List of songs covered by the Beach Boys explained

Cover versions recorded and released by the Beach Boys, as a band and as solo artists, include:

The Beach Boys

SongYearBeach Boys albumOriginal artistNote(s)
"Little Girl (You're My Miss America)"1962Surfin' SafariDante & His Friends
"Summertime Blues"Eddie Cochran
"Moon Dawg"data-sort-value = "Gamblers"The Gamblers
"Misirlou"1963Surfin' U.S.A.Dick Dale
"Honky Tonk" Bill Doggett
"Let's Go Trippin'Dick Dale
"Old Folks at Home" Surfer Girl
"Their Hearts Were Full of Spring"1964Little Deuce Coupedata-sort-value = "Four Freshmen"The Four Freshmen
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love?"Shut Down Volume 2Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
"Louie Louie"data-sort-value = "Kingsmen"The Kingsmen
"Hushabye"All Summer Longdata-sort-value = "Mystics"The Mystics
"The Little Old Lady from Pasadena"Beach Boys ConcertJan and Dean
"Long, Tall Texan"Murry Kellum
"Monster Mash"Bobby (Boris) Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers
"Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow"data-sort-value = "Rivingtons"The Rivingtons
"The Wanderer"Dion
"Graduation Day"data-sort-value = "Four Freshmen"The Four Freshmen
"Johnny B. Goode"Chuck Berry
"Frosty the Snowman"The Beach Boys' Christmas AlbumGene Autry and the Cass County Boys
"We Three Kings of Orient Are"
"Blue Christmas"Doye O'Dell
"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"Harry Reser
"White Christmas"Bing Crosby
"I'll Be Home for Christmas"Bing Crosby
"Auld Lang Syne"
"Do You Want to Dance"1965The Beach Boys Today!Bobby Freeman
"I'm So Young"data-sort-value = "Students"The Students
"Then He Kissed Me"Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)data-sort-value = "Crystals"The Crystals
"Hully Gully"Beach Boys' Party!data-sort-value = "Olympics"The Olympics
"I Should Have Known Better"data-sort-value = "Beatles"The Beatles
"Tell Me Why"data-sort-value = "Beatles"The Beatles
"Mountain of Love"Harold Dorman
"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"data-sort-value = "Beatles"The Beatles
"Devoted to You"data-sort-value = "Everly Brothers"The Everly Brothers
"Alley Oop"data-sort-value = "Hollywood Argyles"The Hollywood Argyles
"There's No Other (Like My Baby)"data-sort-value = "Crystals"The Crystals
"The Times They Are a-Changin'"Bob Dylan
"Barbara Ann"data-sort-value = "Regents"The Regents
"Sloop John B"Pet Sounds
"I Was Made to Love Her"Wild HoneyStevie Wonder
"Cotton Fields"196920/20Lead Belly
"Bluebirds over the Mountain"Ersel Hickey
"I Can Hear Music"The Ronettes
"Here Comes Santa Claus""Child of Winter (Christmas Song)" / "Susie Cincinnati"
"Rock and Roll Music"197615 Big OnesChuck Berry
"Chapel of Love"data-sort-value = "Dixie Cups"The Dixie Cups
"Talk to Me"Little Willie John
"Tallahassee Lassie"Freddy Cannon
"Palisades Park"
"A Casual Look"data-sort-value = "Six Teens"The Six Teens
"Blueberry Hill"Fats Domino
"In the Still of the Night"Five Satins
"Just Once in My Life"data-sort-value = "Righteous Brothers"The Righteous Brothers
"Come Go with Me"1978M.I.U. Albumdata-sort-value = "Del-Vikings"The Del-Vikings
"Peggy Sue"Buddy Holly
"Shortnin' Bread"L.A. (Light Album)James Whitcomb Riley
"School Days"Keepin' the Summer AliveChuck Berry
"Sea Cruise"Ten Years of HarmonyFrankie Ford
"With a Little Help from My Friends"1983Raritiesdata-sort-value = "Beatles"The Beatles
"The Letter"data-sort-value = "Box Tops"The Box Tops
"California Dreamin'"Made in U.S.A.data-sort-value = "Mamas"The Mamas & the Papas
"Wipe Out"Still Cruisin'data-sort-value = "Surfaris"The Surfaris
"Crocodile Rock"Elton John
"Hot Fun in the Summertime"1992Summer in ParadiseSly and the Family Stone
"Remember (Walking in the Sand)"data-sort-value = "Shangri-Las"The Shangri-Las
"Under the Boardwalk"data-sort-value = "Drifters"The Drifters
"Ruby Baby"data-sort-value = "Drifters"The Drifters
"Walk On By"2001Friends / 20/20Dionne Warwick
"Ol' Man River"Oscar Hammerstein II
"You Are So Beautiful"Joe Cocker
"The Old Master Painter"2011The Smile Sessions
"You Are My Sunshine"
"I Wanna Be Around"
"Gee"The Crows
"Why Don't They Let Us Fall in Love"2013Made in Californiadata-sort-value = "Ronettes"The Ronettes
"Da Doo Ron Ron"data-sort-value = "Crystals"The Crystals
"Runaway"Del Shannon
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"data-sort-value = "Righteous Brothers"The Righteous Brothers
"One Kiss Led to Another"2015Beach Boys' Party! Uncovered and Unpluggeddata-sort-value = "Coasters"The Coasters
"Laugh at Me"Sonny Bono
"Ticket to Ride"data-sort-value = "Beatles"The Beatles
"Blowin' in the Wind"Bob Dylan
"Riot in Cell Block Number 9"data-sort-value = "Robins"The Robins
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"data-sort-value = "Rolling Stones"The Rolling Stones
"Smoky Joe's Cafe"data-sort-value = "Coasters"The Coasters
"Long Tall Sally"
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"
"Hang On Sloopy"
"Twist and Shout"The Isley Brothers
"The Diary"Neil Sedaka
"Heart and Soul"Larry Clinton
"Game of Love"20171967 – Sunshine TomorrowWayne Fontana
"Good News"1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow 2: The Studio SessionsThe Kingston Trio
"My Little Red Book"2018Wake the World: The Friends SessionsManfred Mann
"Rock & Roll Woman"Buffalo Springfield

