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“I Just Wasn't Made For These Times” by The Beach Boys
From the album Pet Sounds (1966)
“I Just Wasn't Made For These Times” by The Beach Boys appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2020. It was first released in 1966 on the album Pet Sounds. Its best result is #1306 on the WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,108 indie & aaa song of all time.
Among the last tracks finished for Pet Sounds, the Beach Boys' 1966 album, "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times" pairs Brian Wilson's music with Tony Asher's words about someone who simply doesn't fit the society around them. Wilson produced it with 14 studio musicians, their parts taking in harpsichord, tack piano, piccolo, clarinet and bass harmonica, and all six Beach Boys sang, weaving vocal counterpoints and a backing line in Spanish into the chorus.
The kicker is an Electro-Theremin solo, with the instrument's inventor, Paul Tanner, among the players: the first time popular music heard that instrument, and the first theremin-style sounds on a rock record. It has become one of the band's most celebrated songs, bound up with Wilson's own life; in 1995 it named Don Was' documentary about him, and in 1996 its first true stereo mix came out as a Sub Pop single.
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 | 1306 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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