Album: Shut Down, Vol. 2 (1964)

Charted: 5

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• Well she got her daddy's car
  And she cruised through the hamburger stand now
  Seems she forgot all about the library
  Like she told her old man now
  And with the radio blasting
  Goes cruising just as fast as she can now
  
  And she'll have fun, fun, fun
  'Til her daddy takes the T-bird away
  (Fun, fun, fun, 'til her daddy takes the T-bird away)
  
  Well the girls can't stand her
  'Cause she walks looks and drives like an ace now
  (You walk like an ace now you walk like an ace)
  She makes the Indy 500 look like a Roman chariot race now
  (You look like an ace now you look like an ace)
  A lotta guys try to catch her
  But she leads them on a wild goose chase now
  (You drive like an ace now you drive like an ace)
  
  And she'll have fun, fun, fun
  'Til her daddy takes the T-bird away
  (Fun, fun, fun, 'til her daddy takes the T-bird away)
  
  Well you knew all along
  That your dad was gettin' wise to you now
  (You shouldn't have lied now you shouldn't have lied)
  And since he took your set of keys
  You've been thinking that your fun is all through now
  (You shouldn't have lied now you shouldn't have lied)
  
  But you can come along with me
  'Cause we gotta a lot of things to do now
  (You shouldn't have lied now you shouldn't have lied)
  
  And we'll have fun, fun, fun now that daddy took the T-bird away
  (Fun, fun, fun, now that daddy took the T-bird away)
  And we'll have fun, fun, fun now that daddy took the T-bird away
  (Fun, fun, fun, now that daddy took the T-bird away)
  (Wo wo wo wo woo woo woo)
  (Fun, fun, now that daddy took the T-bird away)
  (Fun, fun, now that daddy took the T-bird away)
  (Fun, fun, now that daddy took the T-bird away)
  (Fun, fun, now that daddy took the T-bird away)
  (Fun, fun, now that daddy took the T-bird away)
  (Fun, fun, now that daddy took the T-bird away) Writer/s: Brian Wilson, Michael Love
  Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 28

