The track was intended by Paley to sound like the Dells, a doo-wop group best known for the 1956 hit " Oh What a Nite". wow this really is going to happen!" According to Paley, "They all thought it was a hit", although he remembered Bruce Johnston commenting to him, "You might want to ask Brian about that opening lyric. First I thought: 'Wow, this could really happen.' And when Carl sang 'Soul Searchin',' it was like. Recalling the recording session with the Beach Boys, he said, "We had meetings and everything was getting rolling. Brian contributed heavily with lyrics on that one." Wilson was especially proud of that opening line. "Brian came up with the first line (recites “I was a bum…”) and we worked on it from there. The song was inspired by doo-wop group the DellsĮlaborating on the origins of "Soul Searchin '", Paley said that he had the track finished before Wilson had heard it, but not its lyrics.
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