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"Cuddle Up" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys that was written by Dennis Wilson and Daryl Dragon. It was concurrently released in two formats on May 15, 1972. One version was released on the album Carl and the Passions – "So Tough", and another as the b-side to "You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone".

Recording

Following the release of the Beach Boys album Surf's Up in August 1971, Dennis Wilson collaborated with Daryl Dragon, intending to record a solo album. Cuddle Up was initially recorded for this project in late 1971 under the working title Old Movie.

After the idea for producing this solo album was abandoned, Dennis re-recorded "Cuddle Up" at his brother Brian's home studio in Bel Air, California on May 15, 1972 for the Beach Boys.

The lead vocal on Cuddle Up is performed by Dennis and production is credited to the Beach Boys.

A slightly different mix of Cuddle Up was pressed on the b-side to "You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone". It features alternate mixing, additional string overdubs and backing vocals.

Reception

Matthew Greenwald of Allmusic stated ""Cuddle Up" is a somewhat top-heavy, classically influenced ballad. However, the lyrics and Dennis Wilson's excellent vocals render this an emotional masterpiece, closing the album out with style" and noted that it is essential listening for those exploring Dennis Wilson's talents.

Personnel

Credits from Craig Slowinski, John Brode, Will Crerar and Joshilyn Hoisington

The Beach Boys

Blondie Chaplin - backing vocals
Carl Wilson - backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Dennis Wilson - lead and backing vocals, Hammond organ, producer

Additional musicians

Frank Capp - timpani
Daryl Dragon - grand piano, co-arrangement, orchestra producer
Stephens LaFever - bass guitar
Toni Tennille - backing vocals
Bonnie Douglas, Assa Drori, Irving Geller, Alfred Lustgarten, Leonard Malarsky, Jay Rosen, Nathan Ross, Sheldon Sanov, Leonard Selic, Spiro Stamos, Dorothy Wade, Shari Zippert - violins
Norman Botnick, David Burk, Joseph Reilich, David Schwartz - violas
JoAnn Johannsen, Jan Kelley, Nathan Gershman, Victor Sazer - cellos
James D. Hughart, Richard F. Kelley Sr., Meyer Rubin - arco double basses

Cover versions

1975 – Captain & Tennille, Love Will Keep Us Together
1976 - Bobby Goldsboro, A Butterfly For Bucky

References

Billboard Magazine May 20, 1972 page 58 Vol. 84 No. 21
^ Bush, John. "Love Will Keep Us Together - Captain & Tennile : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-12-11.
Doe, Andrew G. (2012). "GIGS71". Retrieved October 26, 2012.
Badman, Keith. The Beach Boys. The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band: On Stage and in the Studio Backbeat Books, San Francisco, California, 2004. ISBN 0-87930-818-4
Greenwald, Matthew. "Cuddle Up - The Beach Boys : Listen, Appearances, Song Review : Allmusic". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-12-11.
"Sail On Sailor Sessionography". The Beach Boys. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
Heibutzki, Ralph. "Love Will Keep Us Together - Captain & Tennile : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-12-11.
"A Butterfly For Bucky". Bobby Goldsboro. - Contributor owns album copy.

Carl and the Passions – "So Tough"

Songs

Side one	"You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone" "Here She Comes" "He Come Down" "Marcella"
Side two	"Hold On Dear Brother" "Make it Good" "All This Is That" "Cuddle Up"

Outtakes

"Body Talk"
"Change Partners"
"Gimme Some Lovin'"
"Out in the Country"
"Rooftop Harry"
"Spark in the Dark"
"Oh Sweet Something"

