I was over in California to record another song around the time of my birthday and Narada and I headed to the beach for my day...We were catching up, relaxing and feeling generally inspired so he starts tapping out a beat and a bit of a melody and gets me singing along...we decided to cut it the next day...I finished the lyrics on the ferry over to the studio, Narada put together the chords and the arrangement and 'A Day at the Beach' was born. Simple. Beautiful.