My Other Tribute to Brian Wilson : "Surfin' U.S.A." is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys, credited to Chuck Berry and Brian Wilson... It is a rewritten version of Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen" set to new lyrics written by Wilson and an uncredited Mike Love... The song was released as a single on March 4, 1963, backed with "Shut Down"... It was then placed as the opening track on their album of the same name...