Please Let Me Wonder - wikipedia Please Let Me Wonder `` Please Let Me Wonder '' Single by The Beach Boys from the album Today ! A-side `` Do You Wanna Dance ? '' Released February 15, 1965 Format 7 '' vinyl Recorded January 7 -- 9, 1965 Genre Rock Length 2 : 45 Label Capitol Songwriter ( s ) Brian Wilson, Mike Love Producer ( s ) Brian Wilson The Beach Boys singles chronology `` The Man with All the Toys '' ( 1964 ) `` Please Let Me Wonder '' ( 1965 ) `` Help Me, Rhonda '' ( 1965 ) `` The Man with All the Toys '' ( 1964 ) `` Do You Wanna Dance ? '' ( 1965 ) `` Help Me, Rhonda '' ( 1965 ) Audio sample file help `` Please Let Me Wonder '' is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for American rock band the Beach Boys. The song was the B - side of the single `` Do You Wanna Dance ? '' which was released by The Beach Boys in 1965 through Capitol Records. It peaked at a number 52 in Billboard and number 46 in Cash Box. The contemporary Gilbert Youth Survey conducted nationally in April 1965 placed this song at number 9 in its chart one week. The song is in F major. It was the first that Wilson wrote while under the influence of marijuana. The song was first released on the band 's 1965 album The Beach Boys Today !. Due to the lyrics, which are filled with a sense of longing and uncertainty, it is a contrasting piece to Wilson 's `` When I Grow Up ( To Be a Man ) ''. Contents 1 Personnel 2 Live version 3 Cover versions 4 References Personnel Per Craig Slowinski. The Beach Boys Al Jardine -- harmony and backing vocals Brian Wilson -- lead, harmony and backing vocals, grand piano Carl Wilson -- harmony and backing vocals, lead guitar Dennis Wilson -- harmony and backing vocals, percussion Mike Love -- harmony and backing vocals Additional musicians and production staff Glen Campbell -- guitar Steve Douglas -- saxophone Plas Johnson -- saxophone Carol Kaye -- bass guitar Barney Kessel -- guitar Jack Nimitz -- saxophone Earl Palmer -- drums, timbales Don Randi -- piano, organ Billy Lee Riley -- harmonica Billy Strange -- guitar Jerry Williams -- vibraphone, timpani Live version A live version recorded during The 50th Reunion Tour in 2012 appears on Live -- The 50th Anniversary Tour ( 2013 ). Cover versions See also : List of cover versions of Beach Boys songs 1984 -- Tatsuro Yamashita, Big Wave References Jump up ^ 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. ISBN 0 - 87930 - 818 - 4 p. 84 ^ Jump up to : `` Matthew Greenwald review ''. Jump up ^ Wilson, Brian ; Greenman, Ben ( 2016 ). I Am Brian Wilson : A Memoir. Da Capo Press. p. 191. ISBN 978 - 0 - 306 - 82307 - 7. Jump up ^ Slowinski, Craig ( 2007 ). `` The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Today ! '' ( PDF ). Retrieved October 27, 2012. The Beach Boys Today ! Songs Side one `` Do You Wanna Dance ? '' `` Good to My Baby '' `` Do n't Hurt My Little Sister '' `` When I Grow Up ( To Be a Man ) '' `` Help Me, Ronda '' `` Dance, Dance, Dance '' Side two `` Please Let Me Wonder '' `` I 'm So Young '' `` Kiss Me, Baby '' `` She Knows Me Too Well '' `` In the Back of My Mind '' `` Bull Session with the ' Big Daddy ' '' Related articles `` Guess I 'm Dumb '' `` All Dressed Up for School '' Keep an Eye on Summer -- The Beach Boys Sessions 1964 The Beach Boys The Beach Boys discography Surfin ' Safari Surfin ' U.S.A. Surfer Girl Little Deuce Coupe Shut Down Vol. 2 All Summer Long Christmas Album Today ! Summer Days ( And Summer Nights ! ! ) Party Pet Sounds Smiley Smile Wild Honey Friends 20 / 20 Sunflower Surf 's Up Carl and the Passions -- `` So Tough '' Holland 15 Big Ones Love You M.I.U. Album L.A. ( Light Album ) Keepin ' the Summer Alive The Beach Boys Still Cruisin ' Summer in Paradise Stars and Stripes Vol. 1 That 's Why God Made the Radio The Beach Boys singles discography 1960s 1961 `` Surfin ' '' / `` Luau '' 1962 `` Surfin ' Safari '' / `` 409 '' `` Ten Little Indians '' / `` County Fair '' 1963 `` Surfin ' U.S.A. '' / `` Shut Down '' `` Surfer Girl '' / `` Little Deuce Coupe '' `` Be True to Your School '' / `` In My Room '' `` Little Saint Nick '' / `` The Lord 's Prayer '' 1964 `` Fun, Fun, Fun '' / `` Why Do