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| "Getcha Back" | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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"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 on the Billboard Hot 100 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. Allmusic's William Ruhlmann stated that "despite the production sheen provided by Steve Levine (of Culture Club fame), this is another competent but uninspired effort."[2]
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 29.
- ^ Ruhlmann, William (2008). The Allmusic Review. Allmusic.