The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961.[1] Their discography from 1961 to 1984 was originally released on the vinyl format, with the 1985 album The Beach Boys being the group's first CD release. The Beach Boys' catalogue has been released on reel-to-reel, 8-track, cassette, CD, MiniDisc, digital downloads, and various streaming services.

Quick Facts Studio albums, EPs ...
The Beach Boys discography
The Beach Boys in 1964
Studio albums29
EPs25
Soundtrack albums1
Live albums11
Compilation albums56
Singles75
Video albums14
Music videos36
Remix albums1
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The group has released 29 studio albums, 11 live albums, 56 compilation albums, 1 remix album, and 75 singles. The release dates and sequence of the Beach Boys' albums in the UK up to Pet Sounds differ significantly from the original US releases.

Studio albums

More information Title, Album details ...
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[2]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[4]
GER
[5]
NL
[6]
UK
[7]
Surfin' Safari
  • Released: October 1, 1962
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: LP
32
Surfin' U.S.A.
  • Released: March 25, 1963
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: LP
2 17
Surfer Girl
  • Released: September 16, 1963
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: LP
7 13
Little Deuce Coupe
  • Released: October 7, 1963
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: LP
4
  • RIAA: Platinum[8]
Shut Down Volume 2
  • Released: March 2, 1964
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: LP
13
All Summer Long
  • Released: July 13, 1964
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: LP
4 9
The Beach Boys' Christmas Album
  • Released: November 9, 1964
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: LP
66
The Beach Boys Today!
  • Released: March 8, 1965
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: LP
4 14 6
Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
  • Released: July 5, 1965
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: LP
2 18 4
Beach Boys' Party!
  • Released: November 8, 1965
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: LP
6 4 3
Pet Sounds
  • Released: May 16, 1966
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: LP
10 42
[A]
40
[A]
16 72 2
Smiley Smile
  • Released: September 18, 1967
  • Label: Brother
  • Format: LP
41 9
Wild Honey
  • Released: December 18, 1967
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: LP
24 41
[B]
20 7
Friends
  • Released: June 24, 1968
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: LP
126 13
20/20
  • Released: February 10, 1969
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: LP
68 41
[B]
23 20 3
Sunflower
  • Released: August 31, 1970
  • Labels: Brother, Reprise
  • Format: LP
151 79 10 29
Surf's Up
  • Released: August 30, 1971
  • Labels: Brother, Reprise
  • Format: LP
29 32 22 15
Carl and the Passions – "So Tough"
  • Released: May 15, 1972
  • Labels: Brother, Reprise
  • Format: LP, 2×LP[C]
50 42 40 25
Holland
  • Released: January 8, 1973
  • Labels: Brother, Reprise
  • Format: LP + 7-inch EP
36 37 12 9 20
15 Big Ones
  • Released: July 5, 1976
  • Labels: Brother, Reprise
  • Format: LP
8 17 6 14 31
The Beach Boys Love You
  • Released: April 11, 1977
  • Labels: Brother, Reprise
  • Format: LP
53 90 66 28
M.I.U. Album
  • Released: September 25, 1978
  • Labels: Brother, Reprise
  • Format: LP
151 70
L.A. (Light Album)
  • Released: March 19, 1979
  • Label: Caribou
  • Format: LP
100 70 88 43 32
Keepin' the Summer Alive
  • Released: March 24, 1980
  • Label: Caribou
  • Format: LP
75 64 79 54
The Beach Boys
  • Released: June 10, 1985
  • Label: Caribou
  • Format: LP, CD
52 67 74 60 60
Still Cruisin'
  • Released: August 28, 1989
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: LP, CD
46 10 75 26 92
Summer in Paradise
  • Released: August 3, 1992
  • Label: Brother
  • Format: CD
53 81
Stars and Stripes Vol. 1
  • Released: August 19, 1996
  • Label: River North
  • Format: CD
101
That's Why God Made the Radio
  • Released: June 5, 2012
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD, LP
3 31 14 36 24 15
"—" denotes a release that did not chart, was not released in the country or the information is unknown
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Live albums

