew G. "GIGS64". Bellagio 10452. Endless Summer Quarterly.
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