Which Beach Boys album includes the song "Disney Girls (1957)"?

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The Beach Boys album that includes “Disney Girls (1957)” is Surf’s Up.

Surf’s Up was released in 1971 during a period when the Beach Boys were moving beyond their early surf-and-car image. “Disney Girls (1957)” was written and sung by Bruce Johnston, who joined the touring Beach Boys in the mid-1960s and became an important songwriter and vocalist within the group.

The song is a deliberately nostalgic portrait of an imagined 1950s world, drawing on Disney entertainment, Patti Page-style pop, homemade wine, lemonade and a simpler version of American life. Johnston wrote it partly as a response to the darker atmosphere surrounding young audiences and the drug culture of the era.

Listeners sometimes confuse the song’s title with a release date. The “1957” refers to the nostalgic setting and imagery, not the year the recording was made. “Disney Girls (1957)” was recorded in 1971 and became one of Johnston’s most enduring Beach Boys compositions.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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