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#39 · 1966-09-24
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The Beach Boys's "God Only Knows" reached #39 on the Billboard Hot 100. "God Only Knows" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1966 album Pet Sounds. Written by Brian Wilson and Tony Asher, it is a baroque-style love song distinguished for its harmonic innovation and complexity, unusual instrumentation, and subversion of typical popular music conventions, both lyrically and musically. It is often praised as one of the greatest songs of all time and as the Beach Boys' finest record. The song peaked at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent 8 weeks on the chart.
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Chart Journey
- Aug 13, 1966#81
- Aug 20#64
- Aug 27#51
- Sep 3#45
- Sep 10#42
- Sep 17#40
- Sep 24#39
- Oct 1#45
DEFINING MOMENT
The Story
It debuted at #81 on August 13, 1966. It entered the Top 40 5 weeks later. It reached a peak of #39 on September 24, 1966. After 8 weeks, its final appearance came on October 1, 1966.
God Only Knows: The Performance That Defined It
The Beach Boys's "God Only Knows" reached #39 on the Billboard Hot 100. "God Only Knows" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1966 album Pet Sounds. Written by Brian Wilson and Tony Asher, it is a baroque-style love song distinguished for its harmonic innovation and complexity, unusual instrumentation, and subversion of typical popular music conventions, both lyrically and musically. It is often praised as one of the greatest songs of all time and as the Beach Boys' finest record. The song peaked at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent 8 weeks on the chart.
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