Chug-A-Lug

Album: Surfin' Safari (1962)
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Songfacts®:

  • This filler track on the Beach Boys' debut album is about a group of friends and their love for root beer. In reality, root beer actually was Dennis Wilson's favorite non-alcoholic drink to the point of obsession. >>
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    Sean - Chicago, IL

Comments: 3

  • Tom Roach from Jasper, IndianaThis would make a Great Ad jingle for Dad's Old Fashioned Root Beer!
  • Ross from Brooklyn, Nyjust a small leap to Smile!
  • Steve Dotstar from Los Angeles, Cavery early, raw formative Beach Boys sound
    found on their Surfin' Surfari(did I spell that right?)album.Better things were to come.
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