"Do It Again" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys that was released as a standalone single on July 8, 1968.[2][3] It was written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love as a self-conscious callback to the group's earlier surf image, which they had not embraced since 1964. Love and Wilson also share the lead vocal on the song.

The song was issued only two weeks after the release of the band's album Friends, with the album track "Wake the World" as its B-side. It reached number 20 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and became their second number one hit in the UK. A slightly edited version of the song, using an excerpt from the Smile outtake "Workshop", subsequently appeared as the opening track on the Beach Boys' 1969 album 20/20.


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"Do It Again" has been rerecorded once by the band (in 2011), once by Wilson as a solo artist (in 1995), and twice by Love as a solo artist (in 1996 and 2017). The song was an influence on Neil Sedaka's "Love Will Keep Us Together" (1973), Eric Carmen's "She Did It" (1977), ABBA's "On and on and On" (1980), and Hall & Oates' "Did It in a Minute" (1982).

"Do It Again" is a self-conscious callback to the band's earlier surf-based material. Originally titled "Rendezvous", the lyrics to the song were inspired after a day Mike Love had spent at the beach in which he had gone surfing with an old friend named Bill Jackson.[4] Mike then showed the lyrics to his cousin Brian Wilson, who proceeded to write the music to Mike's lyrics of nostalgia. Brian stated that he believes the song was the best collaboration that he and Mike ever worked on.[4] Love commented, "He remembers it being at my house. I remember it as being at his house. He starts pounding at the piano, I was summoning up the words and we got a chorus together, which was basically a bunch of doo-wop inspired harmonies. We created that whole song in fifteen minutes."[5] Other inspiration came from Hank Ballard's & The Midnighters 1960 song "Finger Poppin' Time".[6] Carl Wilson recalled in Melody Maker:

Yes, I suppose it has got the old Beach Boys surfing sound. It's back to that surfing idea with the voice harmony and the simple, direct melody and lyrics. We didn't plan the record as a return to the surf or anything. We just did it one day round a piano in the studio. Brian had the idea and played it over to us. We improved on that and recorded it very quickly, in about five minutes. It's certainly not an old track of ours; in fact it was recorded only a few weeks before it was released. We liked how it turned out and decided to release it.[4]

Conversely, Bruce Johnston told a reporter in September 1968 that he shared the reporter's underwhelming opinion of the song. "I don't like it either. I don't think that the group were entirely happy with it, but everyone else was going back to basics, so I suppose it was inevitable that we should."[7]

Released on July 19, 1968 in the United Kingdom the single, forty days after its release, peaked at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart on August 28, 1968, and thus becoming the band's second number one hit in the United Kingdom after "Good Vibrations" two years earlier.[2] Love remembered thinking that the song's success in Britain "was unbelievable. It showed how many fans we had there and how attractive the whole California lifestyle is."

Retrospectively, "Do It Again" has been praised by music critics. Donald A. Guarisco, writing for AllMusic, described it as "doo-wop on steroids", and praised its "metallic" drum sound.[13] In 2012, Mojo magazine named the song the 46th best by the band.[14] The French edition of Rolling Stone magazine ranked it 49th in a similar ranking of the Beach Boys' greatest songs.[citation needed]

Eric Carmen credited the "did-its" in this song with being the initial inspiration for his 1977 Top 40 hit, "She Did It".[16] Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys also participated in the production and vocals of Carmen's song. "Did It in a Minute", a 1982 hit by Hall & Oates, was in turn inspired by the 'did-its' in both songs.[17][18]

The song's backing track was released on the 1968 album Stack-O-Tracks. On the 1998 compilation album, Endless Harmony Soundtrack, an early incarnation of the song was released.[citation needed] Until 2013, the song was only available in mono because the studio multi-track tape was believed to have been stolen sometime in 1980. The tape was retrieved thirty years later; the first true stereo mix was released on the Made in California box set.[21]

The first officially released live recording of the song was released on the 1970 live album Live In London. Brian Wilson, who sings falsetto on the studio track, had retired from touring by this time and in concert his part was replaced by horns as evident on the Live In London album version. In 1980, a live rendition was recorded, though not released until 2002 on the Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980 live album. Footage from the concert was also released on video and DVD format. The footage was also released on the 1998 documentary Endless Harmony with the sound re-mixed by Mark Linett into Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.[citation needed]

