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}} "Little Deuce Coupe" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Roger Christian. Its main melody is a twelve-bar blues. The song first appeared as the b-side to The Beach Boys' 1963 single "Surfer Girl". It was released on the ''Surfer Girl'' album and then again as the title track of the album ''Little Deuce Coupe''. "Surfer Girl" reached #7 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, while "Little Deuce Coupe" became The Beach Boys' highest charting b-side, making it to #15. It was the first of the Beach Boys' b-sides to receive a million spins on US radio. Internationally, it was reported by a French internet publication to be the 20th biggest hit of 1963 in that country. A Christmas-themed spin-off, "Little Saint Nick", was released by the group as a single later in the year. ==Composition== The music was written by Brian Wilson with the lyric by local radio station DJ Roger Christian; it typified the Beach Boys' car songs which along with surfing, glamorized the teenage 1960s Californian lifestyle later called the California Myth. The car referred to is the Ford Model 18; the 1932 coupe model was referred to as a "deuce coupe". There was also a roadster that year. Contrary to popular belief it was not a Model B. The Model B had four cylinders, but the Model 18 had the first Ford flathead V8 engine (221 cu. in.). Model 18s and Bs were readily available and easily modified, as auto enthusiasts (or "hot rodders") removed spare weight and improved the engine. Brian Wilson commented on the song in the liner notes of the 1990 CD re-release of the original ''Surfer Girl'' album: "We loved doing 'Little Deuce Coupe'. It was a good 'shuffle' rhythm, which was not like most of the rhythms of the records on the radio in those days. It had a bouncy feel to it. Like most of our records, it had a competitive lyric. This record was my favorite Beach Boys car song." According to author Jon Stebbins in his book ''The Lost Beach Boy'', while the group was on tour in July 1963 Mike Love hit on the idea to use short instrumental segments of the song in the Beach Boys' live set as a way to introduce the bandmembers to the audience, starting with Dennis Wilson on drums, then adding David Marks (and later Al Jardine) on rhythm guitar, Carl Wilson on lead guitar, and finally Brian on the bass, before launching the song from the top. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Little Deuce Coupe (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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