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God Only Knows
The Beach Boys

Until the summer of 1966 the Beach Boys were primarily known as a surf’n’hot-rod band, but ‘God Only Knows’, ‘Good Vibrations’ and the Pet Sounds album changed all that.

Carl Wilson Song facts

Composer
Brian Wilson/Tony Asher

Genre 
Pop

Released
1966

Album
Pet Sounds

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Olivia Newton John

Olivia Newton John originally recorded Brian Wilson's masterpiece for her Long Live Love LP.

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