Surfin' U.S.A.

About Surfin' U.S.A.

"Surfin' U.S.A." by the Beach Boys, is credited to both Chuck Berry and Brian Wilson and an uncredited Mike Love. It is a rewritten version of Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen" set to new lyrics written by Wilson . The song was released as a single on March 4, 1963, backed with "Shut Down". It was then placed as the opening track on their album of the same name. The single peaked at number three on the Billboard and Cash Box charts. Billboard ranked "Surfin' U.S.A." the number 1 song of 1963. .

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About this song

Credited to

The Beach Boys

Album

50 Big Ones: Greatest Hits · Track 6 of 50

Released

January 1, 2012

Duration

2:30

Ranking

#3 most played The Beach Boys track on Foxsoundi

On Last.fm

353,841 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: 50 Big Ones: Greatest Hits