Yes,a great song but certainly not the greatest. Not even close.
Music is one of those things where you can easily point it out if it’s bad. But picking a “best” or “favorite” is tough. But this song makes it onto my list.
bono shcmono.
I like it except for that “bah bah bah bah bah, baaaah bah bah” part. You’re going down a silky smooth road and then hit a pothole.
Ridiculous to say that it is the best song of all time, there is no song that is the best of all time.
That said, God only knows is a great song!
Nice song but doesn’t bowl me over. I will say it’s a really beautiful studio recording.
As I’ve said before, that song is “a pleasant little ditty”, but I have never understood the awe and the marvel many get from this song. Why? Maybe you have to be somebody who works with music and has tried to master complex chords to fully appreciate it.
Meh! Only Rick Beato’s opinion matters.
Great song and they had many, but I prefer “Wouldn’t It Be Nice.”
It was done very well in Bioshock Infinite in a barbershop quartet style.
https://youtu.be/x7ogV49WGco?feature=shared
Im going to concur and say that I consider it probably the most poignant and musically perfect pop song ever written. It’s pure genius.
Saw a Beach Boys documentary recently about the album “Pet Sounds”.
There was a point the Beatles were in California and met with them and they all listened to the whole album a couple of times.
John Lennon said God Only Knows was “the perfect song”......quite the endorsement wouldn’t you say. 😏
I don’t know if it’s the best song *I* think was ever written, but to win such high praise from Jimmy Webb is something I take seriously.
I’ll go have a listen. Sure miss my stereo.
It's a cool song, but I thought many others were better. Several are at the playlist link.
The Beach Boys always left me cold. With a few exceptions (i.e. Sloop John B) their music all sounds pretty much the same. Surfing, hot rods and highs school get tapped out pretty quickly.
Sympathy for the Devil
Always liked the echoe-y French horn, harpsichord, and flutes.
It is a good song, but there a tons of songs to compete with it.
I love “God Only Knows”; but I think it’s a cut beneath “The Warmth of the Sun”. “Surfer Girl” and “In My Room” are up there, too.