In 2011 the surviving Beach Boys; Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks came together in the studio to re-record "Do It Again" as part of their 50th anniversary celebration. The re-recorded version featured Mike Love (verses) and Brian Wilson (bridge) on lead vocals with longtime Beach Boys and Brian Wilson associate, Jeff Foskett, performing the falsetto vocals. It was released as a bonus track in special editions of That's Why God Made the Radio.[citation needed] "Do It Again" was the opening song performed at all Beach Boys 50th Reunion Tour concerts.[citation needed] Both Marks and Beach Boys sideman Scott Totten play guitar on the song; according to sideman John Cowsill, the original processed drum sound from 1968 was sampled for the re-recorded version.[22] Other Beach Boys sidemen who play on the re-recording include Cowsill (drums), Darian Sahanaja, Nick Walusko (guitar), Scott Bennett, Gary Griffin, and Brett Simons (bass).[23]

In 1995, Brian Wilson rerecorded the song for his album I Just Wasn't Made for These Times and released the track as a single in Britain, although it did not chart. The single also featured his rerecording of "'Til I Die", which was also from I Just Wasn't Made for These Times, and a rare B-side "This Song Wants to Sleep with You Tonight".[citation needed] He performed the song on the Late Night With David Letterman broadcast of August 17, 1995, with daughter Wendy Wilson performing back up vocals.

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I seem to be having the same issue only with a few artists and also only with a few songs. The most recent example I have is artist Moderat where all the songs have lyrics on Musixmatch yet they are not showing up on the app or laptop

The song is from Cricket's point of view about experiencing several mishaps throughout the day before looking forward to a new one. The credits are presented over several landscapes of the Green house and its surroundings, changed in "The Move" to the Greens' country house.

One of the best songs ever made. When looking at Gillan's other lyrics I get confused, how could he write so much generic lyrics and still be able to write this masterpiece? maybe some uncredited help from mr. Butler? who knows, anyway here goes:

Continuing, we have the powerful metaphor, the "wall of power". This wall does not protect anyone from the room or the room itself, it only blocks out the light, and it is waiting. What is the wall waiting for? Perhaps it is waiting for the room to completely fade into darkness and give in to the superior power it faces, this is still kind of a blur to me but sounds quite logical. Again the return of these forgotten memories, the champions that once where are still a part of your mind, your soul. They still have the power to rise against the wall, to rise again for one final killing blow.

You will be born again, there is always hope. However, between the lines here lies a darker message. You do not know how when or where you will be born again, only that this is the case. Being born again might not mean you get another chance, it might as well mean that you shall rise from the ashes to serve Lucifer in his kingdom of eternal flame.

Here enters the satanic touch of the song. "Look at this prince of evil, fighting for your mind". The storyteller suggests that Lucifer is trying to liberate your mind from the infection caused by priests and religion. They shall aim at the hearts of all Gods who try to control you, be born again and you shall be free forever.

@EvilEyes that would be the same conclusion I came to when I heard this song away back when released. Also agree that this is possibly a masterpiece song by Gillan. Am not sure Butler got involved with his writing. I believe from what I read that butler let him be as he knew it would be one album only.

A reflection song. One of Iommi's greatest solo if the best. Ian Gillan is the singer of the whole album.Just look out for number one listen to the words and follow along. Most of Sabbath's songs always had a positive snuck in, but the music was so heavy the GEEK'S of the world just never hear it. I get it.

Ok! I'm gonna say it: I love this song!I think this is Sabbath's Child in Time, some later reincarnation or revival.Maybe they were experimenting a little(It wasn't too much time for it I guess) But I love the result: haunting and scary.That's what I hear!.

In the words on Ian Gillan...."It's hard to say what was going through my mind. Sometimes you're trying to express an intangible feeling. 'Grey and plastic retards' is probably a dig at some of the less inspired members of our profession, (that would be on the business side of things). There's always a need for rhyme, but reason is an altogether more elusive little devil. Overall it's a quite an introverted study about something rising inside. I get off balance sometimes and I was on the way to getting centred again. It was good being with Sabbath and maybe there's a hint of the future there. The DP reunion was only a year or so ahead." 17dc91bb1f

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