Unreleased

SongYearOriginal artistNote(s)
"How Deep Is the Ocean"1966
"Stella by Starlight"Victor Young
"On Top of Old Smoky"1967
"You Never Give Me Your Money"data-sort-value = "Beatles"The Beatles
"Gimme Some Lovin'"data-sort-value = "Spencer Davis Group"The Spencer Davis Group
"Battle Hymn of the Republic"
"Come to the Sunshine"Van Dyke Parks
"Mony Mony"1976Tommy James and The Shondells
"Running Bear"Johnny Preston
"Shake Rattle & Roll"Big Joe Turner
"Let's Dance"Chris Montez
"Working in the Coal Mine"Lee Dorsey
"On Broadway"1977data-sort-value = "Drifters"The Drifters
"Deep Purple"Peter DeRose
"Calendar Girl"Neil Sedaka
"Jamaica Farewell"Harry Belafonte
"River Deep – Mountain High"1980Ike & Tina Turner
"Be My Baby"data-sort-value = "Ronettes"The Ronettes
"I'm a Man"data-sort-value = "Spencer Davis Group"The Spencer Davis Group
"At the Hop"Danny & The Juniors

Solo

Mike Love

SongYearAlbumOriginal artistNote(s)
"On and On and On"1981Looking Back With LoveABBA
"Over and Over"Bobby Day
"Calendar Girl"Neil Sedaka
"Be My Baby"data-sort-value = "Ronettes"The Ronettes
"Teach Me Tonight"Gene De Paul
"Da Doo Ron Ron"1983Rock 'n' Roll Citydata-sort-value = "Crystals"The Crystals
"Lightnin' Strikes"Lou Christie
"The Letter"data-sort-value = "Box Tops"The Box Tops
"The Loco-Motion"Little Eva
"Sugar Shack"data-sort-value = "Fireballs"The Fireballs
"My Boyfriend's Back"data-sort-value = "Angels"The Angels
"Jingle Bell Rock"Scrooge's Rock 'n' Roll ChristmasBobby Helms
"Hungry Heart"Bruce Springsteen

Brian Wilson

SongYearAlbumOriginal artistNote(s)
"Goodnight, Irene"Lead Belly
"Sweets for My Sweet"1995Till the Night Is Gone: A Tribute to Doc Pomusdata-sort-value = "Drifters"The Drifters
"This Could Be the Night"Modern Folk Quartet
"I'm Into Something Good"That Lucky Old SunEarl-Jean
"Rhapsody in Blue/Intro"2010Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin
"Summertime"
"I Loves You, Porgy"
"I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'"
"It Ain't Necessarily So"
"'S Wonderful"
"They Can't Take That Away from Me"
"Love Is Here to Stay"
"I've Got a Crush on You"
"I Got Rhythm"
"Someone to Watch Over Me"
"Nothing But Love"
"Let's Call the Whole Thing Off"
"California Sun"The Rivieras
"Listen to Me"2011Buddy Holly
"You've Got a Friend in Me"In the Key of DisneyRandy Newman
"The Bare Necessities"Terry Gilkyson
"Wanderlust"2014The Art of McCartneyPaul McCartney
"My Sweet Lord" (Live)George Fest: A Night To Celebrate the Music of George HarrisonGeorge Harrison

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