More information Title, Album details ...
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[2]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[4]
GER
[5]
UK
[7]
Beach Boys Concert
  • Released: October 19, 1964
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: LP
1 3 14
Live in London
  • Released: May 1970 (UK), November 1976 (US)
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: LP
75
[D]
The Beach Boys in Concert
  • Released: November 19, 1973
  • Labels: Brother, Reprise
  • Format: 2xLP
25 29 25
Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980
  • Released: November 26, 2002
  • Labels: Brother, Eagle
  • Format: CD
Songs from Here & Back
  • Released: May 15, 2006
  • Labels: Hallmark
  • Format: CD
The 50th Anniversary Tour
  • Release: May 21, 2013
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD
94 82
Live in Sacramento 1964
  • Release: December 2, 2014
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: DD
Live in Chicago 1965
  • Release: December 11, 2015
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: DD
Graduation Day 1966: Live at the University of Michigan
  • Release: December 9, 2016
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: DD
Live Sunshine 1967
  • Release: December 8, 2017
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: DD
The Beach Boys On Tour 1968
  • Release: December 7, 2018
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: DD
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Compilation albums

More information Album, Year ...
Album Year Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[2]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[4]
GER
[5]
NL
[6]
UK
[7]
The Best of the Beach Boys[12] 1965
Best of The Beach Boys 1966 8 2
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[8]
  • BPI: Platinum[9]
Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 2 1967 50 3
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[8]
  • BPI: Platinum[9]
Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 3 1968 153 8
Stack-o-Tracks
Good Vibrations 1970 77
Greatest Hits 5
Endless Summer 1974 1 23 1
Spirit of America 1975 8 79 25
Good Vibrations: Best of The Beach Boys 25 69
20 Golden Greats 1976 26 1
The Capitol Years 1980
Ten Years of Harmony 1981 156
Sunshine Dream 1982 180
Be True to Your School
Rarities 1983
The Very Best of The Beach Boys 8 1
Made in U.S.A. 1986 96 67
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[8]
California Gold: The Very Best of The Beach Boys 1990 30 17
Summer Dreams 10 2
  • ARIA: 3× Platinum[15]
  • BPI: Platinum[9]
Lost & Found (1961–62) 1991
Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys 1993
I Love You
The Best of The Beach Boys 1995 25
20 Good Vibrations: Greatest Hits Volume 1 95
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[8]
  • ARIA: Gold[16]
20 Great Love Songs 1996
The Pet Sounds Sessions 1997
Greatest Hits 1998 28
Endless Harmony Soundtrack 56
Ultimate Christmas
20 More Good Vibrations: Greatest Hits Volume 2 1999 192
Best of the Brother Years 1970–1986: Greatest Hits Volume 3 2000
Hawthorne, CA: Birthplace of a Musical Legacy 2001
The Very Best of The Beach Boys 31
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[9]
Classics Selected by Brian Wilson 2002 159 112
Hits Of The Beach Boys
Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys 2003 16 37 24 46
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum[8]
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum[17]
  • BPI: Silver[9]
  • MC: Platinum[18]
The Platinum Collection (Sounds of Summer Edition) 2005 33 30
The Warmth of the Sun 2007 40
The Original US Singles Collection The Capitol Years 1962–1965 2008
Summer Love Songs 2009
The Smile Sessions 2011 27 26 20 25
50th Anniversary Collection 'Zinepak (Walmart exclusive)[19] 2012 86
50 Big Ones: Greatest Hits 95 96 30
Greatest Hits 32
Made in California 2013
The Big Beat: 1963
Keep an Eye on Summer: 1964 2014
Beach Boys' Party! Uncovered and Unplugged 2015
Pet Sounds: 50th Anniversary 2016
Becoming The Beach Boys: The Complete Hite & Dorinda Morgan Sessions
Sunshine Tomorrow: 1967 2017 145 49
Sunshine Tomorrow 2: The Studio Sessions 1967
Wake the World: The Friends Sessions 1968 2018
I Can Hear Music: The 20/20 Sessions 1968
Feel Flows: The Sunflower & Surf's Up Sessions 1969–1971 2021 83 19 19
Sail On Sailor: 1972 2022 84
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Remix albums

More information Album, Year ...
Album Year Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[2]
AUS
[3]
NL
[6]
UK
[7]
The Beach Boys with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Released: June 8, 2018
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD, LP, DD
165 32 166 4
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Singles

Listed below are Beach Boys A and B sides issued in the US. For Beach Boys singles not issued under the group name, EP tracks, featured tracks, and non-American A-sides, see other songs. In total the Beach Boys have had 10 number one singles across the world and across all charts.

