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1966 song by The Ronettes

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"I Can Hear Music"

Single by the Ronettes

B-side

"When I Saw You"

Released

October 1966

Genre

Pop

Length

3:00

Jeff Barry

The Ronettes singles chronology

"Is This What I Get for Loving You?"
(1965)

"I Can Hear Music"
(1966)

"You Came, You Saw, You Conquered!"
(1969)

Official audio

"I Can Hear Music" on YouTube

"I Can Hear Music" is a song written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector for American girl group the Ronettes (credited as The Ronettes Featuring Veronica) in 1966. This version spent one week on the Billboard Pop chart at number 100. In early 1969, the Beach Boys released a cover version as a single from their album 20/20 (1969), peaking at number 24 in the US.

Cash Box said that "Ronnie sings a strong lead throughout the teen-oriented, emotion filled tune which is effectively backed by throbbing sounds." Record World described it as a "slow but torrid goodie."

The Beach Boys version

"I Can Hear Music"

Single by the Beach Boys

from the album 20/20

B-side

"All I Want to Do"

Released

March 3, 1969

Recorded

October 1, 1968

Length

2:36

The Beach Boys singles chronology

"Bluebirds over the Mountain"
(1968)

"I Can Hear Music"
(1969)

"Break Away"
(1969)

Official audio

"I Can Hear Music" on YouTube

"I Can Hear Music" was covered by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released on their 1969 album 20/20 with Carl Wilson on lead vocals. This version peaked at No. 24 on the US Billboard Hot 100 (their final top 40 hit until 1976). The song did best in Europe, reaching number 10 in the United Kingdom.

Within the US and Canada, it peaked on playlists in the top 5 in Boston, Houston and Dallas; No. 7 in New York and Chicago (WCFL); No. 8 in Toronto and San Diego, No. 9 in Seattle; No. 10 in Vancouver and Indianapolis; No. 11 in Los Angeles, Louisville, Providence, and Chicago (WLS); No. 12 in Milwaukee and Columbus.

Personnel

Credits from Craig Slowinski.

The Beach Boys

Al Jardine – backing vocals, guitar, handclaps
Mike Love – backing vocals, handclaps
Carl Wilson – lead vocals, guitar, handclaps, producer, tambourine?
Dennis Wilson — drums, piano, handclaps
Bruce Johnston – backing vocals, bass, Fender Rhodes electric piano, handclaps

Session musicians

Mike Kowalski – snare drum, sleigh bells

Chart history

Chart (1969)	Peak position
Australia (Go-Set)	13
Canada RPM Top Singles	34
Chile	12
Germany	13
Ireland (IRMA)	15
Malaysia	6
Netherlands	6
New Zealand (Listener)	11
Poland	7
Sweden	5
UK Singles (OCC)	10
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	24
U.S. Cash Box Top 100	20
U.S. Record World	20

Larry Lurex version

"I Can Hear Music"

Single by Larry Lurex
B-side	"Goin' Back"
Released	29 June 1973 (US)
Studio	Trident, London
Genre	Glam rock soft rock
Length	3:22
Label	EMI
Songwriter(s)	Jeff Barry Ellie Greenwich Phil Spector
Producer(s)	Robin Geoffrey Cable

Official Lyric Video
"I Can Hear Music" on YouTube

In 1973, Larry Lurex, the solo stage name of Freddie Mercury, recorded "I Can Hear Music" on the EMI label. His version peaked at #115 on the U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart.

Kathy Troccoli version

In 1996, the Beach Boys rerecorded the song, with contemporary Christian singer Kathy Troccoli on lead vocals, for their country album Stars and Stripes Vol. 1.

References

Rodriguez, Robert (2012). Revolver: How the Beatles Re-Imagined Rock 'n' Roll. Montclair: Backbeat Books. p. 252. ISBN 978-1-61713-009-0.
"I Can Hear Music – The Ronettes". Allmusic. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
"The Ronettes". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
"CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. October 1, 1966. p. 30. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
"Singles Reviews" (PDF). Record World. October 8, 1966. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
Badman, Keith. The Beach Boys. The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band: On Stage and in the Studio Backbeat Books, San Francisco, California, 2004. ISBN 0-87930-818-4 p. 29
^ "Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. 1969-04-03. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
Arsa Surveys, las-solanas.com
"I Can Hear Music". smileysmile.net.
"What Music is Being Made in This Video?".
Slowinski, Craig (Spring 2019). Beard, David (ed.). "20/20: 50 Year Anniversary Special Edition". Endless Summer Quarterly Magazine. Charlotte, North Carolina.
"Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1969-04-21. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
"The Irish Charts – Search Results – I Can Hear Music". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
"Flavour of New Zealand, 19 May 1969".
Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 – ISBN 0-89820-089-X
"Larry Lurex - I Can Hear Music". June 1, 1973 – via www.discogs.com.
Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959–2004

External links

v t e The Ronettes
Veronica Bennett Estelle Bennett Nedra Talley
Album	Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes
Singles	"Silhouettes" "Be My Baby" "Baby, I Love You" "(The Best Part of) Breakin' Up" "Do I Love You?" "Walking in the Rain" "Is This What I Get for Loving You?" "I Can Hear Music" "You Came, You Saw, You Conquered"
Songs	"The Wah-Watusi" "Frosty the Snowman" "Sleigh Ride" "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" "So Young" "What'd I Say" "Chapel of Love"
Related topics	Discography Phil Spector A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector "Why Don't They Let Us Fall in Love"

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

Category

20/20

Songs

Side one	"Do It Again" "I Can Hear Music" "Bluebirds over the Mountain" "Be with Me" "All I Want to Do" "The Nearest Faraway Place"
Side two	"Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)" "I Went to Sleep" "Time to Get Alone" "Never Learn Not to Love" "Our Prayer" "Cabinessence"

Outtakes

v t e Freddie Mercury
Discography
Studio album	Mr. Bad Guy
Collaborative album	Barcelona (with Montserrat Caballé)
Compilations	The Freddie Mercury Album The Solo Collection Lover of Life, Singer of Songs Messenger of the Gods: The Singles Never Boring
Singles	"I Can Hear Music" "Love Kills" "I Was Born to Love You" "Made in Heaven" "Living on My Own" "Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow" "Time" "The Great Pretender" "Barcelona" "The Golden Boy" "In My Defence"
Other songs	"There Must Be More to Life Than This"
Depictions	Mercury: The Afterlife and Times of a Rock God (play) Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender (documentary) Bohemian Rhapsody (film)
Related	The Hectics Sour Milk Sea Smile Queen 17473 Freddiemercury The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Mercury Phoenix Trust Cirolana mercuryi Mercurana Heteragrion freddiemercuryi Logan Place

v t e She & Him
Zooey Deschanel M. Ward Rachel Blumberg Mike Mogis Mike Coykendall
Studio albums	Volume One Volume Two A Very She & Him Christmas Volume 3 Classics Christmas Party Melt Away: A Tribute to Brian Wilson
Singles	"Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?" "In the Sun"/"I Can Hear Music" "Thieves" "I Put a Spell on You" "Baby, It's Cold Outside"
Related topics	Discography Songs list

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