Can't Wait Too Long
| "Can't Wait Too Long" | |
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| Song by The Beach Boys | |
| from the album Smiley Smile/Wild Honey | |
| Released | September, 1990 |
| Recorded | October 28, 1967–July 26, 1968 |
| Genre | R&B, psychedelic pop |
| Length | 5:33 |
| Label | Capitol |
| Songwriter(s) | Brian Wilson |
| Producer(s) | Brian Wilson |
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| Song by Brian Wilson | ||||
| from the album That Lucky Old Sun | ||||
| Released | September 2, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | April 2008 | |||
| Length | 0:54 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Brian Wilson | |||
| Producer(s) | Brian Wilson | |||
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"Can't Wait Too Long" (also known as "Been Way Too Long") is a song written by Brian Wilson for the American rock band the Beach Boys. The song dates from 1967, and remains unfinished by the group. In 2008. a newly recorded "Can't Wait Too Long" was released for Wilson's solo album That Lucky Old Sun.
The Beach Boys version consists of an elaborate collection of vocal and instrumental tracks comparable to the group's earlier compositions "Good Vibrations" and "Heroes and Villains". It includes a melody line played instrumentally without sung lyrics, a bass line bearing resemblance to the Smile sessions version of "Wind Chimes", plus several sections of chorus and a vocal middle section. It was recorded throughout 1967 and 1968, well after the sessions for Smile ended. On February 11, 1980, overdubs were attempted on the original late 1960s recordings.
Brian Wilson sings lead vocals. There are very few lyrics. The title phrase is sung several dozen times, sometime alternating with "been away too long baby". Elsewhere is a simple couplet: "I miss you darlin' / I miss you so hard" which was evidently meant to be followed with "So come back baby / and don't break my heart", as Wilson can be heard instructing the other Beach Boys. The final arrangement of the tune segues into an R&B inspired arrangement, and towards the end of the master outtake, there is a bass riff that had been labeled for years as an edit piece that is part of the "Heroes and Villains" suite — consult the bootleg album, Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 17.
Biographer David Leaf said: "[the song] needs no analysis or description other than to say that it’s an incredible piece of music ... sections of it are complete enough to be a terrific example of how Brian, in Van Dyke Parks' words, used to 'saturate the tape with music.'"
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