Nassau Harbor after 1877, Albert Bierstadt, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco
Other name
I Want to Go Home
Wreck of the John B.
Sloop John B
Hoist Up The John B Sails
Style
Folk
Language
English
Published
1916
"Sloop John B" (originally published as "The John B. Sails") is a Bahamian folk song from Nassau. A transcription was published in 1916 by Richard Le Gallienne, and Carl Sandburg included a version in his The American Songbag in 1927. There have been many recordings of the song since the early 1950s, with variant titles including "I Want to Go Home" and "Wreck of the John B".
In 1966, American rock band the Beach Boys recorded a folk rock adaptation that was produced and arranged by Brian Wilson and released as the second single from their album Pet Sounds. The record peaked at number three in the U.S., number two in the UK, and topped the charts in several other countries. It was innovative for containing an elaborate a cappella vocal section not found in other pop music of the era, and it remains one of the group's biggest hits.[1]
In 2011, the Beach Boys' version of "Sloop John B" was ranked number 276 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[2]
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^"Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All-Time". Rolling Stone. April 7, 2011.
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