"Susie Cincinnati"
Single by the Beach Boys
from the album 15 Big Ones
A-side"Add Some Music to Your Day"
ReleasedFebruary 23, 1970 (1970-02-23)[1]
RecordedDecember 24, 1969 – February 2, 1970
StudioBeach Boys (Bel Air)
LabelBrother/Reprise
Songwriter(s)Al Jardine
Producer(s)The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"Break Away"
(1969)		 "Susie Cincinnati"
(1970)		 "Cottonfields"
(1970)

"Susie Cincinnati" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys that was recorded during the sessions for their 1970 album Sunflower.[2] It was written by Al Jardine about a female cab driver from Ohio.[3]

Background

Al Jardine stated in a 2022 interview, "'Susie Cincinnati' is kind of a jab at The Beatles, a 'Drive My Car' kind of thing, I enjoyed that. There wasn’t so much a rivalry with The Beatles, more of an appreciation. With Brian it might have been competition but myself, I enjoyed their work a lot."[4]

Recording

"Susie Cincinnati" was recorded at the Beach Boys' Bel Air studio on December 24, 1969 and January 7, 1970. The automobile sound effects were recorded on February 2, 1970.[5][6]

Release

The song was first issued in February 1970 as the B-side of the "Add Some Music to Your Day" single, and then again in December 1974 as the B-side of the "Child of Winter (Christmas Song)" single.[7][8] In 1976, it was included as a track on the album 15 Big Ones. Brian Wilson included it on the LP "because it's a good song", although Dennis Wilson felt that it was a "silly piece of shit".[9]

Personnel

Per liner notes.[3]

The Beach Boys

Session musicians

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Badman 2004, pp. 264, 381.
  2. ↑ White 1996, p. 315.
  3. 1 2 Diken, Dennis; Buck, Peter (2000). 15 Big Ones/Love You (booklet). The Beach Boys. California: Capitol Records.
  4. ↑ "The Beach Boys on 10 of their favourite Beach Boys songs". 24 June 2022.
  5. ↑ Doe, Andrew G. "GIGS69". Bellagio 10452. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  6. ↑ Doe, Andrew G. "GIGS70". Bellagio 10452. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  7. ↑ Badman 2004, p. 342.
  8. ↑ Matijas-Mecca 2017, p. 110.
  9. ↑ Abbott 1997, pp. 108, 110.

Bibliography

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