Let's Go Trippin'
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"Let's Go Trippin'" | ||
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Single by Dick Dale and the Deltones | ||
from the album Surfers' Choice | ||
Released | September 1961 | |
Format | vinyl record (7") | |
Genre | Surf Rock | |
Length | 2:10 | |
Label | Deltone | |
Writer(s) | Dick Dale | |
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Dick Dale and the Deltones singles chronology | ||
Ooh-Wee Marie (1961) |
Let's Go Trippin (1961) |
Jungle Fever (1962) |
"Let's Go Trippin'" is a song by Dick Dale and the Del-Tones. It is often regarded as the first surf rock song. It quickly reached #4 on influential Los Angeles station KFWB, and later reached #60 on the national charts.
The Beach Boys covered Let's Go Trippin' on their album Surfin' USA.
The song was used as the theme tune to the BBC Radio 4 programme Home Truths, originally presented by John Peel.