The Beach Boys have enjoyed one of the longest careers of the Rock Era, still going today after nearly 50 years. Here is the complete Hits List*:
1961: "Surfin'"
"Surfin'" (re-release)
1962: "Surfin'" (re-release--#75)
"Surfin' Safari" (#14, #48 Australia, #1 Sweden)
"409" (#76)
"Ten Little Indians" (#49, #8 Sweden)
1963: "Surfin' U.S.A." (#3, #34 U.K., #12 Australia, #8 Sweden)
"Shut Down" (#23)
"Surfer Girl" (#7, #17 Australia)
"Little Deuce Coupe" (#15, #17 Australia)--underrated
"Be True to Your School" (#6, #78 Australia, #16 Sweden)
"In My Room" (#23, #78 Australia)--underrated
"Little Saint Nick"
1964: "Hawai'i" (#9 Australia)
"Fun, Fun, Fun" (#5, #17 Australia)
"I Get Around" (#1, #7 U.K., #33 Australia, #19 Sweden)
"Don't Worry Baby" (#24, #33 Australia")--underrated
"When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)" (#9, #27 U.K., #39 Australia)
"Four by the Beach Boys--EP (#44, #11 U.K., #1 Sweden)
"Dance, Dance, Dance" (#8, #24 U.K., #52 Australia, #13 Sweden)
"The Man with All the Toys"
1965: "Do You Wanna' Dance?" (#12, #95 Australia, #18 Sweden)
"Please Let Me Wonder" (#52)
"Help Me Rhonda" (#1, #27 U.K., #16 Australia, #7 Sweden)
"California Girls" (#3, #26 U.K., #58 Australia, #18 Sweden)
"The Little Girl I Once Knew" (#20)
1966: "Barbara Ann" (#2, #3 U.K., #2 Australia, #2 Sweden)
"Caroline No" (#32)
"Sloop John B" (#3, #2 U.K., #17 Australia, #4 Sweden)
"You're So Good to Me" (#17 Australia)
"Wouldn't It Be Nice" (#8, #17 Australia)
"God Only Knows" (#39, #2 U.K., #17 Australia)--underrated
"Good Vibrations" (#1, #1 U.K., #1 Australia, #3 Sweden)
1967: "Then I Kissed Her" (#5 U.K., #14 Australia, #4 Sweden)
"Heroes and Villains" (#12, #8 U.K., #13 Australia, #7 Sweden)
"Wild Honey" (#31, #29 U.K., #25 Australia)
1968: "Darlin'" (#19, #11 U.K., #28 Australia)
"Friends" (#47, #25 U.K.)
"Do It Again" (#20, #1 U.K., #2 Australia, #8 Sweden)
"Bluebirds over the Mountain" (#61, #33 U.K., #90 Australia)
1969: "I Can Hear Music" (#24, #10 U.K., #10 Australia, #15 Sweden)
"Break Away" (#63, #6 U.K., #83 Australia)
1970: "Add Some Music to Your Day" (#64)
"Cottonfields" (#5 U.K., #1 Australia, #2 Sweden)
"Slip On Through"
"Tears in the Morning"
1971: "Cool, Cool Water"
"Wouldn't It Be Nice" (live)
"Long Promised Road"
"Long Promised Road" (re-release--#89)
1972: "Student Demonstration Time" (#62 Australia)
"You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone"
"Marcella"
1973: "Sail On, Sailor" (#79)
"California Saga: California" (#84, #37 U.K.
1974: "Surfin' U.S.A." (re-release--#36, #66 Australia)
1975: "Child of Winter"
"Sail On, Sailor" (re-release--#49)--underrated
1976: "Rock and Roll Music" (#5, #36 U.K., #35 Australia)
"It's OK" (#29, #33 Adult Contemporary)
1977: "Honkin' Down the Highway"
1978: "Peggy Sue" (#59, #46 AC, #97 Australia)
1979: "Here Comes the Night" (#44, #37 U.K., #90 Australia)
"Good Timin'" (#40, #12 AC)
"Lady Lynda" (#39 AC, #6 U.K., #54 Australia)
"It's a Beautiful day" (#45 U.K.)
1980: "Goin' On" (#83)
"Livin' with a Heartache"
1981: "The Beach Boys Medley" (#12, #20 AC, #16 Australia)
1982: "Come Go with Me" (#18, #11 AC)
1984: "East Meets West" (with the 4 Seasons)
1985: "Getcha' Back" (#26, #2 AC, #81 Australia)
"It's Gettin' Late" (#82, #20 AC)
"She Believes in Love Again" (#26 AC)
1986: "Rock 'n' Roll to the Rescue" (#68, #79 Australia)
"California Dreamin'" (#57, #8 AC)
1987: "Wipe Out" (with the Fat Boys) (#12, #2 U.K.)
"Happy Endings" (with Little Richard)
1988: "Kokomo" (#1, #5 AC, #25 U.K., #1 Australia)
"Don't Worry Baby" (with the Everly Brothers)
1989: "Still Cruisin'" (#93, #9 AC, #28 Australia)
1990: "Somewhere Near Japan"
"Wouldn't It Be Nice"/"The Beach Boys Medley" (re-release--#58 Australia)
"Problem Child" (#38 AC)
1992: "Hot Fun in the Summertime" (#17 AC)
1993: "Forever" (with John Stamos) (#97 Australia)
1996: "I Can Hear Music" (with Kathy Troccoli) (#16 AC)
2011: "Good Vibrations" (re-release)
"Don't Fight the Sea"
2012: "That's Why God Made The Radio" (#30 AC)
"Isn't It Time"
That's 56 hits for the group, with 14 Top 10 songs and four #1's. They began hitting the Adult Contemporary chart in the latter part of their career and had 15 hits in that genre with 4 Top 10's.
