Song · The Beach Boys
“409” by The Beach Boys
From the album Surfin’ Safari (1962)
“409” by The Beach Boys appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2010. It was first released in 1962 on the album Surfin’ Safari. Its best result is #86 on the WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010).
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"409" first turned up in 1962 on the flip side of the Beach Boys' "Surfin' Safari" before landing on the album of the same name, and it traded the surfboard for the drag strip. Gary Usher, who was crazy about hot rods, wrote it with Brian Wilson and Mike Love, and the title is pure gearhead: a 1962 Chevrolet Impala packing Chevy's 409-cubic-inch big-block V-8. Love sings lead, Wilson arranged it and produced it with Nick Venet, and Chuck Britz engineered.
On its own it managed a single week on the Hot 100, at number 76 that October, but it's the song credited with kicking off the '60s hot rod music craze, and the band brought it back for Little Deuce Coupe in 1963.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 86 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) | 885 |
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