"The Beach Boys Medley" is a single containing a medley of popular Beach Boys songs from the 1960s, edited by John Palladino. Released in mid-1981, it capitalized on a medley craze begun by the Stars on 45 medleys. "The Beach Boys Medley" reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100,Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - becoming the band's highest-charting hit in the United States in over five years. The single peaked at number 8 on the Cash Box sales chart. It also reached number 4 in New Zealand.NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, 25 October 1981 "The Beach Boys Medley" was first released on an album a year later in 1982 on Sunshine Dream.
