Be True to Your School

"Be True to Your School"
Singlebythe Beach Boys
from the albumLittle Deuce Coupe
B-side	"In My Room"
Released	October 28, 1963
Recorded	September 1963
Genre	Pop rock
Length	2:10
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Brian Wilson Mike Love
Producer(s)	Brian Wilson
The Beach Boyssingles chronology
"Surfer Girl" (1963) "Be True to Your School" (1963) "Little Saint Nick" (1963)

"Be True to Your School"is a song by American rock bandthe Beach Boysfrom their 1963 albumLittle Deuce Coupe.Written byBrian WilsonandMike Love,it was issued as a single on October 28, 1963. There are two versions of this song: the album version, and the single version, which added cheerleader yells by the girl groupThe Honeysin between verses.The song features the melody of theUniversity of Wisconsin's fight song, "On, Wisconsin!",although it is a tribute toHawthorne High School,which the Wilson brothers attended. Hawthorne High School's fight song uses the same melody as "On, Wisconsin!".

The cover photo for this single (and for the associated albumLittle Deuce Coupe) included memberDavid Marksbut notAl Jardine,though Jardine had returned to create a six-member band for the recording sessions for this single and album. This single, with its B-side "In My Room", were the last two of eight charting Beach Boys songs to include Marks in the 1960s.

Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1963–1964)	Peak position
Australia	10
Canada (CHUM Chart)	4
New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade)	3
Sweden	6
U.S.BillboardHot 100	6
U.S.Cash BoxTop 100	8

Year-end charts

Chart (1964)	Rank
U.S.Cash Box	69

Covers and later versions

See also:List of cover versions of Beach Boys songs

• 1964 – The Knights,Hot Rod High
• 1985 –Jan & Dean,Silver Summer.

In popular culture

• The song is featured in an episode ofGilmore Girls,where the town troubadour (portrayed byGrant-Lee Phillips) is playing it during a pep rally.
• DTV,in 1984, set the original Beach Boys version of the song to a collection of Disney shorts including some featuring schools likeTeachers Are People,Toot, Whistle, Plunk and BoomandThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
• The song is played during the title sequence of the 1988 dark comedyMortuary Academy.
• The song's title is parodied by heavy metal bandTwisted Sisterin the song "Be Crool to Your Scuel".
• Mike Love performed the song on a telethon on theFull Houseepisode "Our Very First Telethon"; while the title of a later episode, "Be True to Your Preschool", is a reference to the song.
• The song is featured in the 1980s TV seriesRiptide.The song is also the title of the episode (season 2, episode 7).
• The song inspired the Ripped Pants song from theSpongeBob SquarePantsepisode "Ripped Pants”.
• The song was part of an oldies melody in the 2005Tokyo Disneylandparade/show "Disney's Rock Around the Mouse".
• The song is featured in the end credits of the HBO seriesVice Principals,season 1, episode 1.
• Grace Vanderwaal sings the song in the 2020Disney+movieStargirl.It is also included on the soundtrack for the movie.
• The song was featured on a 1993 Sony Kids' Music album called Camp California, Where the Music Never Ends.
• The song was used in a Macy's contest and commercial in 2014.

External links

• The Beach Boys - Be True to Your SchoolonYouTube