THE LAST TURKEY

At number 11, it's the Beach Boys with "Do it again"



"Do It Again" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for the American pop band The Beach Boys. It was first released as a single by The Beach Boys in 1968 on Capitol Records. The song was recorded in May and June of 1968 and was included on the bands 1969 album 20/20. On the song there are some hammering sounds at the end of the track that originated from the Smile workshop session.

The lyrics to the song, originally entitled "Rendezvous", were inspired after a day Mike had spent at the beach in which he had gone surfing with an old friend named Bill Jackson. Mike then showed the lyrics to Brian, who succeeded to write the music to Mike's lyrics of nostalgia. Brian has stated in the past that he believes the song was the best collaboration that he and Mike ever did.

Many critics and fans noted the return to the surfing style, which the band had generally avoided since 1964.

Released on July 19 1968 in the United Kingdom the single, forty days after its release, peaked at #1 on the chart on August 28 1968, and thus becoming the band's second number one hit in the United Kingdom after "Good Vibrations" two years earlier.

The song was first featured on the 1986 film One Crazy Summer. The song was also featured in the 1996 film Flipper and the 2005 film Life on the Longboard. More recently the song was featured in the 2006 movie Happy Feet and subsequently was featured on the film's soundtrack. It was also the first song to be played after WCBS-FM reverted from the Jack FM format back to their oldies format on July 12, 2007.