1960s

More information Year, Single ...
Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
US
[20]
US Cash Box
[21]
US Record World
[22]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[4][23]
NL
[24]
NOR
[25]
SWE
[26]
UK
[7]
1961 "Surfin'"
"Luau" (non-album track)
75
85







Surfin' Safari
1962 "Surfin' Safari"
"409"
14
76
10

48



1

"Ten Little Indians"
"County Fair"
49
50


39


6

1963 "Surfin' U.S.A."
"Shut Down"
3
23
3
25

12
2


6
34
Surfin' U.S.A.
"Surfer Girl"
"Little Deuce Coupe"
7
15
5
19

17
17
3




Surfer Girl
"Be True to Your School"
"In My Room" (from Surfer Girl)
6
23
8
34

78
78
4


6

Little Deuce Coupe
"Little Saint Nick"
"The Lord's Prayer" (non-album track)
25


39
28
5

6
43
The Beach Boys' Christmas Album
1964 "Fun, Fun, Fun"
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love"
5
[I]
6
12*
—*
9
6




Shut Down Volume 2
"I Get Around"
"Don't Worry Baby" (from Shut Down Volume 2)
1
24
1
26
1
22
33
33
1
1


10
7
All Summer Long
"When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)"
"She Knows Me Too Well"
9
[J]
7
93
7
93
39
1



27
The Beach Boys Today!
"Dance, Dance, Dance"
"The Warmth of the Sun" (from Shut Down Volume 2)
8
10
9
52
7


6
24
"The Man with All the Toys"
"Blue Christmas"

116
143






The Beach Boys' Christmas Album
1965 "Do You Wanna Dance?"
"Please Let Me Wonder"
12
52
13
85
13
46
95
17


9

The Beach Boys Today!
"Help Me, Rhonda"
"Kiss Me, Baby" (from The Beach Boys Today!)
1
1
1
16
1

1
5
27
Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
"California Girls"
"Let Him Run Wild"
3
3
3
58
2


6
26
"The Little Girl I Once Knew"
"There's No Other (Like My Baby)" (from Beach Boys' Party!)
20
15
16

10




Non-album track
"Barbara Ann"
"Girl Don't Tell Me" (from Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!))
2
1
1
2
2
17
1
2
3
Beach Boys' Party!
1966 "Sloop John B"
"You're So Good to Me" (from Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!))
3
5
2
17
17
2
1
1
1
2
Pet Sounds
"Wouldn't It Be Nice"
"God Only Knows"
8
39
7
38
5
38
2
4


6


2
"Good Vibrations"
"Let's Go Away for Awhile" (from Pet Sounds)
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
1
  • RIAA: Platinum[8]
  • BPI: Platinum[9]
Smiley Smile
1967 "Heroes and Villains"
"You're Welcome" (non-album track)
12
8
8
13
14
10

7
8
"Wild Honey"
"Wind Chimes" (from Smiley Smile)
31
22
23
25
29
20


29
Wild Honey
"Darlin'"
"Here Today" (from Pet Sounds)
19
10
17
28
13
17

15
11
1968 "Friends"
"Little Bird"
47
37
34

50



25
Friends
"Do It Again"
"Wake the World" (from Friends)
20
8
7
1
10
3
5
5
1
Non-album track
"Bluebirds over the Mountain"
"Never Learn Not to Love"
61
56
36
90
53
9


33
20/20
1969 "I Can Hear Music"
"All I Want to Do"
24
20
20
10
34
4

5
10
"Break Away"
"Celebrate the News"
63
38
35
83
38
20


6
Non-album single
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(* - US Record World chart data incomplete for early 1964)

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1970s

More information Year, Single ...
Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US
[20]
US Cash Box
[27]
US Record World
[28]
US AC
[20]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[4]
NL
[24]
NOR
[25]
SWE
[26]
UK
[7]
1970 "Add Some Music to Your Day"
"Susie Cincinnati" (non-album B-side, later included on 15 Big Ones)
64
49
39


43




Sunflower
"Cottonfields"
"The Nearest Faraway Place"

101
95

1

13
1
1
5
20/20
"Slip On Through"
"This Whole World"


125







Sunflower
"Tears in the Morning"
"It's About Time"


117



4



1971 "Cool, Cool Water"
"Forever"










"Long Promised Road"
"Deirdre" (from Sunflower)
"'Til I Die"
89

79

91





72









Surf's Up
"Student Demonstration Time"
"Don't Go Near the Water"




62

21



"Surf's Up"
"Don't Go Near the Water"


