"Hey Little Tomboy" | ||||
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Single by the Beach Boys | ||||
from the album M.I.U. Album | ||||
A-side | " Peggy Sue" | |||
Released | August 28, 1978 | |||
Recorded | October 1976 | –1978|||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 2:27 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Brian Wilson | |||
Producer(s) | Brian Wilson | |||
The Beach Boys singles chronology | ||||
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"Hey Little Tomboy" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1978 album M.I.U. Album. Written by Brian Wilson, the song was to be included as a track on Adult/Child before the album was scrapped. [1] It was also issued as the B-side to their single " Peggy Sue".
Early recording sessions for the song were held in August and October 1976. [2] Wilson, describing "Hey Little Tomboy" as a contender for the Love You track list, said: "It's about a little girl who is sort of a roughneck, and this guy convinces her to become a pretty girl, and sure enough she slowly turns into a pretty—she starts shaving her legs and wearing short sticks—puts lipstick on and makeup. So she's a little tomboy. We're very happy with it." [3]
Biographer Peter Ames Carlin wrote: "[the song] revealed uncomfortably in an adolescent girl who is putting away her skateboard and baseball mitt to get hot and heavy with the swain portrayed by Mike [Love]. … [it] may be the most unsettling moment in the entire recorded history of the Beach Boys." [4] Music critic Jeff Tamarkin wrote that the song "is politically incorrect in every way by modern standards, yet its innocence and simplicity are undeniably charming". [5]
Credits are sourced from Craig Slowinski, John Brode, Will Crerar, Joshilyn Hoisington, and David Beard. [6]
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