The Beach Boys singles

1960s

1961	"Surfin'" / "Luau"
1962	"Surfin' Safari" / "409" "Ten Little Indians" / "County Fair"
1963	"Surfin' U.S.A." / "Shut Down" "Surfer Girl" / "Little Deuce Coupe" "Be True to Your School" / "In My Room" "Little Saint Nick" / "The Lord's Prayer"
1964	"Fun, Fun, Fun" / "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" "I Get Around" / "Don't Worry Baby" "When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)" / "She Knows Me Too Well" "Dance, Dance, Dance" / "The Warmth of the Sun" "The Man with All the Toys" / "Blue Christmas"
1965	"Do You Wanna Dance?" / "Please Let Me Wonder" "Help Me, Rhonda" / "Kiss Me, Baby" "California Girls"/ "Let Him Run Wild" "The Little Girl I Once Knew" / "There's No Other (Like My Baby)" "Barbara Ann" / "Girl Don't Tell Me"
1966	"Sloop John B" / "You're So Good to Me" "Wouldn't It Be Nice" / "God Only Knows" "Good Vibrations" / "Let's Go Away for Awhile"
1967	"Then I Kissed Her" / "Mountain of Love" "Heroes and Villains" / "You're Welcome" "Wild Honey" / "Wind Chimes" "Darlin'" / "Here Today"
1968	"Friends" / "Little Bird" "Do It Again" / "Wake the World" "Bluebirds over the Mountain" / "Never Learn Not to Love"
1969	"I Can Hear Music" / "All I Want to Do" "Break Away" / "Celebrate the News"

1970s

1970	"Add Some Music to Your Day" / "Susie Cincinnati" "Cottonfields" / "The Nearest Faraway Place" "Slip On Through" / "This Whole World" "Tears in the Morning" / "It's About Time"
1971	"Cool, Cool Water" / "Forever" "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (live) / "The Times They Are a-Changin'" (by Merry Clayton) "Long Promised Road" / "Deirdre" "Long Promised Road" / "'Til I Die" "Student Demonstration Time" / "Don't Go Near the Water" "Surf's Up" / "Don't Go Near the Water"
1972	"You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone" / "Cuddle Up" "Marcella" / "Hold On Dear Brother"
1973	"Sail On, Sailor" / "Only with You" "California Saga/California" / "Funky Pretty"
1974	"Surfin' U.S.A." / "The Warmth of the Sun" "Child of Winter (Christmas Song)" / "Susie Cincinnati"
1975	"Sail On, Sailor" / "Only with You"
1976	"Rock and Roll Music" / "T M Song" "It's O.K." / "Had to Phone Ya" "Everyone's in Love with You" / "Susie Cincinnati"
1977	"Honkin' Down the Highway" / "Solar System"
1978	"Peggy Sue" / "Hey Little Tomboy"
1979	"Here Comes the Night" / "Baby Blue" "Good Timin'" / "Love Surrounds Me" "Lady Lynda" / "Full Sail" "It's a Beautiful Day" / "Sumahama"

1980s

1980	"Goin' On" / "Endless Harmony" "Livin' with a Heartache" / "Santa Ana Winds"
1981	"The Beach Boys Medley" / "God Only Knows" "Come Go with Me" / "Don't Go Near the Water"
1985	"Getcha Back" / "Male Ego" "It's Gettin' Late" / "It's O.K." "She Believes in Love Again" / "It's Just a Matter of Time"
1986	"Rock 'n' Roll to the Rescue" / "Good Vibrations" (live) "California Dreamin'" / "Lady Liberty"
1987	"Happy Endings" (with Little Richard) / "California Girls" (live)
1988	"Kokomo" / "Tutti Frutti" (Little Richard)
1989	"Still Cruisin'" / "Kokomo"

1990s

1990	"Somewhere Near Japan" / "Kokomo" "Problem Child" / "Problem Child (Instrumental)"
1992	"Hot Fun in the Summertime" / "Summer of Love"
1996	"I Just Wasn't Made for These Times" / "Wouldn't It Be Nice" / "Here Today"

2010s

2011	"Good Vibrations" / "Heroes and Villains" "Don't Fight the Sea" / "Friends"
2012	"That's Why God Made the Radio" / "That's Why God Made the Radio" (instrumental) "Isn't It Time" / Live in Chicago

