You Still Believe in Me

"You Still Believe in Me"
Song by The Beach Boys from the album Pet Sounds
Released May 16, 1966
Recorded track: November 1, 1965 & January 24, 1966
vocals: early 1966
Genre Baroque pop,[1] psychedelic pop
Length 2:31
Label Capitol
Composer Wilson/Asher
Producer Brian Wilson
Pet Sounds track listing
  1. "Wouldn't It Be Nice"
  2. "You Still Believe in Me"
  3. "That's Not Me"
  4. "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)"
  5. "I'm Waiting for the Day"
  6. "Let's Go Away for Awhile"
  7. "Sloop John B"
  8. "God Only Knows"
  9. "I Know There's an Answer"
  10. "Here Today"
  11. "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times"
  12. "Pet Sounds"
  13. "Caroline, No"

"You Still Believe in Me" is a song by the American rock band The Beach Boys, taken from their 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.

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Information

This was the first song on Pet Sounds to which Asher wrote lyrics. 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.[2] This song "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."

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."[3] Brian in 1966 explained that this song is "A little 'Boys Choir'-type song with me doing the soprano. Very, very spiritual."

Covers

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. This song was also covered by Elvis Costello and Anne Sofie von Otter in their 2001 album "For the Stars".[4]

Musicians

*denotes uncertainty who plays the finger cymbals, bicycle horn & bell[5]

References

  1. ^ "Jim Esch review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/song/you-still-believe-in-me-t2827562. Retrieved 2011-04-29. 
  2. ^ Out-Of-Sight! SMiLE Timeline
  3. ^ Elliott, Brad (August 31, 1999). "Pet Sounds Track Notes". beachboysfanclub.com. http://www.beachboysfanclub.com/ps-tracks.html. Retrieved March 3, 2009. 
  4. ^ "For the Stars review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r527956. Retrieved 2011-06-09. 
  5. ^ Charles L. Granata, Wouldn't it be nice: Brian Wilson and the making of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, (Chicago Review Press, 2003), ISBN 1556525079, p.149.

See also