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I Get Around
The Beach Boys
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- Album
- 50 Big Ones: Greatest Hits
- Released
- 2012
- Genres
- baroque pop
- Length
- 2:14
- Tempo
- 146 BPM
- Label
- Capitol Records
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About this song
Released in 1964, I Get Around was the first Beach Boys song to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Pop charts. It blends surf guitars with doo-wop harmonies, and Glen Campbell, then an unknown studio musician, played the driving bass line.
Fun facts
- Sampled in 4 other songs, like “Starbound by Yung Meatball”.
- Covered 14 times, including “Apple Bottom Jeans - Beach Boys (1964) by Salvador Peralta”.
- Written by Mike Love and Brian Wilson.
- Produced by Brian Wilson.
- Recorded at United Western Recorders.