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Brian Wilson Dennis Wilson Carl Wilson Mike Love Al Jardine Bruce Johnston David Marks Blondie Chaplin Ricky Fataar
Studio albums	Surfin' Safari Surfin' U.S.A. Surfer Girl Little Deuce Coupe Shut Down Volume 2 All Summer Long The Beach Boys' Christmas Album The Beach Boys Today! Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) Beach Boys' Party! Pet Sounds Smiley Smile Wild Honey Friends 20/20 Sunflower Surf's Up Carl and the Passions – "So Tough" Holland 15 Big Ones The Beach Boys Love You M.I.U. Album L.A. (Light Album) Keepin' the Summer Alive The Beach Boys Still Cruisin' Summer in Paradise Stars and Stripes Vol. 1 That's Why God Made the Radio
Live albums	Beach Boys Concert Live in London The Beach Boys in Concert Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980 Songs from Here & Back Live – The 50th Anniversary Tour Live in Sacramento 1964 Live in Chicago 1965 Graduation Day 1966 1967 – Live Sunshine The Beach Boys On Tour: 1968
Selected compilations	Endless Summer Rarities Made in U.S.A. Lost & Found (1961–62) Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys The Pet Sounds Sessions Endless Harmony Ultimate Christmas Hawthorne, CA Sounds of Summer The Smile Sessions Made in California The Big Beat 1963 Keep an Eye on Summer 1964 Beach Boys' Party! Uncovered and Unplugged Becoming the Beach Boys 1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow Wake the World: The Friends Sessions I Can Hear Music: The 20/20 Sessions Feel Flows Sail On Sailor – 1972
Unreleased	Smile Lei'd in Hawaii Charles Manson sessions Adult/Child Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys Andy Paley sessions
EPs	Four by the Beach Boys Mount Vernon and Fairway
Documentary concert films	It's OK! (1976) An American Band (1985) Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times (1995) Nashville Sounds (1996) Endless Harmony: The Beach Boys Story (1998) Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980 (2002) Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile (2004) Doin' It Again (2012) Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road (2021) The Beach Boys (2024)
Fictionalized	Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys (1990) An American Family (2000) Love & Mercy (2014)
Books	The Beach Boys and the California Myth Becoming the Beach Boys, 1961–1963 Catch a Wave Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy Heroes and Villains: The True Story of the Beach Boys I Am Brian Wilson Inside the Music of Brian Wilson Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story
Places	Beach Boys Historic Landmark Beach Boys Studio Brother Studios Radiant Radish United Western Recorders
Lists	Bootlegs and unreleased material Cover versions Discography Song recordings Unreleased Brian Carl Dennis Mike Songs covered by the Beach Boys
Personnel	David Anderle Irving Azoff Jeffrey Foskett James William Guercio Jack Rieley Jerry Schilling Derek Taylor Michael Vosse Murry Wilson
Related media	The Beach Boys with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Brian Wilson Presents Smile Caroline Now! Good Vibrations (musical) Looking Back with Love Pacific Ocean Blue Pet Sounds Live A Postcard from California Smiling Pets Spring
Other topics	"Brian Wilson is a genius" Brother Records California Music California sound Live performances 1967 Summer Spectacular 1968 tour with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 1975 tour with Chicago The 50th Reunion Tour Love v. Wilson Sea of Tunes
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Albums	Love Will Keep Us Together Song of Joy Come In from the Rain Dream Make Your Move Keeping Our Love Warm More Than Dancing The Secret of Christmas
Singles	"Love Will Keep Us Together" "The Way I Want to Touch You" "Lonely Night (Angel Face)" "Shop Around" "Muskrat Love" "Can't Stop Dancin'" "I'm on My Way" "Do That to Me One More Time" "Happy Together (A Fantasy)"
Songs	"Disney Girls" "Cuddle Up" "God Only Knows" "I Write the Songs" "Wedding Song (There Is Love)" "Don't Call It Love" "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" "Since I Fell for You" "Your Good Thing (Is About to End)" "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" "Nobody Does It Better" "Wind Beneath My Wings" "Save the Best for Last"
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