124







1972 "You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone"
"Cuddle Up"






29



Carl and the Passions - So Tough
"Marcella"
"Hold On Dear Brother"
[F]
116
129



20



1973 "Sail On, Sailor"[G]
"Only with You"
49
62
75


73
28



Holland
"California Saga: California"
"Funky Pretty"
84

99


85



37
1974 "Child of Winter"
"Susie Cincinnati" (non-album B-side, later included on 15 Big Ones)










Non-album track
1976 "Rock and Roll Music"
"TM Song"
5
11
7

35
11



36
15 Big Ones
"It's O.K."
"Had to Phone Ya"
29
39
46
33

36




"Everyone's in Love with You"
"Susie Cincinnati"



109







1977 "Honkin' Down the Highway"
"Solar System"










The Beach Boys Love You
1978 "Peggy Sue"
"Hey Little Tomboy"
59
66
66
46
97
61




M.I.U. Album
1979 "Here Comes the Night"
"Baby Blue"
44
52
67

90
73



37
L.A. (Light Album)
"Good Timin'"
"Love Surrounds Me"
40
33
45
12

36




"Lady Lynda"
"Full Sail"



39
54




6
"It's a Beautiful Day"
"Sumahama" (from L.A. (Light Album))










45
Americathon (soundtrack)
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1980–present

More information Year, Single ...
Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[20]
US Cash Box
[29]
US AC
[30]
AUS
[3][31]
CAN
[4]
GER
[32]
UK
[7]
1980 "Goin' On"
"Endless Harmony"
83
103





Keepin' the Summer Alive
"Livin' with a Heartache"
"Santa Ana Winds"







1981 "The Beach Boys Medley"
"God Only Knows" (from Pet Sounds)
12
8
20
16
13

47
Sunshine Dream
"Come Go with Me"
"Don't Go Near the Water" (from Surf's Up)
18
20
11

20


M.I.U. Album
1984 "East Meets West" (with The Four Seasons)[33]
"Rhapsody" (The Four Seasons)







Non-album track
1985 "Getcha Back"
"Male Ego" (non-album track)
26
25
2
81
26
12
97
The Beach Boys
"It's Gettin' Late"
"It's OK" (from 15 Big Ones)
82
78
20




"She Believes in Love Again"
"It's Just a Matter of Time"


26




1986 "Rock 'n' Roll to the Rescue"
"Good Vibrations" (Live) (from Live in London)
68
68

79
73


Made in U.S.A.
"California Dreamin'"
"Lady Liberty" (non-album track)
57
49
8

40


1987 "Wipeout!" (with The Fat Boys)
"Crushin'" (The Fat Boys)
12
28


12
30
2
Still Cruisin'
"Happy Endings" (with Little Richard)
"California Girls" (live)


45




Non-album track
1988 "Kokomo"
"Tutti Frutti" (Little Richard)
1
1
5
1
4
7
25
  • RIAA: Platinum[8]
  • ARIA: Platinum[31]
  • BPI: Silver[9]
Still Cruisin'
"Don't Worry Baby" (with The Everly Brothers)
"Tequila Dreams" (Dave Grusin)





41

Tequila Sunrise (soundtrack)
1989 "Still Cruisin'"
"Kokomo"
93

9
28
55
51
78
Still Cruisin'
1990 "Somewhere Near Japan"
"Kokomo"



132



"Problem Child"
"Problem Child" (Instrumental) (non-album track)


38




Problem Child (soundtrack)
1992 "Hot Fun in the Summertime"
"Summer of Love"


17
122
66


Summer in Paradise
1996 "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times"
"Wouldn't It Be Nice" (Vocals only), "Here Today" (Stereo backing track) (from The Pet Sounds Sessions)







Pet Sounds
"I Can Hear Music" (with Kathy Troccoli)
"Little Deuce Coupe" (with James House) [L]

[L]

16


[L]


Stars and Stripes Vol. 1
2011 "Don't Fight the Sea" (with Al Jardine)
"Friends" (a cappella) (non-album track)







A Postcard from California
"Cabin Essence"
"Wonderful"







The Smile Sessions
"Vega-Tables"
"Surf's Up"







2012 "That's Why God Made the Radio"
"That's Why God Made the Radio" (Instrumental) (non-album track)


30




That's Why God Made the Radio
"Isn't It Time"
"California Girls", "Do It Again", "Sail On, Sailor" (Live in Chicago – 2012) (non-album track)







