Meanest Love Songs: No. 11

'Caroline No'
--The Beach Boys (1966)

The Kiss-Off: "Could I ever find in you again/ Things that made me love you so much then?"

Hair can be such a bummer. When Caroline cuts off her beautiful long tresses, her boyfriend agonizes that she'll never be the same again. Inspired by a real-life girlfriend of Tony Asher, Brian Wilson's writing partner on 'Pet Sounds,' the album it closes, the song was initially called 'Carol, I Know,' but Wilson misheard the phrase.

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