Song · The Beach Boys
“I Can Hear Music” by The Beach Boys
From the album 20/20 (1969)
“I Can Hear Music” by The Beach Boys appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2020. It was first released in 1969 on the album 20/20. Its best result is #1624 on the WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,095 indie & aaa song of all time.
The Beach Boys dipped into the Phil Spector songbook for "I Can Hear Music", a Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Spector number first written for the Ronettes, and put it out as a single from 20/20 in early 1969. It's Carl Wilson's showcase from end to end: he sings lead and produced the track himself, with Stephen W. Desper engineering, and he gives the old girl-group yearning a warm, glowing late-'60s shine.
It followed "Bluebirds over the Mountain" and climbed to 24 on the Billboard Hot 100, the band's last top 40 hit until 1976, while in the UK it went all the way to 10. American radio took to it city by city, with top-five showings on playlists in Boston, Houston and Dallas.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1624 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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