The 45 Greatest Songs of All Time That Sparked A Cultural Reset
God Only Knows, The Beach Boys, 1966, Baroque rock
The Beach Boys were first distinguished by their vocal harmonies and adolescent-oriented music, which helped establish popular music as an art form. They also influenced genres such as psychedelia, power pop, progressive rock, and lo-fi. They gave birth to the masterpiece and their finest record ever in 1966, “God Only Knows.”
The song’s message is from a narrator’s point of view who believes that life without their loved one could only be fathomed by a higher entity. It is a Baroque-style classic that features the band’s harmonic innovation and pop-music formula. Songwriters such as Paul McCartney and Jimmy Webb regarded “God Only Knows” as their favorite song.
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