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"Livin' with a Heartache"
"Livin' with a Heartache"
Single by The Beach Boys
from the album Keepin' the Summer Alive
B-side	"Santa Ana Winds"
Released	May 21, 1980
Recorded	August–December 1979
Genre	Pop, country
Length	3:05 (single) ; 4:06 (album)
Label	Caribou Records
Songwriter(s)	Carl Wilson, Randy Bachman
Producer(s)	Bruce Johnston
The Beach Boys singles chronology

"Livin' with a Heartache" is a song written by Carl Wilson and Randy Bachman for the American rock band the Beach Boys, one of two collaborations between the two writers.^[1] It was recorded from August 27–29 at Bachman's home studio known as "The Barn" in Lynden, Washington with two further sessions at Rumbo Studios in November and December 1979.^[2] "Livin' with a Heartache" was released on the Beach Boys' 1980 album Keepin' the Summer Alive and was subsequently released with a truncated 3:05 mix as a single backed with "Santa Ana Winds" which failed to chart in the US.

Record World called it a "gem" and said that the "melody & hook are perfect."^[3]

Performers

Adapted from 2000 liner notes^[4] and Craig Slowinski.^[5]

Livin’ with a Heartache

The Beach Boys

Carl Wilson – lead vocals, guitar, Yamaha electric piano, uncredited producer
Bruce Johnston – harmony and backing vocals, producer

Additional musicians and production staff

Terry Melcher, Curt Boettcher, Jon Joyce – harmony and backing vocals
Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – lead and acoustic guitars
Bryan Garofalo – bass
John Hobbs – tack piano
Gary Mallaber – drums
Steve Forman – percussion
Steve Desper – engineer, mixing

Santa Ana Winds

The Beach Boys

Brian Wilson – harmony and backing vocals, producer
Carl Wilson – harmony and backing vocals, additional lead vocals
Al Jardine – lead vocals, harmony and backing vocals, acoustic guitars, spoken word introduction, producer
Mike Love – harmony and backing vocals, additional lead vocals
Bruce Johnston – harmony and backing vocals, producer

Additional musicians

Lyle Ritz – double bass
Steve Forman – brushed snare drum and timpani
Tommy Morgan – harmonica
Igor Horoshevsky, Raymond Kelley – cellos
James Getzoff, Murray Adler, Bonnie Douglas, Paul Shure, Alfred Breuning, Marshall Sosson, Endre Granat, Spiro Stamos – violins
Harry Hyams, Samuel Boghossian – violas
Harry Betts – string arrangements
Steve Desper – chief engineer, mixing
Chuck Leary – engineer
Chuck Britz – engineer

References

^ "Livin' With a Heartache - The Beach Boys | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
^ "GIGS79". Esquarterly.com. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
^ "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. May 31, 1980. p. 16. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
^ Bachman, Randy; Doe, Andrew (2000). Keepin’ the Summer Alive/The Beach Boys (booklet). The Beach Boys. California: Capitol Records. p. 2.
^ Slowinski, Craig (Summer 2020). Beard, David (ed.). "Keepin' the Summer Alive: 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition". Endless Summer Quarterly Magazine. Vol. 33, no. 132. Charlotte, North Carolina.