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"Don't Go Near the Water"
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Song by the Beach Boys
from the album Surf's Up
Released	August 30, 1971
Recorded	April 3, 1971
Length	2:39
Label	Brother/Reprise
Songwriter(s)	Mike Love, Al Jardine
Producer(s)	The Beach Boys

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"Don't Go Near the Water" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1971 album Surf's Up. Written by Mike Love and Al Jardine, the song puts an ironic, ecological spin on the traditional Beach Boys beach- and surf- based songs: instead of enjoying surfing and other fun activities, this time the listener is advised to avoid the water for environmental reasons.[1]

Background and recording[edit]

The song was recorded at the same session as "Long Promised Road" and "4th of July", both also recorded for Surf's Up.[citation needed] The lead vocals are by the song's composers, Love and Jardine. According to biographer Peter Ames Carlin, Brian Wilson contributed the dissonant piano part.[1] However, in a 2007 interview, Wilson stated of the song, "Totally Alan’s trip. I was not part of that."[2] Jardine spoke about the song in a 2021 interview:

I love that. I could've done a much better job, but Mike insisted on putting these meditation lyrics in it, whereas I wanted it to be more dramatic. But sometimes you just have to go with the flow, because you're a team. He sang the lead and the lead singer always gets the upper hand. Daryl Dragon helped a lot too. He was the piano assistant and we had those crazy little chords going on there.[3]

Unused lyrics for the song mentioned the narrator's father in reference to the water: "I think it killed my dad".[4]

Release[edit]

The song was the B-side of the "Surf's Up" single, released on November 8, 1971. It did not chart. Featured as an A-side in New Zealand, it peaked at #21 there. It was later released on November 2, 1981 as the B-side of the "Come Go with Me" single. The single charted at #18 in the U.S. but never charted in the UK.[citation needed]

References[edit]

^ a b Carlin 2006, p. 159.
^ Kubernick, Harvey (July 2, 2021). "Kubernick: Beach Boys "Feel Flows" Box Set". Music Connection.
^ Hughes, Rob (September 2021). "Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston on the Feel Flows Era". Uncut. No. 292. p. 39.
^ Wood, Mikael (August 27, 2021). "In the '60s, the Beach Boys were gods. By the '70s, 'has-beens.' But it's not that simple". Los Angeles Times.

External links[edit]

Don't Go Near The Water (Track & Backing Vocals Mix) on YouTube
Don't Go Near The Water (Alternate Version) on YouTube
Don't Go Near The Water (A Cappella) on YouTube

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"Don't Go Near the Water" is a song written by Mike Love and Al Jardine for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was the first track on their 1971 album Surf's Up.

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Don't go near the water
Don't you think it's sad
What's happened to the water
Our water's going bad

Oceans, rivers, lakes and streams
Have all been touched by man
The poison floating out to sea
Now threatens life on land

Don't go near the water
Ain't it sad
What's happened to the water
It's going bad

Don't go near the water
Don't go near the water

Toothpaste and soap will make our oceans a bubble bath
So let's avoid an ecological aftermath
Beginning with me
Beginning with you

Don't go near the water
To do it any wrong
To be cool with the water
Is the message of this song

Let's all help the water
Right away
Do what we can and ought to
Let's start today

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The Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. The group was initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Managed by the Wilsons' father Murry, the Beach Boys signed to Capitol Records in 1962. The band's early music gained popularity across the United States for its close vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a Southern California youth culture of surfing, cars, and romance. By the mid 1960s, Brian Wilson's growing creative ambition and songwriting ability would dominate the group's musical direction. The primarily Wilson-composed Pet Sounds album and "Good Vibrations" single (both released in 1966) featured a complex, intricate and multi-layered sound that wa… more »

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Written by: Alan C. Jardine, Mike E. Love

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