| 词条 | The Little Girl I Once Knew |
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| name = The Little Girl I Once Knew | cover = Beach Boys - The Little Girl I Once Knew.jpg | alt = | border = yes | type = single | artist = The Beach Boys | album = | B-side = There's No Other (Like My Baby) | released = {{Start date|1965|11|22}} | format = 7" vinyl | recorded = October 13 / 24, 1965 | studio = United Western Recorders, Hollywood | venue = | genre = Rock, pop | length = 2:35 | label = Capitol | writer = Brian Wilson | producer = Brian Wilson | prev_title = California Girls | prev_year = 1965 | next_title = Barbara Ann | next_year = 1965 | misc = {{Audio sample | type = single | file = The Little Girl I Once Knew.ogg | description = "The Little Girl I Once Knew" }} }} "The Little Girl I Once Knew" is a song written by Brian Wilson for the American rock band the Beach Boys, released as a non-album single in 1965.[1] It is unusual in that it uses stop-start melody sections and a few dramatic periods of silence lasting several seconds each.[2] AllMusic called the song "a virtual link between the slightly progressive work on songs such as 'California Girls' and the then-quantum leap taken by Wilson on Pet Sounds and 'Good Vibrations'".[2] Lyrics"The Little Girl I Once Knew" follows familiar territory as the Beach Boys' 1964 outtake "All Dressed Up for School", telling the story of a guy who reacquaints with a girl from his past who has now grown up and catches his eye.[4] According to Mark Dillon, some speculate that the song was written about Brian's then-wife Marilyn Wilson.[4] Mike Love reportedly had a hand in the lyrics. In the 1990s, his lawsuit for officially recognized writing contributions failed to include "The Little Girl I Once Knew".[4] RecordingThe song was recorded shortly after Brian Wilson completed Beach Boys' Party! in between sessions for the Pet Sounds tracks "Sloop John B" and "You Still Believe in Me".[3] It was initially labelled "Carol K" on its session tape box, a reference to the song's bassist, Carol Kaye.[4] The track has drawn comparisons with the work of contemporary Burt Bacharach, whom Wilson admired.[9] In 1995, Wilson expressed, "It was a fine song, except the intro is the only good part of it, and the rest didn't sound so good. I thought the song in itself sucked. I didn't like the harmonies, I thought they were sour and off-key."[5] Despite this, he later said that the song "should've" gotten more attention than it did.[6] Its verses are "low-key" and hard-shift into a "blaring chorus", which Dillon writes, "foreshadows the Smile track 'Cabin Essence'".[4] Release and reception{{refimprove section|date=June 2014}}It was released in November 1965 as a single 45 rpm, backed by "There's No Other (Like My Baby)", and reached #15 on the Cash Box chart, #20 on Billboard. On the UPI (United Press International) chart, quoted by newspapers across the United States and in the armed forces newspaper overseas, it placed at #4. It peaked at #2 at the 'pirate' station Radio London serving the UK. In Canada, it was #7 on the national chart cited by Billboard and #10 on the official RPM chart. Across North America, of major markets, it was highly popular in Boston (#2), Minneapolis-St Paul and Vancouver (both #3), Washington DC, Virginia Beach-Norfolk, Orlando and Fresno (all #5), Hartford (#7), Baltimore and Pittsburgh (both #9); also lower top ten in Seattle, Denver, Milwaukee and Pittsburgh, and across the South in Houston, San Antonio, Birmingham, Orlando and St Joseph.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}} As radio stations preferred to avoid dead air time, the song was poorly received by them,[2][7] which may account for its relatively low chart rating among their other singles of the period, including "California Girls" and "Barbara Ann".{{citation needed|date=June 2014}} Capitol Records' rushed release of "Barbara Ann" in December ruined any chance "The Little Girl I Once Knew" had of continuing up the charts.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}} Just after its release, John Lennon gave it a favorable review: {{quote| "This is the greatest! Turn it up, turn it right up. It's GOT to be a hit. It's the greatest record I've heard for weeks. It's fantastic. I hope it will be a hit. It's all Brian Wilson. He just uses the voices as instruments. He never tours or anything. He just sits at home thinking up fantastic arrangements out of his head. Doesn't even read music. You keep waiting for the fabulous breaks. Great arrangement. It goes on and on with all different things. I hope it's a hit so I can hear it all the time."[4][8] }}It is the last new original song the group released before the album Pet Sounds, and was not included on any mainline Beach Boys album, but has since been collected on several anthologies (its first LP appearance being volume 3 of the group's Best Of series) and as a bonus track on reissues of Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!).{{citation needed|date=June 2014}} VariationsAn alternate take of the song was released in 2001 on the rarities collection Hawthorne, CA, along with session highlights.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}} Personnel{{expand list|date=August 2014}}
References1. ^Badman, Keith. The Beach Boys. The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band: On Stage and in the Studio Backbeat Books, San Francisco, California, 2004. {{ISBN|0-87930-818-4}} p. 104 2. ^1 2 {{cite web|last1=Greenwalkd|first1=Matthew|title=Song review|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/the-little-girl-i-once-knew-mt0008052596|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=19 June 2014}} 3. ^{{cite web|last1=Doe|first1=Andrew G.|title=GIGS65|url=http://esquarterly.com/bellagio/gigs65.html|accessdate=19 June 2014}} 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 {{cite book|last=Dillon|first=Mark|title=Fifty Sides of the Beach Boys: The Songs That Tell Their Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QAP0yVAVq3YC|year=2012|publisher=ECW Press|isbn=978-1-77090-198-8|ref=harv}} 5. ^{{cite journal|first=Jacopo|last=Benci|title=Brian Wilson interview|journal=Record Collector|date=January 1995|issue=185|location=UK}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Brian Answer's Fans' Questions In Live Q&A|url=http://www.brianwilson.com/news/2014/1/29/brian-answers-fans-questions-in-live-qa|accessdate=27 June 2014|date=January 29, 2014}} 7. ^1 2 {{cite AV media notes| title = Today/Summer Days | others= The Beach Boys| year = 1990| first = David| last = Leaf|authorlink=David Leaf|publisher=Capitol Records|type=CD Liner|url=http://albumlinernotes.com/Today_Summer_Days.html}} 8. ^{{cite book|last1=Lambert|first1=Philip|title=Inside the Music of Brian Wilson|page=218}} External links
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