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| name = Sumahama |
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| type = single |
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| artist = [[the Beach Boys]] |
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| album = [[L.A. (Light Album)]] |
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| released = September 1979 |
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Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]] | |
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Last single = "[[Lady Lynda]]"/"[[Full Sail (song)|Full Sail]]" <br>(1979)| |
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| writer = [[Mike Love]] |
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Next single = "[[Goin' On]]"/"[[Endless Harmony]]" <br>(1980)|}} |
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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 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> |
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'''"Sumahama"''' is a song written by [[Mike Love]] for a 1978 solo album called ''First Love''. When the release of that project fell through, the song was rerecorded for [[United States|American]] [[rock music|rock]] [[band (music)|band]] [[the Beach Boys]] and released on their 1979 album ''[[L.A. (Light Album)]]''. 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. It was released as a single in the UK backed with "Angel Come Home", charting at number 45.<ref>http://www.officialcharts.com/search-results-album/_/beach+boys</ref> In the United States, it was released as a b-side to the single "[[It's a Beautiful Day]]". |
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Sumahama is also the name of a popular beach in Kobe, Japan. 'Hama' is the Japanese word for 'beach'. |
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==Performers== |
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==Background== |
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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. |
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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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==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 (The Beach Boys song)|It's a Beautiful Day]]". |
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"Sumahama" was released as a single in the UK backed with "Angel Come Home", charting at number 45.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search-results-album/_/beach+boys |title=beach boys {{!}} Album Search {{!}} Official Charts |website=www.officialcharts.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202133334/http://www.officialcharts.com/search-results-album/_/beach+boys |archive-date=2014-02-02}} </ref> |
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==Personnel== |
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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''' |
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*[[Carl Wilson]] - backing vocals |
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*[[Bruce Johnston]] - backing vocals |
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'''Additional musicians''' |
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*Murray Adler - violin |
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*Roberleigh Barnhart - cello |
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*Myer Bello - viola |
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*Alfred Breuning - violin |
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*Isabelle Daskoff - violin |
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*Earle Dumler - oboe |
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*Jesse Ehrlich - cello |
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*Bryan Garofalo - bass guitar |
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*Igor Horoshevsky - cello |
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*Bill House - guitar |
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*Bernard Kundell - violin |
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*William Kurasch - violin |
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*Gayle Levant - harp |
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*Joy Lyle - violin |
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*Brian O’Connor - French horn |
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*[[Earl Palmer]] - drums |
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*Joel Peskin - flute |
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*Jay Rosen - violin |
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*Sid Sharp - violin |
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*Barbara Thomason - cello |
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*[[Tommy Vig]] - vibraphone |
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*Jai Winding - [[Rhodes piano|Fender Rhodes]] |
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*Herschel Wise - viola |
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*Tibor Zelig - violin |
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==References== |
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"Sumahama" | ||||
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Single by the Beach Boys | ||||
from the album L.A. (Light Album) | ||||
A-side | "It's a Beautiful Day" | |||
Released | September 1979 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 4:07 (album) 4:28 (single) | |||
Label | Caribou | |||
Songwriter(s) | Mike Love | |||
Producer(s) | Bruce Johnston, The Beach Boys, James William Guercio | |||
The Beach Boys singles chronology | ||||
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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 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Per Craig Slowinski.[3]
The Beach Boys
- Mike Love – lead vocals
- Carl Wilson - backing vocals
- Bruce Johnston - backing vocals
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
[edit]- ^ a b Love, Mike (2016). Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy. Penguin Publishing Group. p. 446. ISBN 978-0-698-40886-9.
- ^ "beach boys | Album Search | Official Charts". www.officialcharts.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.
- ^ Slowinski, Craig (Spring 2015). Beard, David (ed.). "THE BEACH BOYS' - L.A. (Light Album)". Endless Summer Quarterly Magazine. No. 109. Charlotte, North Carolina.