- na - na - na - na - na - na - na - na , ▁just ▁hold ▁on ▁tight '. ▁In ▁the ▁second ▁verse , ▁the ▁narr ator ▁calls ▁attention ▁that ▁despite ▁hard ships , ▁they ' d ▁' d ream ▁of ▁better ▁m orn ings ▁when ▁M ama ▁sang ▁her ▁song ', ▁and ▁that ▁while ▁it ▁didn ' t ▁make ▁sense ▁to ▁try ▁to ▁recall ▁the ▁words , ▁the ▁lov ing ▁meaning ▁beneath ▁them ▁was ▁all ▁that ▁matter ed . ▁ ▁Production ▁The ▁song ▁was ▁produced ▁by ▁Steve ▁Ty rell . ▁After ▁the ▁recording ▁of ▁a ▁basic ▁rh ythm ▁track , ▁Steve ▁Ty rell ▁and ▁B . J . ▁Thomas ▁had ▁the ▁insp iration ▁of ▁bl ending ▁several ▁unique ▁and ▁recogn izable ▁signature ▁sounds ▁associated ▁with ▁early ▁American ▁rock ▁record ings . ▁The ▁single ' s ▁backup ▁vocals ▁are ▁first ▁performed ▁by ▁The ▁Bl oss oms . ▁Du ane ▁Edd y ▁plays ▁the ▁lead ▁guitar ▁in ▁his ▁" tw ang y " ▁signature ▁style ▁with ▁Al ▁G org oni ▁electric ▁guitar ▁dist orted ▁and ▁clean . ▁At ▁around ▁three ▁minutes , ▁ ▁Thomas ▁s ings ▁his ▁final ▁vocals ▁and ▁this ▁is ▁where ▁a ▁Beach ▁Boys ▁sound , ▁provided ▁by ▁Dave ▁Som er ville ▁and ▁three ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Ron ▁H ick lin ▁Sing ers ▁( Tom ▁Bah ler , ▁Gene ▁Mor ford , ▁and ▁H ick lin ▁himself ), ▁begins ▁and ▁car ries ▁the ▁track ▁to ▁over ▁ 4 ▁minutes . ▁ ▁Person nel ▁ ▁Le ad ▁vocals : ▁B