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“The Warmth of the Sun”, a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love. Brian Wilson also produced the song, and the rest of the album. He also pioneered the use of adventurous chord changes “The Warmth of the Sun’s” transitions from C to A-minor to E-flat, were unheard of in 1964. It was released on their 1964 album Shut Down Volume 2. Wilson and Love actually began to compose the song on November 22, 1963, the day of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Although the two co-authors give different accounts of the timing and whether it was begun before or after the killing. The subsequent recording of the song was informed by the emotional shock felt by its authors in the wake of Kennedy’s death.
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