article_snippet: If everybody had everybody own tune: There's some controversy about how the Beach Boys' first big hit, "Surfin' U.S.A.," came to be written since the melody seems to be lifted straight from the Chuck Berry single "Sweet Little Sixteen.
article_snippet: It's listed now as having been written by the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson and the Chuck Berry.
article_snippet: On Brian Wilson website, the Chuck Berry calls "Surfin' U.S.A." a cover of Brian Wilson tune.