Add Some Music to Your Day

"Add Some Music to Your Day"
Single by The Beach Boys
from the album Sunflower
B-side "Susie Cincinnati"
Released February 23, 1970
Format Vinyl
Recorded Brian Wilson's home studio
October 28 and December 1969, January 1970
Genre Baroque pop
Length 3:34
Label Brother/Reprise
Songwriter(s) Brian Wilson, Joe Knott and Mike Love
Producer(s) The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"Break Away"
(1969)		 "Add Some Music to Your Day"
(1970)		 "Cottonfields"
(1970)

"Break Away"
(1969)		 "Add Some Music to Your Day"
(1970)		 "Cottonfields"
(1970)

"Add Some Music to Your Day" is a song written by Brian Wilson, Joe Knott and Mike Love for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was first released as a single in February 1970.

While making no impact overseas at all (a rarity for the band), the song quickly entered the Top 30 in Los Angeles, New York, Boston, and Salt Lake City, and climbed well into the Top 20 in St Louis, Nashville, Lincoln and Orlando. There it stopped, stalling nationally at #39 in Record World, #49 in Cash Box, #64 in Billboard, and #43 in Canada. It was then released on the band's 1970 album Sunflower.

Composition

According to the liner notes of the 2000 re-issue of the Sunflower album, Joe Knott was not a professional songwriter. In the liner notes, Brian Wilson said of the song, "It was written by me and Mike and Joe Knott, who was a friend of mine who wasn't a songwriter but he contributed a couple of lines. But I can't remember which ones!".

Personnel

Partial credits sourced from Craig Slowinski.[1][2][3]

The lead vocal is shared between all of the band members. Mike leads off with the first line "The Sunday morning gospel goes good with the soul"; Bruce's contributions are the lyrics: "sitting in the dentist's chair" and "they play it on your wedding day". Dennis is audible with the line "When day is over, I close my tired eyes", followed by Brian's lyric "music is in my soul". Al Jardine is heard through the lyric "children chasing ice cream carts", and Carl sings that "music, when you're alone, is like a companion, for your lonely soul." The lyrics deftly reflect the outlook, commitment, and love of Brian and all the band members.

Live Versions

The reunited Beach Boys performing "Add Some Music to Your Day" in 2012.

The song was performed live in 1970, but disappeared from the Beach Boys' set list until the early 1990s. The song can be heard on a recording of a 2/28/1970 performance in Seattle, Washington where Brian made a rare concert appearance.

Brian Wilson performed the song regularly during his solo tours with Wilson the sole lead vocalist.

During The Beach Boys 50th Anniversary Tour the song was played at most shows at the beginning of the 2nd set with The Beach Boys gathering around Brian Wilson's piano. The vocal was then shared by Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston.

References

  1. ↑ http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,22916.0.html
  2. ↑ "Who are the musicians on Sunflower and Surfs Up?". smileysmile.net. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  3. ↑ http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,3623.msg61328.html#msg61328


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