Be True To Your School (Single)

I never ever listen to this song, because my opinion is that those who think high school was the best time in their life should be dragged out into the street and beaten senseless, but I digress. This version is far superior to the others, and it still is another catchy Beach Boys song from their "golden age". Enjoy it if you must, since it's still the Beach Boys.

The single version is distinguished in many ways from the album version, with two changes being the most obvious. In the single, a trio of "cheerleaders" add "Do it again, do it again, we like it, we like it" and "Push 'em back, push 'em back, way back" at the end of certain lines in the song. These girls are The Honeys, composed of Brian Wilson's wife Marilyn Rovell (mother of Wendy and Carnie), her sister Diane, and a friend whose name I forget. The other big difference is that the single has an instrumental bridge, while the album version has no bridge at all. To this day, this song remains one of the group's most energetic and to a great extent, the lyrics are still applicable, even in the violent AUSTN (African-American Urban Street Thug) culture pervading MTV and today's American public schools.