| Hey Little Tomboy | |
| Cover: | BeachBoys Tomboy PS 78.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | the Beach Boys |
| Album: | M.I.U. Album |
| A-Side: | Peggy Sue |
| Recorded: | – |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Producer: | Brian Wilson |
| Prev Title: | Honkin' Down the Highway |
| Prev Year: | 1977 |
| Next Title: | Here Comes the Night |
| Next Year: | 1979 |
"Hey Little Tomboy" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1978 album M.I.U. Album. Written by Brian Wilson, the song was to be included as a track on Adult/Child before the album was scrapped.[1] It was also issued as the B-side to their single "Peggy Sue".
Early recording sessions for the song were held in August and October 1976.[2] Wilson, describing "Hey Little Tomboy" as a contender for the Love You track list, said: "It's about a little girl who is sort of a roughneck, and this guy convinces her to become a pretty girl, and sure enough she slowly turns into a pretty—she starts shaving her legs and wearing short sticks—puts lipstick on and makeup. So she's a little tomboy. We're very happy with it."[3]
Biographer Peter Ames Carlin wrote: "[the song] revealed uncomfortably in an adolescent girl who is putting away her skateboard and baseball mitt to get hot and heavy with the swain portrayed by Mike [Love]. … [it] may be the most unsettling moment in the entire recorded history of the Beach Boys."[4] Music critic Jeff Tamarkin wrote that the song "is politically incorrect in every way by modern standards, yet its innocence and simplicity are undeniably charming".[5]
Credits are sourced from Craig Slowinski, John Brode, Will Crerar, Joshilyn Hoisington, and David Beard.[6]
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See also: List of cover versions of Beach Boys songs.