• Carol from Highlands, NjI didn't know anyone else connected to this song, but my first car was 1960 silver t-bird shiny rocket ship of a car. Loved it. It was so sharp looking. Neighbors and their kids would come and look at it every day. Played - Till Daddy Took the T-Bird on the radio while I drove around town with friends. At that time to me it was a rocket ship. Never had so much fun growing up in the 60s with that car. So, Fun Fun Fun as the songs says. Believe me it was the best time. Fit the song perfectly. Great song.
• Richard from OntarioJust a super fun song... I love the intro, one of the best ever imo.
• Rick Morrow from CaliforniaThere are a lot of stories from a lot of girls whose father owned a T-Bird and were caught going to the hamburger stand when they were only supposed to be going to the library. One thing can be said for certain is that the Beach Boys got around.
• Just Look What Cheap Makeup And The Internet Have Done To You from 92252I just needed to look up lyrics and found these messy comments, some by seniors! You win nothing by arguing about some bands muse from the 60s. Id believe a pinch of every story unless I hear it from the band....or your mother...or aunt....or next door neighbor. I thoroughly enjoyed the comments though. So much that i took screenshots and showed my 12 year old how boomers handle the interwebz
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1964 {April 18th} the Beach Boys performed "Fun, Fun, Fun" on the ABC-TV Saturday-afternoon program, 'American Bandstand'*...
  At the time the song was at position #33 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, four weeks earlier it had peaked at #5 {for 1 week} and it spent eleven weeks on the Top 100...
  And on the same 'Bandstand' show the group also performed "Don't Worry Baby", on June 28th, 1964 it peaked at #24 {for 1 week} and stayed on the chart for ten weeks...
  * The theme of this episode of 'Bandstand' was a 'Tribute to the Beatles', only Beatles songs were played and a clip of their first arrival in American two months earlier...
  And on April 18th, 1964 the Fab Four were at #1 with "Can't Buy Me Love" and at #2 with "Twist and Shout", plus they had ten other records on the Top 100 at the time...
• Tom from Nj, UsaFun, Fun, Fun by Jan & Dean?
• Jerri from Seattle This song was written for my cousin's T-Bird. She lived in Inglewood and went to Morningside High School. She dated the drummer. This story sounds just like the other one about the girl in Inglewood. My uncle was an electrician, and built a house in Palos Verdes and moved there around 1967.
• Becky from Salt Lake City, UtShirley Johnson England is my neighbor and a very close friend. I have heard this story from her firsthand. She did go to the library, however she didn't take the T-Bird straight back to the radio station like she was supposed to. Her dad, Howard Johnson, the owner of KNAK (a very popular radio station with the teenagers and early 20's crowd) did like the Beach Boys very much, so they came to Salt Lake fairly often and he promoted them a lot. Mr. Johnson was also on the staff at the University of Utah, so he had a very desirable parking pass on the T-Bird. I think he was on the faculty, but I can't remember for sure. That's why Shirley had the T-Bird. After she was finished with her classes she would drive to the radio station and give the T-Bird back, then take her car. She was inside the radio station around the time she got grounded from the T-Bird and the Beach Boys overheard her talking about it with someone. They asked her for the whole story. The lyrics to that song were literally written in the backseat of a car on the way to the Salt Lake Airport. I don't know why Mr. Wilson would find anything about that song inappropriate, but I guess I know Shirley and he didn't. I may not have been born yet, but I know that Shirley wasn't "that kind of girl". She loves to play pranks and have fun, but it's all good, clean fun. If it's true that she fell in love with a guy in 1964, then that would be her husband whom she has been married to for over 50 years. She thinks it's hilarious that her grandchildren think she's famous! I tell her that they are right.
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn February 9th 1964, "Fun, Fun, Fun" by the Beach Boys entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #69; and on March 15th it peaked at #5 (for 1 week) and spent 11 weeks on the Top 100 (and for 4 of those 11 weeks it was on the Top 10)...
  The week it was at #5 the Beatles held the top three spots on the Top 100 (#1. "She Loves You", #2. "I Want To Hold Your Hand", and #3. "Please Please Me")...
  The Beach Boys next release following "Fun, Fun, Fun" became their first #1 record, "I Get Around"...
  R.I.P. Dennis Wilson (1944-1983), and Carl Wilson (1946-1998).
• Dt from Gulf Breeze, FlI saw the BB live a few times in the 70's & early 80's and this would always be the final song in their encore set. The whole audience would all join in with "wooo, awoooo" as the BB continued singing the "Fun, Fun, Fun" chorus. Great live show, lots of fun. Fun. Fun.
• Nan from Ho Ho Kus, NjLots of people want to "claim" the subject of this song as someone they're related to or know. The real story is about Marianne, who attended Hollywood High with the Beach Boys. Her dad owned a car dealership and when one of his customer's order of a T-bird came in, in the wrong color (pink), he immediately wanted a refund. Marianne begged her father to give her the car and he relented, hence the song.
• Richard from Fountain Green, UtThe real story takes place in Salt Lake City where the girl's dad was the manager of a radio station. The father liked the Beach Boys and promoted them. The Beach Boys happened to be at the station the the day that the daughter was complaining that the T-Bird had been taken away cuz she didn't got to the library the night before, as she had told her dad she was going to do. She and a friend had instead, snuck off to a hamburger joint to hang out, and got caught. Brian and the band were being driven to the airport after overhearing the lamenting, and wrote the song while in route. See: https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-beach-boys/fun-fun-fun and: http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=886044 and finally: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/635154125/Beach-Boys-are-fun-fun-fun-friends.html
• George from Belleville, NjI like this song.It has energy,it's very catchy to listen to.It's about fun as the title suggests,and the music reflects that.Another Beach Boys classic.
• Cary from Hawthorne, CaI see many posts here about the infamous girl the song is so written about. Her name is Hesselyn Mcknight. She grew up in modest Inglewood CA, with 2 sisters, Jackelyn and Jerrie, Dad was a plumber and owned a T-Bird. She attended HHS, grad 1962, and dated drummer Dennis Wilson whom wrote the song. These are the true facts. Thanks for your support cousin Paul of Torrance CA. Maybe someday we can help get the recognition to the right person. By the way, she is my Mother.
• Maryann from Upland, CaI grew up with the Beach Boys in Hawthorne Ca and remember the nights we would cruise Hawthorne Blvd from the A&w to the Witch Stand in Inglewood. My gf' sister dated Dennis Wilson and she was just middle class. I would take my dad's Chevy out cruising til he took the keys away from me many times. We would sit on the console or the middle of the front seat so we would be almost on top of our guys with teased up hair, until the surfer look became more popular...those were the days..much simpler than now. The Beach Boys wrote most of their songs about growing up in the south bay in those days.
• Stephen from Melbourne, AustraliaI used to use a program called bluewave offline mail reader back in the old BBS days of the 80s and early to mid 1990s, and it had a function called taglines or signatures which you could put at the bottom of your messages. One of the tag lines you could pick from was "Fun, Fun, Fun, til her daddy takes her bluewave away!
• Jack from Ridgewood,this song was about my moms aunt she was friends with the beach boys............ and i dont care if u dont belive me
• Bob from Brigham City, UtThis song was written when the band was at a radio station in Salt Lake City. The daughter of the station owner borrowed her fathers T-bird saying she was going to the library, but instead she went cruising on State Street. When the dad found out; he took the T-bird away, but then the Beach Boys took her out for a drive, and therfore she had fun once the T-bird was taken away. The amazing part was that the song was written in just a few minutes. The girl has since made many appearances on TV, usualy when the Beach Boys are playing somewhere in the State.
• Paul from Torrance, CaFun, Fun, Fun.
  This is NOT about a Girl from Palos Verdes.
  She went to Hawthorne High school. She did not come from a rich family. She came from a typical blue collar family who lived in Inglewood, CA. She along with Her 2 sisters went to Hawthorne High with Dennis Wilson. This is the REAL fun fun fun girl despite all the hype you hear. I should know, its my Aunt.
• Janet from Los Angeles, CaThe view from the Witch Stand was very impressive. You could see as far away as Catalina Island when you drove in from Los Angeles by way of La Brea Ave. Very romantic.
  
