All I Want to Do (The Beach Boys song)

"All I Want to Do"
"All I Want to Do"
	The Spanish single release of the song
Song by the Beach Boys
from the album 20/20
Released	February 10, 1969
Recorded	November 12–21, 1968
Studio	Beach Boys Studio, Capitol Studios
Genre	Hard rock, blue-eyed soul
Length	2:02
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Dennis Wilson, Stephen Kalinich
Producer(s)	Dennis Wilson
Licensed audio
	"All I Want to Do" on YouTube

"All I Want to Do" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1969 album 20/20. It was written by Dennis Wilson and Stephen Kalinich, and released as the B-side to "I Can Hear Music".

Recording

An earlier version of "All I Want to Do" was produced on October 16, 1968, at Bell Sound in New York. The backing track was redone at Valentine Studio on November 9.^[1] At another session, held three days later, Dennis recorded himself at Capitol Studios having sex with a woman, whose throes of passion were incorporated into the track as background sound effects.^[2]^[1]

Alternate releases

Multiple alternate versions, including two alternate takes with Dennis on lead vocals, were released in 2018 on I Can Hear Music: The 20/20 Sessions.^{[citation needed]}

Personnel

Credits from Craig Slowinski.^[3]

The Beach Boys

Al Jardine - backing vocals
Mike Love – lead vocals
Carl Wilson - backing vocals, electric rhythm guitar
Dennis Wilson - backing vocals, piano, Hammond organ, producer
Bruce Johnston - backing vocals

Session musicians

Ed Carter - electric lead guitar, bass
Mike Kowalski – drums
Roger Neumann and six unidentified others - horns

References

^ ^a ^b Doe, Andrew G. "GIGS68". Bellagio 10452. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
^ Badman, Keith (2004). The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band, on Stage and in the Studio. Backbeat Books. p. 230. ISBN 978-0-87930-818-6.
^ Slowinski, Craig (Spring 2019). Beard, David (ed.). "20/20: 50 Year Anniversary Special Edition". Endless Summer Quarterly Magazine. Charlotte, North Carolina.

External links

[GIGS68-1] Doe, Andrew G. "GIGS68". Bellagio 10452. Retrieved February 22, 2023.

[2] Badman, Keith (2004). The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band, on Stage and in the Studio. Backbeat Books. p. 230. ISBN 978-0-87930-818-6.

[Slowinski2020-3] Slowinski, Craig (Spring 2019). Beard, David (ed.). "20/20: 50 Year Anniversary Special Edition". Endless Summer Quarterly Magazine. Charlotte, North Carolina.

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