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"California Girls" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1965 album Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!). Written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love , the lyrics were partly inspired by the band's experiences touring Europe for the first time, detailing an appreciation for women across the world.
"Candy" is a song from Iggy Pop's ninth solo album, Brick by Brick. A duet with Kate Pierson of the B-52's , it was the album's second single , in September 1990. [ 1 ] It became the biggest mainstream hit of Pop's career, as he reached the top 40 in the United States for the first and only time.
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"California Girls" by The Beach Boys "California Girls" by David Lee Roth "California Girls" by Oingo Boingo "California Gurls" by Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg "California, Hollywood" by Michael Rabon & Choctaw "California Heaven" by JAHKOY feat. ScHoolboy Q "California Home" by Mark Eric "California Jam" by Klaatu
In a 2011 reappraisal, BBC Music observed that the track listing of Summer Days reads "like a Greatest Hits," and felt the album is unfairly disparaged for being "simply loaded with proud pop songs." Comparing to the Beach Boys' later work: "If Pet Sounds is the critics’ favorite, Summer Days is perhaps the people's day at the beach."
A soulful ballad, [5] the song is said to have been inspired by Burt Bacharach [6] [7] while also foreshadowing the relatively complex music dynamics of Pet Sounds several months later. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Author Jim Fusilli explained, "[it] is a gorgeous track, albeit a bit busy at the chorus when compared to what's ahead, with major seventh chords ...
Musician Brian Wilson, who had co-written the Beach Boys' "California Girls", commended Perry's vocal on her song and described its melody as "infectious". [ 18 ] Glenn Gamboa of Newsday reviewed the song saying, "'California Gurls' is a fizzy-pop concoction of empty calories, but it sure does stick with you."
"I'm Bugged at My Ol' Man" is a song written by Brian Wilson for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1965 album Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!) . However, when Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!) was reissued in the early 1970s as California Girls , the track was cut from the running order.