The Cheat Sheet

Brian Wilson Came up With ‘I’m a Real Cool Kid, I’m Making Lots of Bread’ From ‘I Get Around’ According to This Beach Boy Member

This surf rock group gets around — even singing about it on their 1964 release All Summer Long. “I Get Around” became one of the most popular songs from this album. During a Songfacts interview with ...
Ultimate Classic Rock

Hear the Melvins ‘F––– Around’ With the Beach Boys’ ‘I Get Around’

You can hear "I Fuck Around," their NSFW take on the Beach Boys' first-ever No. 1 single, below. The Melvins retain the basic structure and sunny layered vocals of Brian Wilson and Mike Love's 1964 ...
American Songwriter

The Real Story Behind The Beach Boys’ Make-or-Break Classic “I Get Around”

“‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ really blew my mind. I knew we were good, but it wasn’t until The Beatles arrived that I knew we had to get going,” Wilson said in an interview with WKXJ in Chattanooga, ...
Stereogum

The Number Ones: The Beach Boys’ “I Get Around”

During the session where the Beach Boys were recording "I Get Around," Murry Wilson was acting like an asshole. This was nothing new. Murry was the overbearing father of Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson ...