Wild Honey
Beach Boys · The Very Best of The Beach Boys
Eat up eat up eat up honey
Mama I'm tellin' you as sure as I'm standing here
She's my girl and that's the way I'm keeping it now mama dear
No good will it do you to stand there and frown at me
The girl's got my heart and my love's coming down on me
My love's coming down since I got a taste of wild honey
You know she's got the sweetness of a honey bee
Wild honey
She got it on and stung me good yes sirree
With all the other stud bees buzzing all around her hive
She singled me out single handed took me alive
Well can you can you gonna take my life eating up her wild honey
(Sweet sweet wild honey bee)
(Eat up eat up eat up honey)
Oh mama she's sweeter
Gettin' sweeter
Sweeter sweeter
Sweet
Wild honey
Let me tell you how she really got to my soul
It ain't funny
The way she make wanna sing a little rock 'n' roll
There's nothing quite nice as a kiss of wild honey
I break my back workin' just to save me some money
So I can spend my life with her
Sock it to me wild honey
Wild honey she's mine
Wild honey she's mine
Wild Honey
Wild Honey stands as a defining track from The Beach Boys' 1967 album of the same name, marking a significant shift in the group's sonic identity. Moving away from the complex, baroque pop arrangements that characterized their earlier work, this recording embraces a raw, soulful simplicity. The song features a distinctive, laid-back groove driven by a prominent bass line and a relaxed vocal delivery that highlights Brian Wilson's evolving production style. It captures the band's transition into a more intimate and experimental phase, blending rock and soul influences with their signature harmonies. As a key song in their extensive discography, the track demonstrates the group's ability to reinvent their sound while maintaining the melodic warmth that defined their career. It remains a beloved example of their mid-to-late 1960s creativity.