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Released in October 1966, the Beach Boys' Good Vibrations was a groundbreaking pocket symphony, produced by Brian Wilson that revolutionized pop music.

Here's Greg Hengler with a story.

Let's hear the guitars, please.

Is it possible for a song to be simultaneously revered and underappreciated?

If so, good vibrations by the Beach Boys falls into this category.

Okay, that's fine, let's make it.

Hal, let's go, man.

Here we go.

Play hard and strong all the way.

Music critics have celebrated the song,

voting at number one in Mojo's top 100 records of all time,

and number six on Rolling Stone's 500 greatest songs of all time.

The song has been cited as a forerunner to the Beatles A Day in the Life in 1967 and Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody

in 1975. Good Vibrations is composed by Brian Wilson with lyrics by Mike Love.

Released on October 10, 1966, just five months after their revolutionary opus pet sounds,

the single was an immediate critical and commercial hit,

topping record charts in several countries, including the U.S. and the U.K.,

good vibrations later became widely acclaimed as one of the finest and most important works of the rock era. Over 90 hours of

tape was consumed during the dozen plus sessions across four different studios. This process was

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