Slip On Through

1970 single by the Beach Boys

"Slip On Through"

Single by the Beach Boys

from the album Sunflower

B-side

"This Whole World"

Released

June 29, 1970

Recorded

c. October 1–13, 1969

Studio

Beach Boys Studio, Los Angeles

Genre

Rock

Length

2:17

Label

Brother/Reprise

Songwriter(s)

Dennis Wilson, Gregg Jakobson

Producer(s)

The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys singles chronology

"Cotton Fields"
(1970)

"Slip On Through"
(1970)

"Tears in the Morning"
(1970)

Music video

"Slip On Through" on YouTube

Audio sample

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"Slip On Through" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1970 album Sunflower. Written by Dennis Wilson and Gregg Jakobson, it was issued as a single with the B-side "This Whole World". It did not chart.

Authorship

"Slip On Through" was originally credited to Dennis Wilson alone. After Brother Records archive manager Alan Boyd consulted with Wilson's publishing and estate, a credit for Gregg Jakobson was added to the song on the 2021 compilation Feel Flows.^[1]

Recording

An early version of the song was recorded at Gold Star Studios in Hollywood. The final version was recorded at the Beach Boys' studio on October 6, 1969.^[2]

Reception

Brian Wilson said, "It was a really dynamic song. Dennis, I was very proud of, because he really rocked and rolled on that one. Dennis did really interesting energetic things on that."^[3]

Record World said that "a combination of the old and new Beach Boy sound is fantastic."^[4]

Personnel

Sourced from Craig Slowinski.^[5]

The Beach Boys

Al Jardine – backing vocals
Mike Love – backing vocals
Brian Wilson – backing vocals
Carl Wilson – backing vocals, rhythm guitar
Dennis Wilson – lead and backing vocals, piano, additional guitar through Leslie speaker, production; cowbell (uncertain)
Bruce Johnston – backing vocals

Additional musicians and production staff

Jack Conrad – lead guitar
Daryl Dragon – bass
Dennis Dragon – drums, congas
John Audino – trumpet
Tony Terran – trumpet
Stephen Desper – engineer

References

^ alanboyd (August 31, 2021). "FEEL FLOWS Q&A with ALAN BOYD and MARK LINETT - Aug 31, 2021". Endless Harmony Forum.
^ Hoisington, John. "Recording 'Sunflower'". Archived from the original on 2014-08-10.
^ White, Timothy (2000). Sunflower/Surf's Up (CD Liner). The Beach Boys. Capitol Records.
^ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Record World. July 4, 1970. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
^ Slowinski, Craig (Summer 2020). "Sunflower: 50 Year Anniversary Special Edition (Issue 130, Volume 33, No. 3)". Endless Summer Quarterly Magazine (Magazine). Charlotte, North Carolina, USA: David Beard.

External links

Slip On Through (Alternate 1969 Mix With Session Intro) on YouTube

Sunflower

Songs

Side one	"Slip On Through" "This Whole World" "Add Some Music to Your Day" "Got to Know the Woman" "Deirdre" "It's About Time"
Side two	"Tears in the Morning" "All I Wanna Do" "Forever" "Our Sweet Love" "At My Window" "Cool, Cool Water"

Outtakes

"Back Home"
"Carnival"
"Fallin' in Love"
"Loop de Loop (Flip Flop Flyin' in an Aeroplane)"
"Games Two Can Play"
"Good Time"
"I'm Going Your Way"
"I Just Got My Pay"
"Raspberries, Strawberries"
"San Miguel"
"Soulful Old Man Sunshine"
"Susie Cincinnati"
"Take a Load Off Your Feet"
"When Girls Get Together"

Surfin' Safari
Surfin' U.S.A.
Surfer Girl
Little Deuce Coupe
Shut Down Volume 2
All Summer Long
The Beach Boys' Christmas Album
The Beach Boys Today!
Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
Beach Boys' Party!
Pet Sounds
Smiley Smile
Wild Honey
Friends
20/20
Sunflower
Surf's Up
Carl and the Passions – "So Tough"
Holland
15 Big Ones
The Beach Boys Love You
M.I.U. Album
L.A. (Light Album)
Keepin' the Summer Alive
The Beach Boys
Still Cruisin'
Summer in Paradise
Stars and Stripes Vol. 1
That's Why God Made the Radio

