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"Sumahama" is a song by American rock bandthe Beach Boys from their 1979 albumL.A. (Light Album). Written byMike Love, it was lyrically inspired by his fiancée at the time, a woman named Sumako. The lyrics describe "a young girl who wants to go with her mother to a place called 'Sumahama' in search of her father."^[1] Although some of the lyrics are in Japanese, Sumako was of Korean descent.^[1]

Sumahama is also the name of a popular beach in Kobe, Japan. 'Hama' is the Japanese word for 'beach'.

It was originally written byMike Love for his unreleased solo album,First Love.^[2] When the release of that project fell through, the song was rerecorded by the Beach Boys.

The original United States LP release of theL.A. (Light Album) featured a version of "Sumahama" that faded out early during the final Japanese verse and did not feature the instrumental ending present on the later released 45 or the re-released CD version of the album. The original LP version of the song was approximately four minutes and seven seconds.^{[citation needed]}

In the U.S., "Sumahama" was released as a B-side to the single "It's a Beautiful Day".

"Sumahama" was released as a single in the UK backed with "Angel Come Home", charting at number 45.^[3]

Per Craig Slowinski.^[4]

The Beach Boys

• Mike Love – lead vocals
• Carl Wilson - backing vocals
• Bruce Johnston - backing vocals

Additional musicians

• 1979 songs
• The Beach Boys songs
• Songs written by Mike Love
• Song recordings produced by Bruce Johnston
• Song recordings produced by James William Guercio

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