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“You Still Believe in Me” is a song by the American pop band The Beach Boys, taken from their 1966 album Pet Sounds. It is the second track on the album. The song was composed and produced by Brian Wilson with the lyrics by Tony Asher. This was the first song on Pet Sounds to which Asher wrote lyrics. The lead vocal was sung by Brian Wilson. The song was originally titled “In My Childhood” and a bicycle horn and bell from “In My Childhood” can be heard at the end of the song because they could not be edited out of the final track. This song “compositionally embodies the unique manner in which Brian writes his music. In a sense, Brian created a new way of using the scale. His progressions are always going up, then pausing before they go up again, like they’re going towards God.” In the mono version of the song, the lead is shared by Brian and Carl Wilson. The new stereo version, due to inability to locate the source material for Carl’s vocal overdub, has only a single-tracked lead by Brian.

To achieve the unique sound in the introduction, Tony Asher explains that “one of us had to get inside the piano to pluck the strings, while the other guy had to be at the keyboard pushing the notes so that they would ring.” Brian in 1966 explained that this song is “A little ‘Boys Choir’-type song with me doing the soprano. Very, very spiritual.”

This song has been covered by M. Ward and also appears on the Beach Boys’ In Concert album. Brian recorded this song for his 2002 album Pet Sounds Live.
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  • Lowbacca

    excellent live version by al jardine on THE BEACH BOYS IN CONCERT

    Thursday afternoon

  • emmakid

    this is the saddest thing ever. so touching. [2]

    March 2012

  • BlueOclock

    Hey be careful down there...Beach Boy fans are some of the most protective of their heroes....I mean, they'll track you down, no matter how long it takes! Haha, nice song (see, be nice and you''l be O.K.)!

    February 2012

  • Fonzythedog

    ;_;

    February 2012

  • Harry_01

    Very touching...

    December 2011

  • Argamocrypt

    By far my favorite BB track. So lush... it's fucking gorgeous.

    December 2011

  • bloodmaw

    this is the saddest thing ever. so touching.

    November 2011

  • Johnny_D

    very christmassy

    November 2011

  • rella987

    This is the song that made me realize just how damn brilliant Brian Wilson is. [2]

    November 2011

  • houghster27

    @Mangotastic You are the biggest idiot on the internet [2] ha the singing is amazing

    October 2011

  • EmptyBlackBox

    Under-appreciated.

    October 2011

  • Fuzzedelic

    the baroquest track out

    September 2011

  • Nakkinak

    @Mangotastic You are the biggest idiot on the internet

    July 2011

  • chyeah05

    so beautiful....I mean I have no words.

    April 2011

  • TheMcEneaney

    Simply the best song ever.

    December 2010

  • FarCrysss

    this song makes me cryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

    November 2010

  • RonB

    why cant I give this track more than 1 (L)??

    October 2010

  • infendo

    amazing

    July 2010

  • zaynzaynzayn

    the lyrics meld with the tune. the meaning melds with the arrangement. genius.

    June 2010

  • bonekhan

    Wonderful, brilliant, fantastic

    May 2010
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