Surfer Girl

Retrospective professional reviews
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Blender	^[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[3]
Rolling Stone	^[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[5]

Surfer Girl is the third album by the American rock band The Beach Boys, released September 16, 1963 on Capitol Records. The album reached number 7 in the US during a chart stay of 56 weeks. This was the first album by the group for which Brian Wilson was given sole production credit. In the UK, it was released in early 1967 and reached number 13.

In 2017, Surfer Girl was ranked the 193rd greatest album of the 1960s by Pitchfork.^[6]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocal(s)	Length
1.	“Surfer Girl”	Brian Wilson	B. Wilson	2:26
2.	“Catch a Wave”	B. Wilson Mike Love	Love B. Wilson	2:07
3.	“The Surfer Moon”	B. Wilson	B. Wilson	2:11
4.	“South Bay Surfer (The Old Folks at Home)”	Stephen Foster B. Wilson Dennis Wilson Al Jardine	Love B. Wilson	1:45
5.	“The Rocking Surfer”	B. Wilson	instrumental	2:00
6.	“Little Deuce Coupe”	B. Wilson Roger Christian	Love	1:38

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocal(s)	Length
1.	“In My Room”	B. Wilson Gary Usher	B. Wilson	2:11
2.	“Hawaii”	B. Wilson Love	Love B. Wilson	1:59
3.	“Surfer′s Rule”	B. Wilson Love	D. Wilson B. Wilson	1:54
4.	“Our Car Club”	B. Wilson Love	Love B. Wilson	2:22
5.	“Your Summer Dream”	B. Wilson Bob Norberg	B. Wilson	2:27
6.	“Boogie Woodie”	B. Wilson	instrumental	1:56
Total length:				25:30

1990/2001 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocal(s)	Length
13.	“Fun, Fun, Fun” (single version)	B. Wilson Love	Love	2:21
14.	“In My Room” (German version)	B. Wilson Usher	B. Wilson	2:20
15.	“I Do”	B. Wilson Christian	Love B. Wilson	3:06
Total length:				33:17

Notes

Mike Love was not originally credited for “Catch a Wave” and “Hawaii”. His credits were awarded after a 1994 court case.^[7]
Some reissues of the album omit “Little Deuce Coupe” and “Our Car Club”.^[7]

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1963	US Billboard 200^[8]	7
1967	UK Top 40 Albums^[9]	13

Surfer Girl at Discogs (list of releases)