  Janet, Palos Verdes Estates, California
• Josh from Torontodon't listen to live...you'll go deaf listening to the fans lol...the girls, rather
• Tom from North Attleboro, MaGary, Auckland, New Zealand: "far more dynamic than 'Johnny B Goode' or the Beatles for that matter" THIS IS YOUR OPINION.
• Jonathan from Johnstown, PaAwesome song!
  To me, it sounds like the intro was copied from "Roll Over Beethoven"!
• Gary from Auckland, New ZealandThis song isn't about the lyrics at all -- It's just a great recording, musically -- far more dynamic than 'Johnny B Goode' or the Beatles for that matter. The French cover version in 1964 changed the scene of the crime from the hamburger stand to smoking cigarettes -- so it wasn't about T-birds or hamburgers either. It was still the same song, just not nearly as well done. Nationally it came in behind three Beatles and a Four Seasons -- but regionally it usually knocked a few of these off: #1 in Washington DC, Boston and Buffalo, #2 in the Twin Cities, #3 in Chicago, Montreal, Vancouver and Pittsburgh and #4 in Los Angeles.
• Fay from Stafford, EnglandI love the version that status quo did of this with the beach boys
• Moss from Hawthorne, CaIn those days, the kids from HHS would tell their parents they were going to the Hawthorne city library, which was close to the police station and about a block from Hawthorne Boulevard, a popular cruising strip in Southern California. I can't remember if it was Tuesday or Wednesday nights but it was "study night" at the library. Of course, what most of the kids were doing was just meeting at the library so they could cruise Hawthorne Boulevard together between A&W and the Witch Stand. One of the things that would happen when parents found out their kids were cruising the Blvd and not studying at the library was to take their car keys from them for a while, hence - "...we'll have fun, fun, fun, now that daddy took the T-Bird away..."
• Casie from Denver, CoIts like a tipical story. The dad always wants her daughter to stay away from boys like that and that she is too young for guys that she should concentrate on her studies but she totally forgot about going to the library and theres the popular guy at school asking her to join on this reall cool car so he drives her for a spin and has the time of her life with this guy.
• Ned from Calgary, CanadaIn the ABC movie "Summer Dreams" The Beach Boys get out of a recording session and Denis hooks up with a girl driving a T-Bird. Mike Love said "she'll have fun till your daddy takes that T-bird away." Then (without Denis) the band went back into the recording studio to write the song.

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