Song · The Beach Boys
“In My Room” by The Beach Boys
From the album Surfer Girl (1963)
“In My Room” by The Beach Boys appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2009 and 2023. It was first released in 1963 on the album Surfer Girl. Its best result is #458 on the WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,479 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"In My Room" is the hushed heart of Surfer Girl, the Beach Boys' 1963 album, and it also rode along as the B-side of "Be True to Your School". Brian Wilson wrote it with Gary Usher in about an hour one night after a game of over-the-line, Usher on bass and Wilson at the organ, the melody all Brian's. They were still at it past midnight, with Murry Wilson, the brothers' father, looking in more than once to send Usher home.
Brian sings lead, and you can hear how much the idea meant to him; the tune slips a flatted A major chord into its B major home for a wistful tilt. It has since landed in the Grammy Hall of Fame, in 1999, and at 212 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest songs.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 606 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
| 2020 | 458 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2023 | 619 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places | 800 |
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