Fun, Fun, Fun

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"Fun, Fun, Fun"

Single by The Beach Boys
from the album Shut Down Volume 2
Released	February 3, 1964
Format	Vinyl
Recorded	Unknown
Genre	Pop
Length	4 min 10 sec for both songs
Label	Capitol Records
Producer(s)	Brian Wilson
Chart positions
• #5 (US)
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"Little Saint Nick"/"The Lord's Prayer" (1963)	"Fun, Fun, Fun"/"Why Do Fools Fall In Love" (1964)	"I Get Around"/"Don't Worry Baby" (1964)

Fun, Fun, Fun was a hit song released in 1964 by the Beach Boys.

This was written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love about Dennis Wilson's relationship with a girl from a rich family in Palos Verdes, Los Angeles. She used to tell her father she was going to study at the library in order to borrow his Ford Thunderbird. Instead of driving to the library, she met Dennis at his apartment. Dennis said, "So we'll have fun, 'til her Daddy takes the T'bird away." This became the hook line for the song.

The Wilsons' father, Murry, always the critical conservative, denounced the whole idea for the song as immoral, and tried to prevent the group from recording it. The song, backed by a single-only mix of a cover version of Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers' "Why Do Fools Fall In Love", became a top-five hit. This argument set the seed for further deterioration in the family. It finally led to Murry being sacked as Beach Boys manager a few months later when "I Get Around" was about to become the first number-one single for the Beach Boys.

The song was covered in 1996 by the then-current lineups of The Beach Boys and Status Quo.

The opening electric guitar introduction of the song was lifted directly from Chuck Berry's Johnny B Goode, released in 1955.