List of songs covered by the Beach Boys

This article is a list of cover versions recorded and released by the Beach Boys as a band and as solo artists.

The Beach Boys

Song	Year	Beach Boys album	Original artist	Note(s)
"Little Girl (You're My Miss America)"	1962	Surfin' Safari	Dante & His Friends	^[1]
"Summertime Blues"			Eddie Cochran	^[1]
"Moon Dawg"			The Gamblers	^[1]
"Misirlou"	1963	Surfin' U.S.A.	Dick Dale	^[2]
"Honky Tonk"			Bill Doggett	^[2]
"Let's Go Trippin'			Dick Dale	^{[nb 1]}
"Old Folks at Home"		Surfer Girl	standard, written by Stephen Foster	^{[nb 2]}
"Their Hearts Were Full of Spring"	1964	Little Deuce Coupe	The Four Freshmen	^{[nb 3]}
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love?"		Shut Down Volume 2	Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers	^[3]
"Louie Louie"		Shut Down Volume 2	The Kingsmen	^[3]
"Hushabye"		All Summer Long	The Mystics	^[3]
"The Little Old Lady from Pasadena"		Beach Boys Concert	Jan and Dean	^[3]
"Long, Tall Texan"				^[3]
"Monster Mash"			Bobby (Boris) Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers	^[3]
"Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow"			The Rivingtons	^{[nb 4]}
"The Wanderer"			Dion	^[3]
"Graduation Day"			The Four Freshmen	^[3]
"Johnny B. Goode"			Chuck Berry	^[3]
"Frosty the Snowman"		The Beach Boys' Christmas Album	Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys	^[4]
"We Three Kings of Orient Are"			standard, written by John Henry Hopkins, Jr.	^[4]
"Blue Christmas"			Doye O'Dell	^[4]
"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"			Harry Reser	^[4]
"White Christmas"			Bing Crosby	^[4]
"I'll Be Home for Christmas"			Bing Crosby	^[4]
"Auld Lang Syne"			traditional	^[3]
"Do You Want to Dance"	1965	The Beach Boys Today!	Bobby Freeman	^{[nb 5]}
"I'm So Young"		The Beach Boys Today!	The Students	^[6]
"Then He Kissed Me"		Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)	The Crystals	^{[nb 6]}
"Hully Gully"		Beach Boys' Party!	The Olympics	^[8]
"I Should Have Known Better"			The Beatles	^[9]
"Tell Me Why"			The Beatles	^[9]
"Mountain of Love"			Harold Dorman	^[9]
"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"			The Beatles	^[9]
"Devoted to You"			The Everly Brothers	^[9]
"Alley Oop"			The Hollywood Argyles	^[9]
"There's No Other (Like My Baby)"			The Crystals	^[9]
"The Times They Are a-Changin'"			Bob Dylan	^[10]
"Barbara Ann"			The Regents	^[10]
"Sloop John B"	1966	Pet Sounds	traditional	^{[nb 7]}
"I Was Made to Love Her"	1967	Wild Honey	Stevie Wonder	^{[citation needed]}
"Cotton Fields"	1969	20/20	Lead Belly	^[12]
"Bluebirds over the Mountain"	1969	20/20	Ersel Hickey	^{[citation needed]}
"Here Comes Santa Claus"	1974	"Child of Winter (Christmas Song)" / "Susie Cincinnati"	traditional	^{[nb 8]}
"Rock and Roll Music"	1976	15 Big Ones	Chuck Berry	^[13]
"Chapel of Love"			The Dixie Cups	^[13]
"Talk to Me, Talk to Me"			Little Willie John	^{[nb 9]}
"Tallahassee Lassie"				^{[nb 9]}
"Palisades Park"			Freddy Cannon	^[13]
"A Casual Look"			The Six Teens	^[13]
"Blueberry Hill"			Fats Domino	^[13]
"In the Still of the Night"			Five Satins	^[13]
"Just Once in My Life"			The Righteous Brothers	^[13]
"Come Go with Me"	1978	M.I.U. Album	The Del-Vikings	^[3]
"Peggy Sue"	1978	M.I.U. Album	Buddy Holly	^[3]
"Shortnin' Bread"	1979	L.A. (Light Album)	James Whitcomb Riley	^[3]
"School Days"	1980	Keepin' the Summer Alive	Chuck Berry	^[3]
"Sea Cruise"	1981	Ten Years of Harmony	Frankie Ford	^{[citation needed]}
"With a Little Help from My Friends"	1983	Rarities	The Beatles	^[14]
"The Letter"	1983	Rarities	The Box Tops	^[15]
"California Dreamin'"	1986	Made in U.S.A.	The Mamas & the Papas	^{[citation needed]}
"Wipe Out"	1989	Still Cruisin'	The Surfaris	^{[citation needed]}
"Crocodile Rock"	1991	Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin	Elton John	^{[citation needed]}
"Hot Fun in the Summertime"	1992	Summer in Paradise	Sly and the Family Stone	^{[citation needed]}
"Remember (Walking in the Sand)"			The Shangri-Las	^{[citation needed]}
"Under the Boardwalk"			The Drifters	^{[citation needed]}
"Ruby Baby"	1996	Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys	The Drifters	^{[citation needed]}
"Walk On By"	2001	Friends / 20/20	Dionne Warwick	^[16]
"Ol' Man River"	2001	Friends / 20/20	Oscar Hammerstein II	^{[citation needed]}
"You Are So Beautiful"	2002	Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980	Joe Cocker	^{[citation needed]}
"The Old Master Painter"	2011	The Smile Sessions	standard, written by Beasley Smith and Haven Gillespie	^{[citation needed]}
"You Are My Sunshine"			standard, written by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell	^{[citation needed]}
"I Wanna Be Around"			standard, written by Sadie Vimmerstedt and Johnny Mercer	^{[citation needed]}
"Gee"			The Crows	^{[citation needed]}
"Why Don't They Let Us Fall in Love"	2013	Made in California	The Ronettes	^{[citation needed]}
"Da Doo Ron Ron"			The Crystals	^{[citation needed]}
"Runaway"			Del Shannon	^{[citation needed]}
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"			The Righteous Brothers	^{[citation needed]}
"One Kiss Led to Another"	2015	Beach Boys' Party! Uncovered and Unplugged	The Coasters	^{[citation needed]}
"Laugh at Me"			Sonny Bono
"Ticket to Ride"			The Beatles
"Blowin' in the Wind"			Bob Dylan
"Riot in Cell Block Number 9"			The Robins
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"			The Rolling Stones
"Smoky Joe's Cafe"			The Coasters
"Long Tall Sally"			Little Richard
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"			The Righteous Brothers
"Hang On Sloopy"			The McCoys
"Twist and Shout"			The Isley Brothers
"The Diary"			Neil Sedaka
"Heart and Soul"			Larry Clinton

