Aren't You Glad Explained

Aren't You Glad
Artist:	The Beach Boys
Album:	Wild Honey
Recorded:	Late September or early OctoberNovember 1967^[1]
Studio:	Wally Heider Studios,
Genre:	Soul^[2]
Label:	Capitol
Producer:	The Beach Boys

"Aren't You Glad" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for American rock band the Beach Boys.^[3] The two also share lead vocal. It was released in 1967 as the second track on their studio album Wild Honey.

In its 1968 review of the LP, Rolling Stone called it a "Lovin' Spoonful type song with the Beach Boys touch".^[4] That year, Rolling Stone editor Gene Sculatti said it "achieves a Miracles style smoothness via a Bobby Goldsboro-type song".^[5] In 1979, Byron Preiss wrote that the song "epitomized the simple energy of the album".^[6]

A live version was released on the album Live in London (1970).^[7]

Personnel

The Beach Boys

• Brian Wilson – vocals, piano
• Mike Love – vocals
• Carl Wilson – vocals, bass

Session musicians

• Arnold Belnick - violin
• Norman Botnick - viola
• David Burk - viola
• Bonnie Douglas - violin
• Ollie Mitchell - trumpet
• Alexander Neiman - viola
• Wilbert Nuttycombe - violin
• Jerome Reisler - violin
• Paul Shure - violin
• Anthony Terran - trumpet

Per Craig Slowinski; whoever played the track's drums, guitar, organ, and Chamberlin could not be determined.^[8]

Cover versions

See also: List of cover versions of Beach Boys songs.

• 1968 – Peggy March

Further reading

• Web site: Moon. Tom. Songs We Love: The Beach Boys, 'Aren't You Glad'. NPR. June 23, 2017.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Doe. Andrew G.. Tours & Sessions 1967. Bellagio 10452. Endless Summer Quarterly.
2. Web site: Ed. Masley. Sgt. Pepper and beyond: A look back at 20 great albums released in 1967. . May 30, 2017. ...but there are plenty of soulful gems to go around here, from “Aren’t You Glad” to "Darlin’", the album’s biggest hit.. November 3, 2023.
3. Book: Badman, Keith. The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band, on Stage and in the Studio. registration. 2004. Backbeat Books. 978-0-87930-818-6. 382.
4. Wild Honey. Rolling Stone. February 24, 1968. 523.
5. Sculatti . Gene . Gene Sculatti . Villains and Heroes: In Defense of the Beach Boys . Jazz & Pop . September 1968 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714191639/http://www.teachrock.org/resources/article/villains-and-heroes-in-defense-of-the-beach-boys/ . 2014-07-14 .
6. Book: Preiss. Byron. Byron Preiss. The Beach Boys. 1979. Ballantine Books. New York. 9780345273987. 88.
7. Book: Hickey, Andrew. The Beach Boys on CD Vol 1: The 1960s. 10 February 2018. Lulu.com. 978-1-4475-4233-9. 186.
8. Slowinski sessionography, ESQ Issue 121