Be True to Your School
"Be True to Your School" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1963 album Little Deuce Coupe. Written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, it was issued as a single on October 28, 1963. There are two versions of this song: the album version, and the single version, which added cheerleader yells by the girl group The Honeys in between verses. The song features the melody of the University of Wisconsin's fight song, "On, Wisconsin!", although it is a tribute to Hawthorne High School, which the Wilson brothers attended. Hawthorne High School's fight song uses the same melody as "On, Wisconsin!".
| "Be True to Your School" | ||||
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| Single by the Beach Boys | ||||
| from the album Little Deuce Coupe | ||||
| B-side | "In My Room" | |||
| Released | October 28, 1963 | |||
| Recorded | September 1963 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 2:10 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
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| Producer(s) | Brian Wilson | |||
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The cover photo for this single (and for the associated album Little Deuce Coupe) included member David Marks but not Al Jardine, though Jardine had returned to create a six-member band for the recording sessions for this single and album. This single, with its B-side "In My Room", were the last two of eight charting Beach Boys songs to include Marks in the 1960s.