I Know There's an Answer
"I Know There's an Answer" is a song by the American pop band The Beach Boys, taken from their 1966 album Pet Sounds. It is the ninth track on the album. The song was composed and produced by Brian Wilson with the lyrics by Terry Sachen and Mike Love. The lead vocal was sung by Mike Love and Al Jardine with Brian Wilson singing lead on the choruses. The song features interesting use of a bass harmonica and a banjo.
The song was originally named "Hang On to Your Ego," but when the lyric of the chorus was changed after concerns that the LSD-related connotations of the phrase "Hang On to Your Ego" would be too controversial, the title of the song was also renamed. The subject of the revised song is the self-centeredness of people and how the singer tells them "...the way that they live could be better." The refrain of the song states "I know there's an answer/I know now but I have to find it by myself." Terry Sachen, who was the Beach Boys' road manager at the time, is given credit for co-writing the lyrics.
Details
Written by: Brian Wilson/Terry Sachen/Mike Love
Album: Pet Sounds
Time: 3 min 18 sec
Produced by: Brian Wilson
Instrumental track: recorded February 9, 1966 at Western Recorders, Hollywood, California. Engineered by Chuck Britz.
Vocals track: recorded February-March 1966 at Western Recorders, Hollywood, California.
Performers
Hal Blaine - drums
Glen Campbell - banjo
Al de Lory - tack piano
Steve Douglas - tenor saxophone
Jim Horn - tenor saxophone
Paul Horn - tenor saxophone
Al Jardine - lead vocal
Bruce Johnston - vocals
Bobby Klein - tenor saxophone
Barney Kessel - guitar
Larry Knechtel - organ
Mike Love - lead vocal
Jay Migliori - baritone saxophone
Tommy Morgan - harmonica
Ray Pohlman - bass guitar
Lyle Ritz - upright bass
Julius Wechter - percussion
Brian Wilson - lead vocal
Carl Wilson - vocals
Dennis Wilson - vocals
Translation
The phrase "I Know There's an Answer" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Spanish.
Translation in Hungarian: I Know There’s an Answer.
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