Wipe Out (instrumental)

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"Wipe Out" is a surf music instrumental composed by Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Jim Fuller and Ron Wilson. Composed in the form of twelve-bar blues, the tune was first performed and recorded by the Surfaris, who became famous with the single in 1963. The single was first issued on the independent label DFS in January 1963 and Princess in February, then picked up for national distribution on Dot in April. Dot reissued the single in April 1965. A second version by the Surfaris (with a different B-side) was released in 1966 on Decca and again in 1973 on MCA. The title of the song is a colloquial surfing term of Southern California. Specifically, a "wipe out" is a fall from a surfboard, especially one that looks painful. In 2020, the version of the song by the Surfaris was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

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