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(both #9); and lower top ten in Seattle, Denver, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Houston, San Antonio, Birmingham, Orlando, and St Joseph.
Since radio stations preferred to avoid dead air time, the song was poorly received by them, which may account for its relatively low chart rating among their other singles of the period, including "California Girls" and "Barbara Ann". Capitol Records' rushed release of "Barbara Ann" in December ruined any chance "The Little Girl I Once
The Little Girl I Once Knew
"The Little Girl I Once Knew" is a song written by Brian Wilson for the American rock band the Beach Boys, released as a non-album single in 1965. It is unusual in that it uses stop-start melody sections and a few dramatic periods of silence lasting several seconds each. AllMusic called the song "a virtual link between the slightly progressive work on songs such as 'California Girls' and the then-quantum leap taken by Wilson on "Pet Sounds"