"Susie Cincinnati"
Single by the Beach Boys
from the album 15 Big Ones
A-side"Add Some Music to Your Day"
ReleasedFebruary 23, 1970 (1970-02-23)[1]
RecordedDecember 24, 1969 – February 2, 1970
StudioBeach Boys (Bel Air)
LabelBrother/Reprise
Songwriter(s)Al Jardine
Producer(s)The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"Break Away"
(1969)
"Susie Cincinnati"
(1970)
"Cottonfields"
(1970)

"Susie Cincinnati" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys that was recorded during the sessions for their 1970 album Sunflower.[2] It was written by Al Jardine about a female cab driver from Ohio.[3]

Background

Al Jardine stated in a 2022 interview, "'Susie Cincinnati' is kind of a jab at The Beatles, a 'Drive My Car' kind of thing, I enjoyed that. There wasn’t so much a rivalry with The Beatles, more of an appreciation. With Brian it might have been competition but myself, I enjoyed their work a lot."[4]

Recording

"Susie Cincinnati" was recorded at the Beach Boys' Bel Air studio on December 24, 1969 and January 7, 1970. The automobile sound effects were recorded on February 2, 1970.[5][6]

Release

The song was first issued in February 1970 as the B-side of the "Add Some Music to Your Day" single, and then again in December 1974 as the B-side of the "Child of Winter (Christmas Song)" single.[7][8] In 1976, it was included as a track on the album 15 Big Ones. Brian Wilson included it on the LP "because it's a good song", although Dennis Wilson felt that it was a "silly piece of shit".[9]

Personnel

Per liner notes.[3]

The Beach Boys

Session musicians

References

Citations

  1. Badman 2004, pp. 264, 381.
  2. White 1996, p. 315.
  3. 1 2 Diken, Dennis; Buck, Peter (2000). 15 Big Ones/Love You (booklet). The Beach Boys. California: Capitol Records.
  4. "The Beach Boys on 10 of their favourite Beach Boys songs". 24 June 2022.
  5. Doe, Andrew G. "GIGS69". Bellagio 10452. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  6. Doe, Andrew G. "GIGS70". Bellagio 10452. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  7. Badman 2004, p. 342.
  8. Matijas-Mecca 2017, p. 110.
  9. Abbott 1997, pp. 108, 110.

Bibliography

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