Be True to Your School

"Be True to Your School" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1963 album Little Deuce Coupe. Written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, it was issued as a single October 28, 1963.[1] The song features the melody of the University of Wisconsin's fight song, "On, Wisconsin!", although it is a tribute to Hawthorne High School, which the Wilson brothers attended. Hawthorne High School's fight song uses the same melody as "On Wisconsin".[2]

"Be True to Your School"
Single by the Beach Boys
from the album Little Deuce Coupe
B-side"In My Room"
ReleasedOctober 28, 1963
RecordedSeptember 1963
GenrePop rock
Length2:10
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Brian Wilson
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"Surfer Girl"
(1963)		 "Be True to Your School"
(1963)		 "Little Saint Nick"
(1963)
Endless Summer track listing
20 tracks
Side one
  1. "Surfin' Safari"
  2. "Surfer Girl"
  3. "Catch a Wave"
  4. "The Warmth of the Sun"
  5. "Surfin' U.S.A."
Side two
  1. "Be True to Your School"
  2. "Little Deuce Coupe"
  3. "In My Room"
  4. "Shut Down"
  5. "Fun, Fun, Fun"
Side three
  1. "I Get Around"
  2. "Girls on the Beach"
  3. "Wendy"
  4. "Let Him Run Wild"
  5. "Don't Worry Baby"
Side four
  1. "California Girls"
  2. "Girl Don't Tell Me"
  3. "Help Me, Rhonda"
  4. "You're So Good to Me"
  5. "All Summer Long"

The cover photo for this single (and for the associated album Little Deuce Coupe) included member David Marks but not Al Jardine, though Jardine had returned to create a six-member band for the recording sessions for this single and album. This single, with its B-side "In My Room", were the last two of eight charting Beach Boys songs to include Marks in the 1960s.[3]

Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1963–64) Peak
position
Australia 10
Canada (CHUM-AM)[4] 4
New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade)[5] 3
Sweden 6
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 6
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 8

Year-end charts

Chart (1964) Rank
U.S. Cash Box [7] 69

Covers and later versions
See also: List of cover versions of Beach Boys songs
  • 1964 – The Knights, Hot Rod High
  • 1985 – Jan & Dean, Silver Summer.
  • The song is featured in an episode of Gilmore Girls, where the town troubadour (portrayed by Grant-Lee Phillips) is playing it during a pep rally.
  • The song is played during the title sequence of the 1988 dark comedy Mortuary Academy
  • The song's title is parodied by heavy metal band Twisted Sister in the song "Be Crool to Your Scuel".
  • Mike Love performed the song on a telethon on the Full House episode "Our Very First Telethon"; while the title of a later episode, "Be True to Your Preschool", is a reference to the song.
  • The song is featured in the 1980s TV series Riptide. The song is also the title of the episode (season 2, episode 7).
  • The song inspired the Ripped Pants song from the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Ripped Pants”, although many people mistake this as a song The Beatles made.
  • The song was part of an oldies melody in the 2005 Tokyo Disneyland parade/show "Disney's Rock Around the Mouse".
  • The song is featured in the end credits of the HBO series Vice Principals, season 1, episode 1.
  • Grace Vanderwaal sings the song in the 2020 Disney+ movie Stargirl. It is also included on the soundtrack for the movie.
  • The song was featured on a 1993 Sony Kids' Music album called Camp California, Where the Music Never Ends.
  • The song was used in a Macy's contest and commercial in 2014.

References
  1. Badman, Keith. The Beach Boys. The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band: On Stage and in the Studio Backbeat Books, San Francisco, California, 2004. p. 42
  2. Jenny Price. "Fight on for Her Fame", On Wisconsin Magazine, Winter 2009.
  3. Stebbins, Jon; David Marks (2007). The Lost Beach Boy. London: Virgin Books. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-85227-391-0.
  4. "CHUM Tribute Charts, December 16, 1963". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1963-12-16. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  5. "flavour of new zealand - search lever". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  6. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  7. "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 26, 1964". Archived from the original on June 1, 2015. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
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