The Very Best of The Beach Boys


The Very Best of the Beach Boys is an album released by the American rock and roll band The Beach Boys. The album was released by EMI in 2001 and features 30 of their greatest hits digitally remastered. The album is the first compilation of The Beach Boys that makes a full retrospective of their career, displaying their greatest hit songs, during their 40-year career. Other compilations had already been released throughout the years, but only focusing on certain time periods of the band, or focusing on their complete career, but with several volumes.

Track listing

All tracks written by Brian Wilson/Mike Love, unless otherwise noted.
  1. "Good Vibrations" – 3:37
  2. "California Girls" – 2:43
  3. "I Get Around" – 2:14
  4. "Wouldn't It Be Nice" – 2:25
  5. "Surfin' Safari" – 2:07
  6. "Fun, Fun, Fun" – 2:20
  7. "Surfin' U.S.A." – 2:29
  8. "Help Me Rhonda" – 2:47
  9. "Don't Worry Baby" – 2:50
  10. "When I Grow Up " – 2:04
  11. "Little Deuce Coupe" – 1:38
  12. "Dance, Dance, Dance" – 2:00
  13. "Little Honda" – 1:52
  14. "Do You Wanna Dance?" – 2:21
  15. "Surfer Girl" – 2:27
  16. "Then I Kissed Her" – 2:16
  17. "God Only Knows" – 2:50
  18. "Caroline, No" – 2:19
  19. "Sloop John B" – 2:55
  20. "Barbara Ann" – 2:06
  21. "Heroes and Villains" – 3:38
  22. "Do It Again" – 2:19
  23. "Darlin'" – 2:13
  24. "Wild Honey" – 2:38
  25. "Break Away" – 2:56
  26. "Rock and Roll Music" – 2:28
  27. "I Can Hear Music" – 2:37
  28. "Cotton Fields " – 3:02
  29. "Lady Lynda" – 3:58
  30. "Kokomo" – 3:37