11 | God Only Knows- engineer:
- Chuck Britz (on 1966-03-10) and Ralph Valentin (from 1966-03 until 1966-04)
- producer:
- Brian Wilson
- accordion:
- Carl Fortina (on 1966-03-10) and Frank Marocco (on 1966-03-10)
- bass clarinet:
- Leonard Hartman (on 1966-03-10)
- bell and drums (drum set):
- Hal Blaine (on 1966-03-10)
- cello:
- Jesse Erlich (on 1966-03-10)
- clarinet:
- Leonard Hartman (on 1966-03-10) and Jay Migliori (on 1966-03-10)
- double bass:
- Lyle Ritz (on 1966-03-10)
- electric bass guitar:
- Ray Pohlman (on 1966-03-10)
- flute:
- Bill Green (on 1966-03-10) and Jim Horn (on 1966-03-10)
- French horn:
- Alan Robinson (on 1966-03-10)
- guitar:
- Carol Kaye (on 1966-03-10)
- harpsichord:
- Larry Knechtel (on 1966-03-10)
- percussion:
- Jim Gordon (on 1966-03-10)
- tack piano:
- Don Randi (on 1966-03-10)
- tambourine:
- Terry Melcher (on 1966-03-10)
- viola:
- Darrel Terwilliger (on 1966-03-10)
- violin:
- Leonard Malarsky (on 1966-03-10) and Sid Sharp (on 1966-03-10)
- lead vocals:
- Carl Wilson (from 1966-03 until 1966-04)
- vocals:
- Bruce Johnston (from 1966-03 until 1966-04) and Brian Wilson (from 1966-03 until 1966-04)
- arranger:
- Brian Wilson
- recorded at:
- Western Recorders in Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1966-03-10) and Columbia Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1966-03 until 1966-04)
- part of:
- The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 11), Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (number: 17) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 25)
- recording of:
- God Only Knows (from 1966-03 until 1966-04)
- lyricist:
- Tony Asher
- composer:
- Brian Wilson
- publisher:
- Irving Music , Irving Music, Inc., Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Sea of Tunes Publishing Co. , Universal Music Publishing Ltd. , Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division and Yamaha Music EH(CM)
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