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Year-end charts

Billboard Year-End performances

More information Year, Song ...
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Cash Box Year-End performances

More information Year, Song ...
Year Song Year-End
position
1962 "Surfin' Safari" 31
1963 "Surfin' U.S.A." 16
"Surfer Girl" 36
1964 "I Get Around" 4
"Be True to Your School" 69
1965 "Help Me, Rhonda" 30
"California Girls" 71
1966 "Sloop John B" 53
"Barbara Ann" 44
1968 "Do It Again" 81
1981 "The Beach Boys Medley" 63
1988 "Kokomo" 39
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Other singles and associated songs

More information Year, Song ...
Year Song Peak chart positions
US
[20]
US
Cou

[34]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[35]
NOR
[25]
PHI
[36]
SWE
[26]
UK
[7]
1962 "Summertime Blues" 8
[37]
1964 "Hawaii" 9
"Little Honda" 65 15 8 1 11
"Wendy" 44
"The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" 1 7
[38]
1965 "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" 3
[39]
1966 "Caroline, No" (as Brian Wilson) 32 16
1967 "Then I Kissed Her" 14 10 2 4
"Gettin' Hungry" (as Brian Wilson and Mike Love)
"How She Boogalooed It" 10
1974 "Wishing You Were Here" (with Chicago) 11
"The Warmth of the Sun" 66
1985 "Passing Friend"
1996 "Fun, Fun, Fun" (with Status Quo) 24
"Long Tall Texan" (with Doug Supernaw) 69[M]
"Don't Worry Baby" (with Lorrie Morgan) 73[M]
"—" denotes a release that did not chart, was not released in the country or the information is unknown
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Extended plays

  • Surfin' Safari (1963, SWE)
  • Surfin' U.S.A. (1963, UK, FR, NZ)
  • Shut Down Volume 2 (1963, US)
  • Louie Louie (1964, FR)
  • Beach Boys Concert (1964, UK)
  • Fun, Fun, Fun (1964, UK, AUS) — #19 UK EPs[7]
  • Dance, Dance, Dance (1964, FR, ESP)
  • 4-By The Beach Boys (1964, US, UK, POR) — #11 UK EPs[7]
  • Help Me, Rhonda (1965, POR, FR, ESP)
  • Barbara Ann (1965, POR)
  • Hits (1966, UK) — #1 UK EPs[7]
  • Then I Kissed Her (1966, POR)
  • Sloop John B (1966, FR, ESP, POR)
  • California Girls (1966, ESP)
  • Wouldn't It Be Nice (1966, FR)
  • God Only Knows (1966, UK) — #3 UK EPs[7]
  • Good Vibrations (1966, POR, SWE)
  • Mountain Of Love (1967, ESP)
  • White Christmas (1967, ESP)
  • Wild Honey (1967, AUS)
  • I Can Hear Music (1967, NZ)
  • Cotton Fields (1970, BR)
  • Sail On Sailor (1977, UK)
  • 1969: I'm Going Your Way (2019)[40]
  • Christmas Instrumentals (2022)

Other album appearances

Music videos

More information Year, Title ...
Year Title
1966 "Sloop John B"
"Pet Sounds Promo Film"
"Good Vibrations" (4 versions)
1967 "Surf's Up"
1968 "Friends"
"Do It Again"
"Bluebirds over the Mountain"
1969 "I Can Hear Music"
"Break Away"
1970 "Cottonfields"
1971 "Don't Go Near the Water"
"Long Promised Road"
1972 "You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone"
1976 "That Same Song"
1979 "Here Comes the Night"
"Good Timin'"
1985 "Getcha Back"
"It's Gettin' Late"
1986 "Rock 'n' Roll to the Rescue"
"California Dreamin'"
1987 "Happy Endings" (with Little Richard)
"Wipe Out" (with The Fat Boys)
1988 "Kokomo"
1989 "Still Cruisin'"
1990 "Somewhere Near Japan"
"Problem Child"
1991 "Crocodile Rock"
1992 "Hot Fun in the Summertime"
"Forever" (as Jesse & The Rippers)
1993 "Summer in Paradise"
1995 "Summer of Love"
1996 "Fun, Fun, Fun" (with Status Quo)
2011 "Do It Again" (2011 version)
2012 "That's Why God Made the Radio" (lyric video)
"That's Why God Made the Radio"
2014 "California Feelin'"
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Television themes

See also

Notes

References

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