The Beach Boys Medley

"The Beach Boys Medley" is a single containing a medley of popular Beach Boys songs from the 1960s, edited by John Palladino. Released in mid-1981, it capitalized on a medley craze begun by the Stars on 45 medleys. "The Beach Boys Medley" reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band's highest-charting hit in the United States in over five years. The single peaked at number 8 on the Cash Box sales chart. It also reached number 4 in New Zealand.[1] "The Beach Boys Medley" was first released on an album a year later in 1982 on Sunshine Dream.

"The Beach Boys Medley"
Single by The Beach Boys
B-side"God Only Knows"
ReleasedJuly 1981
Length4:05
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"Livin' with a Heartache"
(1980)		 "The Beach Boys Medley"
(1981)		 "Come Go with Me"
(1981)

Songs in the medley

In order, the songs of the medley include the following:

Chart history

References
  1. NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, 25 October 1981
  2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (doc)|format= requires |url= (help). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1981-10-24. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  4. "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1981-10-25. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  5. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  6. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 25.
  7. "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 26, 1981". Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
  8. The 1981 Top 100 Singles chart is identified by the RPM Year-End article "Top 100 Singles (1981)". RPM. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  9. "End of Year Charts 1979". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  10. Musicoutfitters.com
  11. "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 26, 1981". Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2017.


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