You Still Believe in Me

Infobox Song
Name = You Still Believe in Me


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Artist = The Beach Boys
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Album = Pet Sounds
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Released = May 16, 1966
track_no = 2
Recorded = track: November 1, 1965 & January 24, 1966
vocals: early 1966
Genre = Pop music
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Length = 2:30
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Composer = Wilson/Asher
Label = Capitol
Producer = Brian Wilson
Misc =Extra track listing
Album = Pet Sounds
Type = studio
Tracks = #"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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"You Still Believe in Me" is a song by the American pop 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. 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. 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." [ [http://www.maths.dundee.ac.uk/~sanderso/music/petsndsrev.htm Michael deMartin on "Pet Sounds" ] ] In the mono version of the song, the lead is shared by Brian and Carl Wilson. The new stereo version, due to inability to locate the source material for Carl's vocal overdub, has only a single-tracked lead by Brian.

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".

Details

*"Written by:" Brian Wilson/Tony Asher
*"Album:" Pet Sounds
*"Time:" 2 min 30 sec
*"Produced by:" Brian Wilson
*"Instrumental track:" recorded November 1, 1965 at Western Recorders, Hollywood, California. Engineered by Chuck Britz.
*"Vocals track:" recorded January-February 1966 at Western Recorders, Hollywood, California.

Musicians

*Hal Blaine - drums
*Jerry Cole - guitar
*Al de Lory - harpsichord
*Steve Douglas - clarinet
*Bill Green - saxophone
*Jim Horn - saxophone
*Al Jardine - vocals
*Plas Johnson - saxophone
*Carol Kaye - bass guitar
*Barney Kessel - guitar
*Mike Love - vocals
*Jay Migliori - bass clarinet
*Lyle Ritz - upright bass
*Billy Strange - guitar
*Julius Wechter - percussion, incl. timpani
*Jerry Williams - percussion
*Brian Wilson - lead vocal
*Carl Wilson - vocals
*Dennis Wilson - vocals

References

See also

*List of songs by The Beach Boys