Forever (Beach Boys song)

Single | Name = Cool, Cool Water/Forever |

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Artist = The Beach Boys | from Album = Sunflower| Released = February, 1971 | Format = Vinyl |

  Recorded       = Unknown |

Genre = Rock |

  Length         = Unknown |

Label = Brother Records | Producer = Brian Wilson |

  Chart position = never charted|
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Last single = "Tears In The Morning"/"It's About Time"
(1970)| This single = "Cool, Cool Water"/"Forever"
(1971)| Next single = "Wouldn't It Be Nice (live)"
(1971)|}}

Forever is the title of a song written by Dennis Wilson and his close friend, Gregg Jakobson. It was released in 1970 as the ninth track on The Beach Boys Sunflower album.

Notably, Brian Wilson, (the brother of Dennis, and generally considered the genius behind the Beach Boys), declared "Forever has to be the most harmonically beautiful thing I've ever heard, It's a rock and roll prayer."

An A cappella of the original version of the song was included on The Beach Boys Hawthorne, CA anthology album.

On their 1992 album Summer in Paradise The Beach Boys released another version with Full House star John Stamos singing lead vocals instead of the writer and original singer of the song, Dennis Wilson, who had died in 1983.

Details

Written by: Dennis Wilson/Gregg Jakobson
Album: Sunflower/Summer in Paradise
Time: 2 min 40 sec
Produced by: The Beach Boys

Performers

Dennis Wilson: Lead Vocals
Brian Wilson: Backing Vocals
Carl Wilson: Backing Vocals
Mike Love: Backing Vocals

Cover versions

*American Spring on their (1972) album Spring

See also

*The Beach Boys
*Sunflower
*Summer in Paradise
*List of songs by The Beach Boys