Unreleased

Song	Year	Original artist	Note(s)
"How Deep Is the Ocean"	1966	standard, written by Irving Berlin	^[17]
"Stella by Starlight"	1966	Victor Young	^[17]
"On Top of Old Smoky"	1967	traditional	^[17]
"Game of Love"		Wayne Fontana	^[17]
"My Little Red Book"		Manfred Mann	^[17]
"You Never Give Me Your Money"	1970	The Beatles	^[17]
"Gimme Some Lovin'"	1972	The Spencer Davis Group	^[17]
"Battle Hymn of the Republic"	1974	standard, written by Julia Ward Howe	^[17]
"Come to the Sunshine"	1975	Van Dyke Parks	^[17]
"Mony Mony"	1976	Tommy James and The Shondells	^[17]
"Running Bear"		Johnny Preston	^[17]
"Shake Rattle & Roll"		Big Joe Turner	^[17]
"Let's Dance"		Chris Montez	^[17]
"Working in the Coal Mine"		Lee Dorsey	^[17]
"On Broadway"	1977	The Drifters	^[17]
"Deep Purple"	1977	Peter DeRose	^[17]
"Calendar Girl"	1978	Neil Sedaka	^[17]
"Jamaica Farewell"	1979	Harry Belafonte	^[17]
"River Deep – Mountain High"	1980	Ike & Tina Turner	^[17]
"Be My Baby"		The Ronettes	^[18]
"I'm a Man"		The Spencer Davis Group	^[17]
"At the Hop"	1985	Danny & The Juniors	^[17]

