Surf's Up

original song written by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks for US band The Beach Boys
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q54959219
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Surf's Up

Summary

Surf's Up is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (451 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Surf's Up's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Surf's Up's instance of is recorded as single[4].
  • Surf's Up's composer is recorded as Brian Wilson[5].
  • Surf's Up's composer is recorded as Van Dyke Parks[6].
  • Surf's Up's genre is progressive pop[7].
  • Surf's Up was performed by The Beach Boys[8].
  • Among the performers on Surf's Up was The Beach Boys[9].
  • Surf's Up's record label is recorded as Brother Records[10].
  • Surf's Up's record label is recorded as Reprise Records[11].
  • Surf's Up's place of publication is recorded as United States[12].
  • Surf's Up is part of list of songs recorded by the Beach Boys[13].
  • Surf's Up is part of The Beach Boys singles discography[14].
  • Surf's Up is part of The Beach Boys US singles discography[15].
  • Surf's Up's language of work or name is recorded as English[16].
  • Surf's Up was distributed by 7″ single[17].
  • Surf's Up was published on November 29, 1971[18].
  • Surf's Up's tracklist is recorded as Surf's Up[19].
  • Surf's Up's tracklist is recorded as Don't Go Near the Water[20].
  • Surf's Up's lyricist is recorded as Brian Wilson[21].
  • Surf's Up's lyricist is recorded as Van Dyke Parks[22].
  • Surf's Up's catalog is recorded as GEMA Repertoire[23].
  • Surf's Up's catalog is recorded as SGAE repertory[24].
  • Surf's Up's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Surf's Up"}[25].
  • Surf's Up's different from is recorded as Surf's Up[26].
  • Surf's Up's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+2'}[27].

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[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: cef27d15-7663-304c-a9b9-eea311ec3b14[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include The Beach Boys[8].

Publication

Surf's Up was released on November 29, 1971[18]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[16]. Its genre is progressive pop[7]. Part of include list of songs recorded by the Beach Boys[13], a Wikimedia list of songs by performer[30]; The Beach Boys singles discography[14]; and The Beach Boys US singles discography[15]. It was distributed by 7″ single[17].

Why It Matters

Surf's Up ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (451 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Retrieved . 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.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 21d ago · TangoAF · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of musical work/composition, single
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q105543609]], Moving to [[Q139831429]]"
  2. 5w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Catalog GEMA Repertoire, SGAE repertory
    Part of
    Tracklist Surf's Up, Don't Go Near the Water
    Record label Brother Records, Reprise Records
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0709404396, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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