"Surfin' USA" — their 1963 breakthrough. #3 US. Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen" melody; Berry received a co-writer credit.
The Beach Boys / Chuck Berry
Surfin USA
If evrybody had an ocean across the USA
Then evrybodyd be surfin like California.
Youd see them wearin their baggies, huarachi sandals too.
A bushy bushy blonde hairdo. Surfin USA.
Youll catch em surfin at Del Mar,
Ventura Country Line Santa Cruz and Tressels,
Australia s Narabine. All over Manhattan and down Doheny way.
Evrybodys gone surfin, Surfin USA.
Well all be plannin out a route were gonna take real soon.
Were waxin down our surfboards, we cant wait for June.
Well all be gone for the summer, were on safari to stay.
Tell the teacher were surfin, Surfin USA.
At Haggartys and Swamis, Pacific Palisades
San Onofre and Sunset, Redondo Beach,
L. A. All over La Jolla, at Waiamea Bay.
Evrybodys gone surfin, Surfin USA.
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- Released March 1963. Brian Wilson adapted the melody of Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen" — Berry's publisher later claimed co-writing credit. The track mapped surfing spots across America, transforming a regional subculture into a national phenomenon.