The group began recording on October 12, 1967 while in the midst of sessions for the Beach Boys' Wild Honey (1967).
I think some of you guys might have colds.” Then he had everybody open their mouths and Diane or Marilyn [Wilson] sprayed some kind of a cough medicine.
Amazing sense.’[3]After one vocal session, Brian exited the booth and called up his astrologer, who told him that he was on a "down cycle".
[6] The group’s vocals were recorded at these sessions, along with the vibraphone, glockenspiel, and an additional piano part.
[7] PopMatters calls the song "a dream, right on down the line from Carl’s feathery lead vocal—and the way it contrasts with the up-and-down crunch of the waltz backdrop—to the sumptuously layered arrangement of the chorus to the immaculate production job to the unadorned coda (which is from the extended version).