Solo

Mike Love

Song	Year	Album	Original artist	Note(s)
"On and On and On"	1981	Looking Back With Love	ABBA	^{[citation needed]}
"Over and Over"			Bobby Day	^{[citation needed]}
"Calendar Girl"			Neil Sedaka	^{[citation needed]}
"Be My Baby"			The Ronettes	^{[citation needed]}
"Teach Me Tonight"			Gene De Paul	^{[citation needed]}
"Da Doo Ron Ron"	1983	Rock 'n' Roll City	The Crystals	^{[citation needed]}
"Lightnin' Strikes"			Lou Christie	^{[citation needed]}
"The Letter"			The Box Tops	^{[citation needed]}
"The Loco-Motion"			Little Eva	^{[citation needed]}
"Sugar Shack"			The Fireballs	^{[citation needed]}
"My Boyfriend's Back"			The Angels	^{[nb 10]}
"Jingle Bell Rock"		Scrooge's Rock 'n' Roll Christmas	Bobby Helms	^{[citation needed]}
"Hungry Heart"	2002		Bruce Springsteen	^{[citation needed]}

Brian Wilson

Song	Year	Album	Original artist	Note(s)
"Goodnight, Irene"	1988	Folkways: A Vision Shared	Lead Belly	^{[citation needed]}
"Sweets for My Sweet"	1995	Till the Night Is Gone: A Tribute to Doc Pomus	The Drifters	^[19]^[20]
"This Could Be the Night"	1995	For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson	Modern Folk Quartet	^[20]
"I'm Into Something Good"	2008	That Lucky Old Sun	Herman's Hermits	^{[citation needed]}
"Rhapsody in Blue/Intro"	2010	Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin		^{[citation needed]}
"Summertime"
"I Loves You, Porgy"
"I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'"
"It Ain't Necessarily So"
"'S Wonderful"
"They Can't Take That Away from Me"
"Love Is Here to Stay"
"I've Got a Crush on You"
"I Got Rhythm"
"Someone to Watch Over Me"
"Nothing But Love"
"Let's Call the Whole Thing Off"
"California Sun"		Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey (Music from the Motion Picture)	The Rivieras
"Listen to Me"	2011	Listen to Me: Buddy Holly	Buddy Holly	^{[citation needed]}
"You've Got a Friend in Me"		In the Key of Disney	Randy Newman	^{[citation needed]}
"The Bare Necessities"		In the Key of Disney	Terry Gilkyson	^{[citation needed]}
"Wanderlust"	2014	The Art of McCartney	Paul McCartney	^{[citation needed]}

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Footnotes

↑ An additional version appears on Beach Boys Concert.^[2]
↑ As "South Bay Surfer (The Old Folks at Home)" with additional lyrics by Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, and Al Jardine.^[2]
↑ As "A Young Man is Gone" with new lyrics by Mike Love.^[2]
↑ An additional version appears on Beach Boys' Party!.^[3]
↑ As "Do You Wanna Dance?".^[5]
↑ As "Then I Kissed Her".^[7]
↑ Based on the version by the Kingston Trio.^[11]
↑ In medley with "Child of Winter (Christmas Song)".^{[citation needed]}
↑ As "Talk to Me (Medley)".^[13]
↑ As "Her Boyfriend's Back".^{[citation needed]}

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Lambert 2007, p. 336.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Lambert 2007, p. 337.
↑ ^3.00 ^3.01 ^3.02 ^3.03 ^3.04 ^3.05 ^3.06 ^3.07 ^3.08 ^3.09 ^3.10 ^3.11 ^3.12 ^3.13 ^3.14 Lambert 2007.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 Lambert 2007, p. 343.
↑ Lambert 2007, p. 370, 386.
↑ Lambert 2007, p. 199.
↑ Lambert 2007, p. 377.
↑ Lambert 2007, pp. 372, 387.
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 ^9.3 ^9.4 ^9.5 ^9.6 Lambert 2007, p. 346.
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 Lambert 2007, p. 347.
↑ Lambert 2007, pp. 346, 386.
↑ Lambert 2007, p. 355.
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 ^13.3 ^13.4 ^13.5 ^13.6 ^13.7 Lambert 2007, p. 359.
↑ Badman 2004, p. 300.
↑ Badman 2004.
↑ Badman 2004, p. 389.
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[3] An additional version appears on Beach Boys Concert.^[2]

[4] As "South Bay Surfer (The Old Folks at Home)" with additional lyrics by Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, and Al Jardine.^[2]

[5] As "A Young Man is Gone" with new lyrics by Mike Love.^[2]

[7] An additional version appears on Beach Boys' Party!.^[3]

[10] As "Do You Wanna Dance?".^[5]

[13] As "Then I Kissed Her".^[7]

[18] Based on the version by the Kingston Trio.^[11]

[20] In medley with "Child of Winter (Christmas Song)".^{[citation needed]}

[22] As "Talk to Me (Medley)".^[13]

[28] As "Her Boyfriend's Back".^{[citation needed]}

[FOOTNOTELambert2007336-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Lambert 2007, p. 336.

