California Girls

1965 song by the Beach Boys
VisualArtwork single Q176544
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Summary

California Girls is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,207 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • California Girls's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • California Girls's genre is pop music[4].
  • California Girls followed Help Me, Rhonda[5].
  • California Girls followed Kiss Me, Baby[6].
  • California Girls was followed by The Little Girl I Once Knew[7].
  • California Girls was produced by Brian Wilson[8].
  • California Girls was performed by The Beach Boys[9].
  • California Girls's record label is recorded as Capitol Records[10].
  • California Girls's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • California Girls was published on June 28, 1965[12].
  • California Girls's lyricist is recorded as Brian Wilson[13].
  • California Girls's title is recorded as California Girls[14].
  • California Girls's has characteristic is recorded as debut single[15].
  • California Girls's single taken from the album or EP is recorded as Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!)[16].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[17]

  • Community tags: list song[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9c56c803-4e62-3c9a-a734-28bb845ebb06[19]

Body

Authorship and Creation

California Girls was performed by The Beach Boys[9]. It was produced by Brian Wilson[8].

Publication

California Girls was published on June 28, 1965[12]. Its genre is pop music[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Predecessors include Help Me, Rhonda[5] and Kiss Me, Baby[6]. California Girls was followed by The Little Girl I Once Knew[7].

Why It Matters

California Girls ranks in the top 2% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,207 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Enery the house rules · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Producer → Brian Wilson
    Performer → The Beach Boys
    Record label → —
    Single taken from the album or ep → Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!)
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Title: California Girls"
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