I Get Around

Grateful Dead

No Grateful Dead recordings.

Others

Little Deuce Coupe, Beach Boys, 1963
Single, Beach Boys, 1964
Beach Boys Concert, Beach Boys, 1964
All Summer Long, Beach Boys, 1964
Beach Boys Party!, The Beach Boys, 1965
Beach Boy's Songbook, The Surfsiders, 1965
Beach Boys - An American Band - Soundtrack, Beach Boys, 1985
Still Cruisin', Beach Boys, 1989
The Jan And Dean Story, Jan And Dean, 1993
Good Vibrations, Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys, Beach Boys, 1993
Papa Doo Run Run, California Project, 19??
Jukebox Hits of the 60's, Various Artists (Beach Boys), 2002
40 Years Of Jukebox Hits, Various Artists (Beach Boys), 2002

Notes

Performed by the Beach Boys during the Dead/Beach Boys set on 27th April 1971. Members of the Dead did not contribute to this song.

Brian Wilson has said,

I Get Around is about my competitive nature, a lot of people were making great records, like the Beatles, Phil Spector and Bob Crewe. I needed to fight back a little bit. It was an answer to 'My Boyfriend's Back' in the way it was produced.

It's a kind of social lyric. It's about going places, making good money, going around from town to town. It represents Americana.

I used a good rhythm with echo and hand claps. It was done in out commercial style with a bass singer, falsetto and midrange background parts. I used Spector techniques for the instrumental tracks and a standard 4/4 rhythm.