Wild Honey
The Beach Boys
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Sweet sweet wild honey bee Eat up eat up eat up honey Mama I'm tellin' you as sure as I'm standing here She's my girl and that's the way I'm keeping it now mama dear No good will it do you to stand there and frown at me The girl's got my heart and my love's coming down on me My love's coming down since I got a taste of wild honey You know she's got the sweetness of a honey bee Wild honey She got it on and stung me good yes sirree With all the other stud bees buzzing all around her hive She singled me out single handed took me alive Well can you can you gonna take my life eating up her wild honey (Sweet sweet wild honey bee) (Eat up eat up eat up honey) Oh mama she's sweeter Gettin' sweeter Sweeter sweeter Sweet Wild honey Let me tell you how she really got to my soul It ain't funny The way she make want to sing a little rock 'n' roll There's nothing quite nice as a kiss of wild honey I break my back workin' just to save me some money So I can spend my life with her Sock it to me wild honey Wild honey she's mine Wild honey she's mine
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Written by: MICHAEL LOVE, BRIAN WILSON
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13 facts about this song
Album Output"Wild Honey" is a song by the American rock band, The Beach Boys, featured on their 1967 album of the same name. It was the band's fourteenth studio album.
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Singles SuccessThe "Wild Honey" song was released as a single and reached number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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InstrumentsIt featured a distinctive buzzing synthesizer arrangement by Brian Wilson. The primary instrument used was a Baldwin organ, which gave the track a unique sound and texture.
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Lead SingerMike Love is the primary lead vocalist on this song. His soulful delivery was one of the highlights of the track.
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ProductionBrian Wilson, one of the founding members of the band, co-wrote and produced the song.
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Influence"Wild Honey" demonstrated the band's ability to infuse their music with elements of R&B and soul, a shift away from their earlier surf-pop sound.
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RecordingThe song was recorded in Brian Wilson's home studio.
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CollaboratorAlongside Brian Wilson, the song was also co-written by the band's regular collaborator, Mike Love.
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Album ThemeThe entire "Wild Honey" album, including the title song, was seen as the Beach Boys' response to the rise of the hippie counterculture.
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Live Performances"Wild Honey" was rarely performed live by the Beach Boys, but has been incorporated into Brian Wilson's solo performances in recent years.
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Song LengthThe song runs for a total of 2 minutes and 37 seconds, making it one of the shorter tracks on the album.
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ReceptionAlthough the album "Wild Honey" received mixed reviews at its initial release, in retrospect, the album and its title song have been regarded as a highlight in the Beach Boys’ career.
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Cover VersionsThe band U2 covered the song "Wild Honey" in their 2000 album, "All That You Can't Leave Behind", showing its lasting influence across decades.
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