Fun, Fun, Fun

"Fun, Fun, Fun"
Single by The Beach Boys
from the album Shut Down Volume 2
B-side	"Why Do Fools Fall in Love"
Released	February 3, 1964
Format	Vinyl
Recorded	January 1964
Studio	United Western Recorders, Hollywood
Genre	Pop rock surf vocal power pop car song
Length	2:16
Label	Capitol
Writer(s)	Brian Wilson Mike Love
Producer(s)	Brian Wilson
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"Little Saint Nick" (1963) "Fun, Fun, Fun" (1964) "I Get Around" (1964) Endless Summer track listing 20 tracks Side one "Surfin' Safari" "Surfer Girl" "Catch a Wave" "The Warmth of the Sun" "Surfin' U.S.A." Side two "Be True to Your School" "Little Deuce Coupe" "In My Room" "Shut Down" "Fun, Fun, Fun" Side three "I Get Around" "Girls on the Beach" "Wendy" "Let Him Run Wild" "Don't Worry Baby" Side four "California Girls" "Girl Don't Tell Me" "Help Me, Rhonda" "You're So Good to Me" "All Summer Long" Music sample "Fun, Fun, Fun"

20 tracks
Side one "Surfin' Safari" "Surfer Girl" "Catch a Wave" "The Warmth of the Sun" "Surfin' U.S.A." Side two "Be True to Your School" "Little Deuce Coupe" "In My Room" "Shut Down" "Fun, Fun, Fun" Side three "I Get Around" "Girls on the Beach" "Wendy" "Let Him Run Wild" "Don't Worry Baby" Side four "California Girls" "Girl Don't Tell Me" "Help Me, Rhonda" "You're So Good to Me" "All Summer Long"

"Fun, Fun, Fun" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for American rock band the Beach Boys. It was released in 1964 as a single backed with "Why Do Fools Fall in Love", both later appearing on the band's album Shut Down Volume 2.

The song is one of many by the Beach Boys that virtually defined the California myth. Its lyrics are about a teenage girl who tricks her father so she can go hot-rodding with his Ford Thunderbird. At the end, her father discovers her deception and takes the keys from her. The narrator then comes to the girl's rescue with his own car.

The song was written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love and was based upon real life occurrences in the life of Dennis Wilson. In 1996, Russ Titelman recalled that he visited Brian while he was working on the song, and that its original lyric was "Run, Run, Run". Then-manager Murry Wilson was dissatisfied with the song, and had engineer Chuck Britz cancel one of its recording sessions. However, Brian rescheduled the session after discovering what happened.

The opening electric guitar introduction of the original version of the song was based on Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode", which in turn was based on the intro of Louis Jordan's "Ain't That Just Like a Woman (They'll Do It Every Time)". The track's punctuated drum fills were inspired by the work of Phil Spector. Philip Lambert noted that the song's verses follow the same chord progression as Spector's "Da Doo Ron Ron".

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