Single:
I Can Hear Music entered the Australian singles chart* on 22 March 1969 and peaked at #10. The song was #79 on the Top 100 of 1969.
Album:
The song is on The Beach Boys album 20/20.
Songwriters:
Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector
Producer:
Carl Wilson
Record label of Australian release:
Capitol
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
I Can Hear Music was written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector for American girl group the Ronettes in 1966. This version barely charted in America. Three years later, the Beach Boys released a cover version with Carl Wilson on lead vocals.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Can_Hear_Music
Songfacts:
The Beach Boys’ remake of this song is the first song by the band in which Brian Wilson had no involvement, either with performing, composing, or producing.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/the-beach-boys/i-can-hear-music
Personnel:
Al Jardine – backing vocals, guitar, handclaps
Mike Love – backing vocals, handclaps
Carl Wilson – lead vocals, guitar, handclaps, producer, tambourine?
Dennis Wilson — drums, piano, handclaps
Bruce Johnston – backing vocals, bass, Fender Rhodes electric piano, handclaps
Lyrics:
This is the way
I always dreamed it would be
The way that it is, oh, oh, oh
When you are holding me
I never had a love of my own
Maybe that′s why when we’re all alone
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