409 (song)
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| "409" | ||
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| Single by The Beach Boys | ||
| from the album Surfin' Safari & Little Deuce Coupe |
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| Released | June 4, 1962 | |
| Format | Vinyl | |
| Recorded | Unknown | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 1:59 | |
| Label | Capitol Records | |
| Producer(s) | Murry Wilson | |
| Chart positions | ||
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• #14 (US) |
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| The Beach Boys singles chronology | ||
| "Surfin'"/"Luau" (1961) |
"409"/"Surfin' Safari" (1962) |
"Ten Little Indians"/"County Fair" (1962) |
"409" is a song written by Brian Wilson, Mike Love and Gary Usher for the American rock and roll band, The Beach Boys. The song features Mike Love singing lead vocals. It was released on their 1962 album, Surfin' Safari and it was also released later on their 1963 album, Little Deuce Coupe. It was also released as a single, with the B-side of the single being "Surfin' Safari". The single peaked at #14 in the U.S. It never charted in the U.K..
Although The Beach Boys recorded over a dozen songs that were written about or had strong references to cars, only a few of them would become well-known songs, some of these included "Shut Down", "Little Deuce Coupe" and "Fun, Fun, Fun".
[edit] Background information
The "409" of the song is the Chevrolet 409, a 409 cubic inch W-series V8 engine popular with "hot rodders" of the time. Gary Usher, who wrote the majority of the lyrics for the song dreamed at that time of one day owning a Chevrolet 409. Ironically the engine noises heard at the beginning of the song were of Usher's Chevrolet 348.
[edit] See also
| Surfin' Safari Track Listing |
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| Surfin' Safari | County Fair | Ten Little Indians | Chug-A-Lug | Little Girl (You're My Miss America) 409 | Surfin' | Heads You Win - Tails I Lose | Summertime Blues | Cuckoo Clock Moon Dawg | The Shift |
