THE BEACH BOYS - DARLIN'

DARLIN’

BEACH BOYS

SONGWRITERS: BRIAN WILSON & MIKE LOVE

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: WILD HONEY

LABEL: CAPITOL RECORDS

GENRE: ROCK AND ROLL

YEAR: 1967

Wild Honey is the 13^th studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released December 18, 1967 on Capitol Records. It was the group's first foray into soul music and was heavily influenced by the R&B of Motown and Stax Records (artists such as Stevie Wonder). Lead single and opening track, "Wild Honey", became a minor hit with only a short chart stay. Its follow-up "Darlin'" reached the US Top 20. The album itself reached number 24 in the US and number seven in the UK.

The album's sessions began immediately after the abandonment of Lei'd in Hawaii, a failed live album, and the release of Smiley Smile, their previous studio album. Like Smiley Smile, Wild Honey's core instrumental combo consists of organ, honky-tonk piano, and electric bass. The Beach Boys were inspired to regroup as a self-contained rock band, partly in response to critical assertions that they were "ball-less choir boys". The production was once again credited to the group rather than Brian Wilson alone, who gradually abdicated the band's musical leadership following the difficult sessions for the aborted Smile LP. At Brian's request, his younger brother Carl began contributing more to the recording process, a trend that continued on subsequent albums.

Ohh! darlin'

My darlin' you're so fine

Ohhhh!-hhh!-hhh!

Don't know if words can say

But darlin' I'll find a way

To let you know what you meant to me

Guess it was meant to be

I hold you in my heart

As life's most precious part

Oh! darlin'

I dream about you often my pretty girl babe

(Darlin' you're so fine)

I love the way you soften my life with your love

Your precious love uh! huh!, oh!

I was living like half a man

Then I couldn't love but now I can

You pick me up when I'm feeling sad

More soul than I ever had

Gonna love you every single night

Cause I think you're too outta sight

Oh! oh! darlin'

I dream you often my pretty girl babe

(Darlin' you're so fine)

I love the way soften my life with your love

Your precious love uh! huh! huh!

Woah oh! oh! oh!

Every night oh darlin'

Gonna love you every single night, yes I will

Cause I think you're too doggone outta sight

Oh! darlin'

I dream about you often my pretty girl babe

(Darlin' you're so fine)

I love the way soften my life with your love

Your precious love uh! huh! huh!

Oh!