Loop de Loop (Flip Flop Flyin' in an Aeroplane)

[2] Relative to later versions, the instrumentation was bare, featuring only drums, bass, guitar, organ, and piano played by the band members.

he goes on to relate is both vividly described and entirely disconnected from reality, from his visit to the ocean to the skyward climb that ends when he turns off the engine and, instead of falling through the clouds, sails straight to the sun.

[2] After the release of Sunflower, band engineer Stephen Desper assembled a collection of songs consisting mostly of outtakes deemed suitable for a follow-up LP, which he labelled "Second Brother Album".

He later stated that his growing involvement with the group's songwriting process had attracted the ire of Jardine, Mike Love, and Bruce Johnston, who "tried to force me to march into Mo Ostin's and sell him on their 1969 track 'Loop De Loop'.

"[2] According to music historian Brad Elliot, the track was left unreleased due to Jardine's dissatisfaction with his lead vocal.

[1] In late 1977, the song was rewritten as "Santa's Got an Airplane" for the band's unreleased album Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys.