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"'''Sumahama'''" is a song by American rock band [[the Beach Boys]] from their 1979 album ''[[L.A. (Light Album)]]''. Written by [[Mike Love]], it was lyrically inspired by his fiancé at the time, a woman named Sumako. The lyrics describe "a young girl who wants to go with her mother to a place called 'Sumahama' in search of her father."<ref name="Love"/> Although some of the lyrics are in Japanese, Sumako was of Korean descent.<ref name="Love">{{cite book|last=Love|first=Mike|author-link=Mike Love|title=Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy|url=https://archive.org/details/goodvibrationsmy0000love_u3b0/|year=2016|publisher=Penguin Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-698-40886-9|url-access=registration|page=446}}</ref>
"'''Sumahama'''" is a song by American rock band [[the Beach Boys]] from their 1979 album ''[[L.A. (Light Album)]]''. Written by [[Mike Love]], it was lyrically inspired by his fiancée at the time, a woman named Sumako. The lyrics describe "a young girl who wants to go with her mother to a place called 'Sumahama' in search of her father."<ref name="Love"/> Although some of the lyrics are in Japanese, Sumako was of Korean descent.<ref name="Love">{{cite book|last=Love|first=Mike|author-link=Mike Love|title=Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy|url=https://archive.org/details/goodvibrationsmy0000love_u3b0/|year=2016|publisher=Penguin Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-698-40886-9|url-access=registration|page=446}}</ref>

Sumahama is also the name of a popular beach in Kobe, Japan. 'Hama' is the Japanese word for 'beach'.


==Background==
==Background==
It was originally written by [[Mike Love]] for his unreleased solo album, ''First Love''.{{cn}} When the release of that project fell through, the song was rerecorded by the Beach Boys.
It was originally written by [[Mike Love]] for his unreleased solo album, ''First Love''.{{cn|date=April 2022}} When the release of that project fell through, the song was rerecorded by the Beach Boys.


The original United States LP release of the ''L.A. (Light Album)'' featured a version of "Sumahama" that faded out early during the final Japanese verse and did not feature the instrumental ending present on the later released 45 or the re-released CD version of the album. The original LP version of the song was approximately four minutes and seven seconds.
The original United States LP release of the ''L.A. (Light Album)'' featured a version of "Sumahama" that faded out early during the final Japanese verse and did not feature the instrumental ending present on the later released 45 or the re-released CD version of the album. The original LP version of the song was approximately four minutes and seven seconds.
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==Personnel==
==Personnel==
Per Craig Slowinski.<ref name="Slowinski2015">{{cite magazine |last=Slowinski|first=Craig |date=Spring 2015 |title=THE BEACH BOYS' - L.A. (Light Album)|issue=109|volume=|magazine=Endless Summer Quarterly Magazine |location=Charlotte, North Carolina|editor-first=David|editor-last=Beard}}</ref>
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'''The Beach Boys'''
*[[Mike Love]] – lead vocals
*[[Mike Love]] – lead vocals
*[[Carl Wilson]] - backing vocals
*[[Carl Wilson]] - backing vocals
*[[Al Jardine]] - backing vocals
*[[Bruce Johnston]] - backing vocals
*[[Bruce Johnston]] - backing vocals

'''Additional musicians'''
{{div col}}
*Murray Adler - violin
*Roberleigh Barnhart - cello
*Myer Bello - viola
*Alfred Breuning - violin
*Isabelle Daskoff - violin
*Earle Dumler - oboe
*Jesse Ehrlich - cello
*Bryan Garofalo - bass guitar
*Igor Horoshevsky - cello
*Bill House - guitar
*Bernard Kundell - violin
*William Kurasch - violin
*Gayle Levant - harp
*Joy Lyle - violin
*Brian O’Connor - French horn
*[[Earl Palmer]] - drums
*Joel Peskin - flute
*Jay Rosen - violin
*Sid Sharp - violin
*Barbara Thomason - cello
*[[Tommy Vig]] - vibraphone
*Jai Winding - [[Rhodes piano|Fender Rhodes]]
*Herschel Wise - viola
*Tibor Zelig - violin
{{div col end}}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


{{The Beach Boys singles}}
{{The Beach Boys}}
{{The Beach Boys}}


Latest revision as of 17:51, 12 September 2024

"Sumahama"
Single by the Beach Boys
from the album L.A. (Light Album)
A-side"It's a Beautiful Day"
ReleasedSeptember 1979
GenrePop
Length4:07 (album)
4:28 (single)
LabelCaribou
Songwriter(s)Mike Love
Producer(s)Bruce Johnston, The Beach Boys, James William Guercio
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"Lady Lynda"
(1979) 		"Sumahama"
(1979) 		"Goin' On"
(1980)

"Sumahama" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1979 album L.A. (Light Album). Written by Mike Love, it was lyrically inspired by his fiancée at the time, a woman named Sumako. The lyrics describe "a young girl who wants to go with her mother to a place called 'Sumahama' in search of her father."[1] Although some of the lyrics are in Japanese, Sumako was of Korean descent.[1]

Sumahama is also the name of a popular beach in Kobe, Japan. 'Hama' is the Japanese word for 'beach'.

Background

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It was originally written by Mike Love for his unreleased solo album, First Love.[citation needed] When the release of that project fell through, the song was rerecorded by the Beach Boys.

The original United States LP release of the L.A. (Light Album) featured a version of "Sumahama" that faded out early during the final Japanese verse and did not feature the instrumental ending present on the later released 45 or the re-released CD version of the album. The original LP version of the song was approximately four minutes and seven seconds.

Single release

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In the U.S., "Sumahama" was released as a B-side to the single "It's a Beautiful Day".

"Sumahama" was released as a single in the UK backed with "Angel Come Home", charting at number 45.[2]

Personnel

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Per Craig Slowinski.[3]

The Beach Boys

Additional musicians

  • Murray Adler - violin
  • Roberleigh Barnhart - cello
  • Myer Bello - viola
  • Alfred Breuning - violin
  • Isabelle Daskoff - violin
  • Earle Dumler - oboe
  • Jesse Ehrlich - cello
  • Bryan Garofalo - bass guitar
  • Igor Horoshevsky - cello
  • Bill House - guitar
  • Bernard Kundell - violin
  • William Kurasch - violin
  • Gayle Levant - harp
  • Joy Lyle - violin
  • Brian O’Connor - French horn
  • Earl Palmer - drums
  • Joel Peskin - flute
  • Jay Rosen - violin
  • Sid Sharp - violin
  • Barbara Thomason - cello
  • Tommy Vig - vibraphone
  • Jai Winding - Fender Rhodes
  • Herschel Wise - viola
  • Tibor Zelig - violin

References

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  1. ^ a b Love, Mike (2016). Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy. Penguin Publishing Group. p. 446. ISBN 978-0-698-40886-9.
  2. ^ "beach boys | Album Search | Official Charts". www.officialcharts.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.
  3. ^ Slowinski, Craig (Spring 2015). Beard, David (ed.). "THE BEACH BOYS' - L.A. (Light Album)". Endless Summer Quarterly Magazine. No. 109. Charlotte, North Carolina.
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