In My Room

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Written by: Brian Wilson, Gary Usher
Produced by: Wilson
Released: Sept. '63 on Capitol
Charts: 11 weeks
Top spot: No. 23

Though Usher wrote the lyrics, the song's conceit was pure Wilson. "Brian was always saying that his room was his whole world," Usher said. The three-part harmony on the first verse that Wilson sang with his brothers Carl and Dennis recalled the vocal bits that Brian taught them when they shared a childhood bedroom. As the Beatles had done with some hits, the Boys cut a version in German.

Appears on: Surfer Girl/Shut Down, Volume 2 (Capitol)

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