Aren't You Glad
"Aren't You Glad" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys, written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love. The two also share lead vocal. Recording began in either lateSeptember or earlyOctober1967 and concluded in November. It was released in December as the second track on their studio album Wild Honey.
In its 1968 review of the LP, Rolling Stone called it a "Lovin' Spoonful type song with the Beach Boys touch". That year, Rolling Stone editor Gene Sculatti said it "achieves a Miracles style smoothness via a Bobby Goldsboro-type song". In 1979, Byron Preiss wrote that the song "epitomized the simple energy of the album".
A live version was released on the album Live in London.
Personnel
The Beach Boys- Brian Wilson – vocals, taped piano
- Mike Love – vocals
- Carl Wilson – vocals, bass
- Arnold Belnick - violin
- Norman Botnick - viola
- David Burk - viola
- Bonnie Douglas - violin
- Ollie Mitchell - trumpet
- Alexander Neiman - viola
- Wilbert Nuttycombe - violin
- Jerome Reisler - violin
- Paul Shure - violin
- Anthony Terran - trumpet
Cover versions
- 1968 – Peggy March