{"id":690626,"date":"2026-06-07T23:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T23:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/690626\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T23:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T23:41:15","slug":"4-rock-songs-from-1966-that-every-60s-kid-still-knows-by-heart-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/690626\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Rock Songs From 1966 That Every 60s Kid Still Knows by Heart Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The year 1966 is an important year in rock music. Some of the genre\u2019s best songs came out in 1966, including these four, which every 60s kid can definitely still sing by heart today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWouldn\u2019t It Be Nice\u201d by The Beach Boys<\/p>\n<p>On The Beach Boys\u2019 Pet Sounds album is \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/behind-the-song-the-beach-boys-wouldnt-it-be-nice\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wouldn\u2019t It Be Nice<\/a>\u201d. Written by band members Mike Love and Brian Wilson, along with Tony Asher, \u201cWouldn\u2019t It Be Nice\u201d is one of The Beach Boys\u2019 biggest hits.<\/p>\n<p>A multi-platinum single about young love, the song says, \u201cWouldn\u2019t it be nice if we were older? \/ Then we wouldn\u2019t have to wait so long \/ And wouldn\u2019t it be nice to live together \/ In the kind of world where we belong?\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Appropriately, \u201cWouldn\u2019t It Be Nice\u201d is used in the 2004 movie 50 First Dates. Starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, the song is about a woman, played by Barrymore, who has no short-term memory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYellow Submarine\u201d by The Beatles<\/p>\n<p>On The Beatles\u2019 Revolver album is \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/the-whimsical-meaning-behind-the-beatles-yellow-submarine-differed-greatly-from-the-tunes-gloomy-beginnings-brought-by-john-not-paul\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yellow Submarine<\/a>\u201d. Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, \u201cYellow Submarine\u201d is one of The Beatles\u2019 signature songs.<\/p>\n<p>Written to be a children\u2019s song, \u201cYellow Submarine\u201d says, \u201cAnd our friends are all aboard \/ Many more of them live next door \/ And the band begins to play \/ We all live in a yellow submarine \/ Yellow submarine, yellow submarine \/ We all live in a yellow submarine \/ Yellow submarine, yellow submarine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMonday, Monday\u201d by The Mamas &amp; The Papas<\/p>\n<p>The Mamas &amp; The Papas had one No. 1 single, and it\u2019s \u201cMonday, Monday\u201d. The third and final single from their freshman If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears record, the song is written by lead singer John Phillips.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMonday, Monday\u201d says, \u201cMonday, Monday, so good to me \/ Monday mornin\u2019, it was all I hoped it would be \/ Oh Monday mornin\u2019, Monday mornin\u2019 couldn\u2019t guarantee \/ That Monday evening you would still be here with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m A Believer\u201d by The Monkees<\/p>\n<p>The Monkees\u2019 second consecutive No. 1 single, \u201cI\u2019m A Believer\u201d is on The Monkees\u2019 sophomore More Of The Monkees record. Neil Diamond is the sole writer of the uptempo tune.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m A Believer\u201d says, \u201cThen I saw her face, now I\u2019m a believer \/ Not a trace of doubt in my mind \/ I\u2019m in love, I\u2019m a believer \/ I couldn\u2019t leave her if I tried.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several artists have also recorded \u201cI\u2019m A Believer\u201d, including the rock group Smash Mouth. Their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0mYBSayCsH0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">version<\/a> of \u201cI\u2019m A Believer\u201d came out in 2001, on their eponymous third studio album. Smash Mouth\u2019s take on \u201cI\u2019m A Believer\u201d also appears in the 2001 Shrek film. \u201cI\u2019m A Believer\u201d is Smash Mouth\u2019s final hit single.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Malcolm MacNeil\/Mirrorpix\/Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The year 1966 is an important year in rock music. 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