1961: "Surfin'"
"Surfin'" (re-release)
1962: "Surfin'" (re-release--#75)
"Surfin' Safari" (#14, #48 Australia, #1 Sweden)
"409" (#76)
"Ten Little Indians" (#49, #8 Sweden)
1963: "Surfin' U.S.A." (#3, #34 U.K., #12 Australia, #8 Sweden)
"Shut Down" (#23)
"Surfer Girl" (#7, #17 Australia)
"Little Deuce Coupe" (#15, #17 Australia)--underrated
"Be True to Your School" (#6, #78 Australia, #16 Sweden)
"In My Room" (#23, #78 Australia)--underrated
"Little Saint Nick"
1964: "Hawai'i" (#9 Australia)
"Fun, Fun, Fun" (#5, #17 Australia)
"I Get Around" (#1, #7 U.K., #33 Australia, #19 Sweden)
"Don't Worry Baby" (#24, #33 Australia")--underrated
"When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)" (#9, #27 U.K., #39 Australia)
"Four by the Beach Boys--EP (#44, #11 U.K., #1 Sweden)
"Dance, Dance, Dance" (#8, #24 U.K., #52 Australia, #13 Sweden)
"The Man with All the Toys"
1965: "Do You Wanna' Dance?" (#12, #95 Australia, #18 Sweden)
"Please Let Me Wonder" (#52)
"Help Me Rhonda" (#1, #27 U.K., #16 Australia, #7 Sweden)
"California Girls" (#3, #26 U.K., #58 Australia, #18 Sweden)
"The Little Girl I Once Knew" (#20)
1966: "Barbara Ann" (#2, #3 U.K., #2 Australia, #2 Sweden)
"Caroline No" (#32)
"Sloop John B" (#3, #2 U.K., #17 Australia, #4 Sweden)
"You're So Good to Me" (#17 Australia)
"Wouldn't It Be Nice" (#8, #17 Australia)
"God Only Knows" (#39, #2 U.K., #17 Australia)--underrated
"Good Vibrations" (#1, #1 U.K., #1 Australia, #3 Sweden)
1967: "Then I Kissed Her" (#5 U.K., #14 Australia, #4 Sweden)
"Heroes and Villains" (#12, #8 U.K., #13 Australia, #7 Sweden)
"Wild Honey" (#31, #29 U.K., #25 Australia)
1968: "Darlin'" (#19, #11 U.K., #28 Australia)
"Friends" (#47, #25 U.K.)
"Do It Again" (#20, #1 U.K., #2 Australia, #8 Sweden)
"Bluebirds over the Mountain" (#61, #33 U.K., #90 Australia)
1969: "I Can Hear Music" (#24, #10 U.K., #10 Australia, #15 Sweden)
"Break Away" (#63, #6 U.K., #83 Australia)
1970: "Add Some Music to Your Day" (#64)
"Cottonfields" (#5 U.K., #1 Australia, #2 Sweden)
"Slip On Through"
"Tears in the Morning"
1971: "Cool, Cool Water"
"Wouldn't It Be Nice" (live)
"Long Promised Road"
"Long Promised Road" (re-release--#89)
1972: "Student Demonstration Time" (#62 Australia)
"You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone"
"Marcella"
1973: "Sail On, Sailor" (#79)
"California Saga: California" (#84, #37 U.K.
1974: "Surfin' U.S.A." (re-release--#36, #66 Australia)
1975: "Child of Winter"
"Sail On, Sailor" (re-release--#49)--underrated
1976: "Rock and Roll Music" (#5, #36 U.K., #35 Australia)
"It's OK" (#29, #33 Adult Contemporary)
1977: "Honkin' Down the Highway"
1978: "Peggy Sue" (#59, #46 AC, #97 Australia)
1979: "Here Comes the Night" (#44, #37 U.K., #90 Australia)
"Good Timin'" (#40, #12 AC)
"Lady Lynda" (#39 AC, #6 U.K., #54 Australia)
"It's a Beautiful day" (#45 U.K.)
1980: "Goin' On" (#83)
"Livin' with a Heartache"
1981: "The Beach Boys Medley" (#12, #20 AC, #16 Australia)
1982: "Come Go with Me" (#18, #11 AC)
1984: "East Meets West" (with the 4 Seasons)
1985: "Getcha' Back" (#26, #2 AC, #81 Australia)
"It's Gettin' Late" (#82, #20 AC)
"She Believes in Love Again" (#26 AC)
1986: "Rock 'n' Roll to the Rescue" (#68, #79 Australia)
"California Dreamin'" (#57, #8 AC)
1987: "Wipe Out" (with the Fat Boys) (#12, #2 U.K.)
"Happy Endings" (with Little Richard)
1988: "Kokomo" (#1, #5 AC, #25 U.K., #1 Australia)
"Don't Worry Baby" (with the Everly Brothers)
1989: "Still Cruisin'" (#93, #9 AC, #28 Australia)
1990: "Somewhere Near Japan"
"Wouldn't It Be Nice"/"The Beach Boys Medley" (re-release--#58 Australia)
"Problem Child" (#38 AC)
1992: "Hot Fun in the Summertime" (#17 AC)
1993: "Forever" (with John Stamos) (#97 Australia)
1996: "I Can Hear Music" (with Kathy Troccoli) (#16 AC)
2011: "Good Vibrations" (re-release)
"Don't Fight the Sea"
2012: "That's Why God Made The Radio" (#30 AC)
"Isn't It Time"
That's 56 hits for the group, with 14 Top 10 songs and four #1's. They began hitting the Adult Contemporary chart in the latter part of their career and had 15 hits in that genre with 4 Top 10's.
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