*First line is the band name. 1966. As a child, the songwriter's mom told him that dogs would bark at people because of their bad vibrations. That inspired this song. His cousin and bandmate wrote the lyrics. At the time, it was the most expensive single ever produced. It hit #1. This song is always high on Rolling Stones list of the greatest rock songs of all time. Most of the song's structure and arrangement was written as it was recorded. The harmonizing earned a Grammy nomination for Best Vocal for this surfin group.