Song · The Beach Boys
“I Get Around” by The Beach Boys
From the EP I Get Around / Fun, Fun, Fun (1964)
“I Get Around” by The Beach Boys appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2001 and 2014. It was first released in 1964 on the EP I Get Around / Fun, Fun, Fun. Its best result is #145 on the WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,049 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"I Get Around" throws open All Summer Long, the Beach Boys' 1964 album, and it hit the shops as a single that May with "Don't Worry Baby" on the flip. Brian Wilson and Mike Love wrote it, and under all that swagger it's a song about the band itself: young men suddenly famous, bored stiff with the way things are, hunting for somewhere hipper to be.
It gave them their first American number one, it stood among the biggest hits the country had produced since the British Invasion, and it touched off Wilson's unspoken rivalry with the Beatles. Canada sent it to the top too, and in 2017 it went into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 991 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2010 | 145 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) | 885 |
| 2014 | 494 | Big 100 | BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) | 1000 |
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