You Still Believe in Me

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"You Still Believe in Me" is a song by the American pop band The Beach Boys, taken from their classic 1966 album Pet Sounds. It is the second track on the album. The song was composed and produced by Brian Wilson with the lyrics by Tony Asher. This was the first song on Pet Sounds that Asher wrote lyrics to. The lead vocal was sung by Brian Wilson. The song was originally titled "In My Childhood" and a bicycle horn and bell from "In My Childhood" can be heard at the end of the song because they could not be edited out of the final track. A classically-trained musician once explained, "compositionally embodies the unique manner in which Brian writes his music. In a sense, Brian created a new way of using the scale. His progressions are always going up, then pausing before they go up again, like they're going towards God. As you'll hear clearly on this song, Brian doesn't come down in the middle of a progression." The mono version of this song has double tracked lead vocals from Brian while the new stereo version has a single tracked lead.

To achieve the unique sound in the introduction, Tony Asher explains that "one of us had to get inside the piano to pluck the strings, while the other guy had to be at the keyboard pushing the notes so that they would ring." Brian in 1966 explained that this song is "A little 'Boys Choir'-type song with me doing the soprano. Very, very spiritual."

This song has been covered by M. Ward and also appears on the Beach Boys' In Concert album. Brian recorded this song for his 2002 album Pet Sounds Live.

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I know perfectly well
I’m not where I should be
I’ve been very aware
You’ve been patient with me

Every time we break up
You bring back your love to me
And after all I’ve done to you
How can it be

You still believe in me

I try hard to be more
What you want me to be
But I can't help how I act
When you’re not here with me

I try hard to be strong
But sometimes I fail myself
And after all I’ve promised you
So faithfully

You still believe in me

I wanna cry...

Ahh...

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[edit] See also

Pet Sounds Track Listing
Wouldn't It Be Nice | You Still Believe in Me | That's Not Me | Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) | I'm Waiting for the Day
Let's Go Away for Awhile | Sloop John B | God Only Knows | I Know There's an Answer | Here Today
I Just Wasn't Made for These Times | Pet Sounds | Caroline, No


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