[FOOTNOTELambert2007337-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Lambert 2007, p. 337.

[FOOTNOTELambert2007-6] 3.00 ^3.01 ^3.02 ^3.03 ^3.04 ^3.05 ^3.06 ^3.07 ^3.08 ^3.09 ^3.10 ^3.11 ^3.12 ^3.13 ^3.14 Lambert 2007.

[FOOTNOTELambert2007343-8] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 Lambert 2007, p. 343.

[FOOTNOTELambert2007370.2C_386-9] Lambert 2007, p. 370, 386.

[FOOTNOTELambert2007199-11] Lambert 2007, p. 199.

[FOOTNOTELambert2007377-12] Lambert 2007, p. 377.

[FOOTNOTELambert2007372.2C_387-14] Lambert 2007, pp. 372, 387.

[FOOTNOTELambert2007346-15] 9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 ^9.3 ^9.4 ^9.5 ^9.6 Lambert 2007, p. 346.

[FOOTNOTELambert2007347-16] 10.0 ^10.1 Lambert 2007, p. 347.

[FOOTNOTELambert2007346.2C_386-17] Lambert 2007, pp. 346, 386.

[FOOTNOTELambert2007355-19] Lambert 2007, p. 355.

[FOOTNOTELambert2007359-21] 13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 ^13.3 ^13.4 ^13.5 ^13.6 ^13.7 Lambert 2007, p. 359.

[FOOTNOTEBadman2004300-23] Badman 2004, p. 300.

[FOOTNOTEBadman2004-24] Badman 2004.

[FOOTNOTEBadman2004389-25] Badman 2004, p. 389.

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Studio albums	Surfin' Safari Surfin' U.S.A. Surfer Girl Little Deuce Coupe Shut Down Volume 2 All Summer Long The Beach Boys' Christmas Album The Beach Boys Today! Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) Beach Boys' Party! Pet Sounds Smiley Smile Wild Honey Friends 20/20 Sunflower Surf's Up Carl and the Passions – "So Tough" Holland 15 Big Ones The Beach Boys Love You M.I.U. Album L.A. (Light Album) Keepin' the Summer Alive The Beach Boys Still Cruisin' Summer in Paradise Stars and Stripes Vol. 1 That's Why God Made the Radio
Live albums	Beach Boys Concert Live in London The Beach Boys in Concert Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980 Songs from Here & Back Live – The 50th Anniversary Tour Live in Sacramento 1964 Live in Chicago 1965 Graduation Day 1966 1967 – Live Sunshine The Beach Boys On Tour: 1968
Selected compilations	Endless Summer Rarities Made in U.S.A. Lost & Found (1961–62) Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys The Pet Sounds Sessions Endless Harmony Ultimate Christmas Hawthorne, CA Sounds of Summer The Smile Sessions Made in California The Big Beat 1963 Keep an Eye on Summer 1964 Beach Boys' Party! Uncovered and Unplugged Becoming the Beach Boys 1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow Wake the World: The Friends Sessions I Can Hear Music: The 20/20 Sessions Feel Flows Sail On Sailor – 1972
Unreleased	Smile Lei'd in Hawaii Charles Manson sessions Adult/Child Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys Andy Paley sessions
EPs	Four by the Beach Boys Mount Vernon and Fairway
Documentary concert films	It's OK! (1976) An American Band (1985) Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times (1995) Nashville Sounds (1996) Endless Harmony: The Beach Boys Story (1998) Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980 (2002) Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile (2004) Doin' It Again (2012) Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road (2021)
Fictionalized	Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys (1990) An American Family (2000) Love & Mercy (2014)
Books	The Beach Boys and the California Myth Becoming the Beach Boys, 1961–1963 Catch a Wave Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy Heroes and Villains: The True Story of the Beach Boys I Am Brian Wilson Inside the Music of Brian Wilson Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story
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