The Beach Boys singles

1960s

1961	"Surfin'" / "Luau"
1962	"Surfin' Safari" / "409" "Ten Little Indians" / "County Fair"
1963	"Surfin' U.S.A." / "Shut Down" "Surfer Girl" / "Little Deuce Coupe" "Be True to Your School" / "In My Room" "Little Saint Nick" / "The Lord's Prayer"
1964	"Fun, Fun, Fun" / "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" "I Get Around" / "Don't Worry Baby" "When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)" / "She Knows Me Too Well" "Dance, Dance, Dance" / "The Warmth of the Sun" "The Man with All the Toys" / "Blue Christmas"
1965	"Do You Wanna Dance?" / "Please Let Me Wonder" "Help Me, Rhonda" / "Kiss Me, Baby" "California Girls"/ "Let Him Run Wild" "The Little Girl I Once Knew" / "There's No Other (Like My Baby)" "Barbara Ann" / "Girl Don't Tell Me"
1966	"Sloop John B" / "You're So Good to Me" "Wouldn't It Be Nice" / "God Only Knows" "Good Vibrations" / "Let's Go Away for Awhile"
1967	"Then I Kissed Her" / "Mountain of Love" "Heroes and Villains" / "You're Welcome" "Wild Honey" / "Wind Chimes" "Darlin'" / "Here Today"
1968	"Friends" / "Little Bird" "Do It Again" / "Wake the World" "Bluebirds over the Mountain" / "Never Learn Not to Love"
1969	"I Can Hear Music" / "All I Want to Do" "Break Away" / "Celebrate the News"

1970s

1970	"Add Some Music to Your Day" / "Susie Cincinnati" "Cottonfields" / "The Nearest Faraway Place" "Slip On Through" / "This Whole World" "Tears in the Morning" / "It's About Time"
1971	"Cool, Cool Water" / "Forever" "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (live) / "The Times They Are a-Changin'" (by Merry Clayton) "Long Promised Road" / "Deirdre" "Long Promised Road" / "'Til I Die" "Student Demonstration Time" / "Don't Go Near the Water" "Surf's Up" / "Don't Go Near the Water"
1972	"You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone" / "Cuddle Up" "Marcella" / "Hold On Dear Brother"
1973	"Sail On, Sailor" / "Only with You" "California Saga/California" / "Funky Pretty"
1974	"Surfin' U.S.A." / "The Warmth of the Sun" "Child of Winter (Christmas Song)" / "Susie Cincinnati"
1975	"Sail On, Sailor" / "Only with You"
1976	"Rock and Roll Music" / "T M Song" "It's O.K." / "Had to Phone Ya" "Everyone's in Love with You" / "Susie Cincinnati"
1977	"Honkin' Down the Highway" / "Solar System"
1978	"Peggy Sue" / "Hey Little Tomboy"
1979	"Here Comes the Night" / "Baby Blue" "Good Timin'" / "Love Surrounds Me" "Lady Lynda" / "Full Sail" "It's a Beautiful Day" / "Sumahama"

1980s

1980	"Goin' On" / "Endless Harmony" "Livin' with a Heartache" / "Santa Ana Winds"
1981	"The Beach Boys Medley" / "God Only Knows" "Come Go with Me" / "Don't Go Near the Water"
1985	"Getcha Back" / "Male Ego" "It's Gettin' Late" / "It's O.K." "She Believes in Love Again" / "It's Just a Matter of Time"
1986	"Rock 'n' Roll to the Rescue" / "Good Vibrations" (live) "California Dreamin'" / "Lady Liberty"
1987	"Happy Endings" (with Little Richard) / "California Girls" (live)
1988	"Kokomo" / "Tutti Frutti" (Little Richard)
1989	"Still Cruisin'" / "Kokomo"

1990s

1990	"Somewhere Near Japan" / "Kokomo" "Problem Child" / "Problem Child (Instrumental)"
1992	"Hot Fun in the Summertime" / "Summer of Love"
1996	"I Just Wasn't Made for These Times" / "Wouldn't It Be Nice" / "Here Today"

2010s

2011	"Good Vibrations" / "Heroes and Villains" "Don't Fight the Sea" / "Friends"
2012	"That's Why God Made the Radio" / "That's Why God Made the Radio" (instrumental) "Isn't It Time" / Live in Chicago