| You're So Good to Me | |
| Cover: | You're_So_Good_to_Me.jpg |
| Caption: | U.S. picture sleeve (reverse) |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | the Beach Boys |
| Album: | Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) |
| A-Side: | Sloop John B |
| Released: | March 21, 1966 |
| Recorded: | May 24, 1965[1] |
| Length: | 2:16 |
| Label: | Capitol |
| Producer: | Brian Wilson |
| Prev Title: | Barbara Ann |
| Prev Year: | 1965 |
| Next Title: | Wouldn't It Be Nice |
| Next Title2: | God Only Knows |
| Next Year: | 1966 |
"You're So Good to Me" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for the American rock band the Beach Boys, released on July 5, 1965, on their ninth studio album Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!). It was later included as the B-side of the group's single "Sloop John B", which was released on March 21, 1966. Mojo later wrote that the song was the closest the group had come to northern soul.[2]
Brian Wilson wrote "You're So Good to Me" while in Hawaii.[3] He commented on the song, "The ones that aren't the hardest, right, they're the best… 'You're So Good to Me' was written in 20 minutes. I knew it was special. The songs that come the fastest are the ones I like the most."[4]
The basic track for "You're So Good to Me" was recorded at Western Studios in early May 1965. Take 24 was used as the master. On May 24, the lead and backing vocals for the song were recorded at Columbia Studios.[5] Wilson wrote in 1990 that the track was "spearheaded by a guitar sent through a Leslie speaker. It gave it an eerie effect."[6]
Wilson dubbed it a "tongue song" for its repeated "la, la, la" backing vocals in the chorus.
According to band researcher Craig Slowinski:[7]
The Beach Boys
Additional musicians
In 2007, the compilation The Warmth of the Sun released the first stereo remix of "You're So Good to Me". Previously, the song was only available in monophonic and duophonic capacities.[8]
See also: List of cover versions of Beach Boys songs.