Fools Fall in Love '' `` I Get Around '' / `` Do n't Worry Baby '' `` When I Grow Up ( To Be a Man ) '' / `` She Knows Me Too Well '' `` Dance, Dance, Dance '' / `` The Warmth of the Sun '' `` The Man with All the Toys '' / `` Blue Christmas '' 1965 `` Do You Wanna Dance ? '' / `` Please Let Me Wonder '' `` Help Me, Rhonda '' / `` Kiss Me, Baby '' `` California Girls '' / `` Let Him Run Wild '' `` The Little Girl I Once Knew '' / `` There 's No Other ( Like My Baby ) '' `` Barbara Ann '' / `` Girl Do n't Tell Me '' 1966 `` Sloop John B '' / `` You 're So Good to Me '' `` Would n't It Be Nice '' / `` God Only Knows '' `` Good Vibrations '' / `` Let 's Go Away for Awhile '' 1967 `` Then I Kissed Her '' / `` Mountain of Love '' `` Heroes and Villains '' / `` You 're Welcome '' `` Wild Honey '' / `` Wind Chimes '' `` Darlin ' '' / `` Here Today '' 1968 `` Friends '' / `` Little Bird '' `` Do It Again '' / `` Wake the World '' `` Bluebirds over the Mountain '' / `` Never Learn Not to Love '' 1969 `` I Can Hear Music '' / `` All I Want to Do '' `` Break Away '' / `` Celebrate the News '' 1970s 1970 `` Add Some Music to Your Day '' / `` Susie Cincinnati '' `` Cottonfields '' / `` The Nearest Faraway Place '' `` Slip On Through '' / `` This Whole World '' `` Tears in the Morning '' / `` It 's About Time '' 1971 `` Cool, Cool Water '' / `` Forever '' `` Would n't It Be Nice '' ( live ) / `` The Times They Are a-Changin ' '' ( by Merry Clayton ) `` Long Promised Road '' / `` Deirdre '' `` Long Promised Road '' / `` ' Til I Die '' `` Surf 's Up '' / `` Do n't Go Near the Water '' 1972 `` You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone '' / `` Cuddle Up '' `` Marcella '' / `` Hold On Dear Brother '' 1973 `` Sail On, Sailor '' / `` Only with You '' `` California Saga : California '' / `` Funky Pretty '' `` Surfin ' U.S.A. '' / `` The Warmth of the Sun '' `` Child of Winter ( Christmas Song ) '' / `` Susie Cincinnati '' `` Sail On, Sailor '' / `` Only with You '' 1976 `` Rock and Roll Music '' / `` TM Song '' `` It 's O.K. '' / `` Had to Phone Ya '' `` Everyone 's in Love with You '' / `` Susie Cincinnati '' 1977 `` Honkin ' Down the Highway '' / `` Solar System '' 1978 `` Peggy Sue '' / `` Hey Little Tomboy '' 1979 `` Here Comes the Night '' / `` Baby Blue '' `` Good Timin ' '' / `` Love Surrounds Me '' `` Lady Lynda '' / `` Full Sail '' `` It 's a Beautiful Day '' / `` Sumahama '' 1980s 1980 `` Goin ' On '' / `` Endless Harmony '' `` Livin ' with a Heartache '' / `` Santa Ana Winds '' 1981 `` The Beach Boys Medley '' / `` God Only Knows '' `` Come Go with Me '' / `` Do n't Go Near the Water '' 1985 `` Getcha Back '' / `` Male Ego '' `` It 's Gettin ' Late '' / `` It 's O.K. '' `` She Believes in Love Again '' / `` It 's Just a Matter of Time '' 1986 `` Rock ' n ' Roll to the Rescue '' / `` Good Vibrations '' ( live ) `` California Dreamin ' '' / `` Lady Liberty '' `` Happy Endings '' ( with Little Richard ) / `` California Girls '' ( live ) `` Kokomo '' / `` Tutti Frutti '' ( Little Richard ) `` Still Cruisin ' '' / `` Kokomo '' 1990s `` Somewhere Near Japan '' / `` Kokomo '' `` Problem Child '' / `` Problem Child ( Instrumental ) '' `` Hot Fun in the Summertime '' / `` Summer of Love '' `` I Just Was n't Made for These Times '' / `` Would n't It Be Nice '' / `` Here Today '' 2010s 2011 `` Good Vibrations '' / `` Heroes and Villains '' `` Do n't Fight the Sea '' / `` Friends '' `` Cabinessence '' / `` Wonderful '' 2012 `` That 's Why God Made the Radio '' / `` That 's Why God Made the Radio '' ( instrumental ) `` Is n't It Time '' / Live in Chicago Book Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Please_Let_Me_Wonder&oldid=850022511 '' Categories : The Beach Boys songs Songs written by Brian Wilson Songs written by Mike Love Song recordings produced by Brian Wilson 1965 songs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from August 2014 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Magyar Edit links This page was last edited on 13 July 2018, at 01 : 45 ( UTC ). 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Question: who sings lead on please let me wonder
Answer: Brian Wilson