Getcha Back

"Getcha Back"
Single by The Beach Boys
from the album The Beach Boys
B-side	"Male Ego"
Released	May 8, 1985
Length	2:59
Label	Brother
Songwriter(s)	Mike Love, Terry Melcher
Producer(s)	Steve Levine
The Beach Boys singles chronology

"Getcha Back" is a song written by Mike Love and Terry Melcher for the American rock band The Beach Boys, on their 1985 album The Beach Boys. It was the band's first release since the drowning death of Dennis Wilson in 1983. The song peaked at number 26 nationally and number two on the Adult Contemporary chart.[1]

Musically, the backing vocals resemble those from the 1959 hit "Hushabye" by The Mystics, which the Beach Boys had covered in 1964 for their All Summer Long album. Comparisons could also be made to Bruce Springsteen's 1980 hit "Hungry Heart", which Love later recorded a cover of for a tribute album. The Allmusic Review had this to say "despite the production sheen provided by Steve Levine (of Culture Club fame), this is another competent but uninspired effort."[2]

Music video

The music video directed by Dominic Orlando, was filmed on location in Malibu and Venice, California. It featured a then-unknown Katherine Kelly Lang, who went on to play Brooke Logan on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.

Personnel

The Beach Boys

Al Jardine – vocals
Bruce Johnston – vocals
Mike Love – lead vocals
Brian Wilson – lead vocals, backing vocals, falsetto[3], vocal arrangements (uncredited), synthesizer bass (uncredited)
Carl Wilson – vocals

Additional musicians and production staff

John Alder – guitars
Graham Broad – percussion
Steve Grainger – baritone saxophone
Steve Levine – Fairlight programming, drum programming
Julian Lindsay – Kurzweil 250 synthesizer, PPG Wave synthesizer, synthesizers programming
Terry Melcher – Kurzweil 250

Chart positions

Chart	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart	81
Canada Top Singles	26
UK Singles	97
US Billboard Hot 100	26
US Billboard Adult Contemporary	2

Live versions

The song was played on the Beach Boys' The 50th Reunion Tour in 2012 with David Marks taking over on lead vocals and with Jeff Foskett on Brian Wilson's original falsetto part.

Cover versions

Mark McGrath, lead singer of the California rock band Sugar Ray, performed a cover of this song for the soundtrack of Herbie: Fully Loaded, a Walt Disney Pictures movie released in 2005. The Beach Boys version appears at the beginning, during the flashback of Herbie's racing career, during the opening credits.

Mike Love re-recorded the song for his 2017 solo album Unleash the Love. This version features altered lyrics and a new third verse, and features John Stamos on percussion.

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References

Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 29.
Ruhlmann, William (2008). The Allmusic Review. Allmusic.
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[1] Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 29.

[2] Ruhlmann, William (2008). The Allmusic Review. Allmusic.

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