| "Hey Little Tomboy" | ||||
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| Single bythe Beach Boys | ||||
| from the albumM.I.U. Album | ||||
| A-side | "Peggy Sue" | |||
| Released | August 28, 1978 (1978-08-28) | |||
| Recorded | October 1976 (1976-10)–1978 (1978) | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 2:27 | |||
| Songwriter | Brian Wilson | |||
| Producer | Brian Wilson | |||
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"Hey Little Tomboy" is a song by American rock bandthe Beach Boys from their 1978 albumM.I.U. Album. Written byBrian Wilson, the song was to be included as a track onAdult/Child before the album was scrapped.[1] It was also issued as the B-side to their single "Peggy Sue".
Early recording sessions for the song were held in August and October 1976.[2] Wilson, describing "Hey Little Tomboy" as a contender for theLove You track list, said: "It's about a little girl who is sort of a roughneck, and this guy convinces her to become a pretty girl, and sure enough she slowly turns into a pretty—she starts shaving her legs and wearing short sticks—putslipstick on andmakeup. So she's a little tomboy. We're very happy with it."[3]
BiographerPeter Ames Carlin wrote: "[the song] reveled uncomfortably in an adolescent girl who is putting away her skateboard and baseball mitt to get hot and heavy with the swain portrayed byMike [Love]. … [it] may be the most unsettling moment in the entire recorded history of the Beach Boys."[4] Music criticJeff Tamarkin wrote that the song "is politically incorrect in every way by modern standards, yet its innocence and simplicity are undeniably charming".[5]
Credits are sourced from Craig Slowinski, John Brode, Will Crerar, Joshilyn Hoisington, and David Beard.[6]
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