You Still Believe in Me

You Still Believe in Me is a song of the music group The Beach Boys, which was released on May 16, 1966 the album Pet Sounds. The music composed, arranged and produced Brian Wilson, in the text he was assisted by Tony Asher.

Formation

You Still Believe in Me from the early development phase (about autumn 1965) of Pet Sounds, which was thought at this time as a concept album about childhood, adolescence and the associated Beigeschmäckern. The original title of the song was In My Childhood, so the bicycle bell and the horn in the outro of the piece.

It is the first piece for which Tony Asher wrote a text. This recalled that Brian Wilson already written a text, but had an open ear for his contribution. He wrote the lyrics for probably around December 1966 1965/Januar existing Basic Track and drew on extensive interviews, which he and Wilson shared and let flow into the songs.

Recording

The instrumental track to In My Childhood was taken on November 1, 1965 in the Western Studios in Hollywood and is the first for Pet Sounds recorded and also it used Basic Track. Previously they took the same tag even the instrumental track to Trombone Dixie on that on the Pet Sounds Sessions in 1996 but remained unpublished until publication.

The November 1, 1965 therefore marks the Recording Start of Pet Sounds. The previous sessions for the single The Little Girl I Once Knew likewise correspond to the temporary album concept, but not officially regarded as a former part of the Pet Sounds project.

The intro was recorded on January 24, 1966 in the Western Studios, Hollywood. The special sound was achieved by pulling the strings in the piano, made ​​by Tony Asher, while Brian Wilson pressed the corresponding key. To achieve the right feel, Wilson Asher let the strings with all sorts of things swing like office gorges.

The song was followed in January and February 1966. Exact recording dates are not known.

Versions

• Contrary to the double (double - tracked ) lead vocals by Brian Wilson on the original 1966 mono version is to hear about it on the stereo version from 1996, only the first vote.
• A stereo mix, the instrumental and Acappellafassung ( the stereo version ) as well as highlights the instrumental session were released in 1996 on the Pet Sounds Sessions.
• A live recording from 1972/73 with Lead Vocalist Al Jardine was released in 1973 on the album In Concert