Aside from appearing on Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!), "The Girl from New York City" has since appeared on many other Beach Boys releases. The song was released in Greece as the B-side to "Wild Honey."[1] The song also appeared on the UK version of compilation album, Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 2, as well as Capitol Years, another compilation album.
Critical opinion
In a retrospective review, AllMusic writer Richie Unterberger wrote that "The Girl from New York City" was as "well done," but Unterberger felt that the track didn't "break new ground."[2] Looking back at The Beach Boys' work in the mid-1960s, author Jim Fuselli described the track as a throwback "to the group's happy-go-lucky days."[3]