Wiki sagt:
„When the single was released in 1963, the record only listed Brian Wilson as the composer although the song was published by Arc Music, Chuck Berry’s publisher. Later releases, beginning with Best of The Beach Boys in 1966, listed Chuck Berry as the songwriter. (…) Despite tensions with Berry at the time, Carl Wilson said the Beach Boys „ran into Chuck Berry in Copenhagen and he told us he loves ‚Surfin‘ U.S.A.‘.“
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