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{{Infobox song
| name = Getcha Back
| cover = Beach Boys - Getcha Back.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[the Beach Boys]]
| album = [[The Beach Boys (album)|The Beach Boys]]
| B-side = Male Ego
| released = May 8, 1985
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 2:59
| label = [[Brother Records|Brother]]
| writer = {{hlist|[[Mike Love]]|[[Terry Melcher]]}}
| producer = [[Steve Levine]]
| prev_title = [[Come Go with Me]]
| prev_year = 1981
| next_title = [[It's Gettin' Late]]
| next_year = 1985
}}

"'''Getcha Back'''" is a song written by [[Mike Love]] and [[Terry Melcher]] for the American [[rock music|rock]] [[band (music)|band]] [[the Beach Boys]], on their 1985 album ''[[The Beach Boys (album)|The Beach Boys]]''. It was the band's first release since the [[drowning]] death of [[Dennis Wilson]] in 1983. The song peaked at No. 26 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and No. 2 on the [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=29}}</ref>

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)|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."<ref>{{cite book |title= The Allmusic Review|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-beach-boys-mw0000649869|first=William|last=Ruhlmann|year=2008 |publisher=Allmusic}}</ref>

==Reception==
''[[Cash Box]]'' said the song "so wonderously recalls [the Beach Boys'] earlier times and earlier sounds."<ref name=cb>{{cite magazine|title=Single Releases|magazine=Cash Box|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1985/CB-1985-05-25.pdf|date=May 25, 1985|accessdate=2022-07-26|page=11}}</ref>

==Music video==
The music video, directed by Dominic Orlando, was filmed on location in [[Malibu, California|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==
Credits sourced from Craig Slowinski, John Brode, Will Crerar and Joshilyn Hoisington.<ref name="Slowinski2023">{{cite magazine |last=Slowinski|first=Craig |date=Summer 2023 |title=The Beach Boys 1985|issue=142|volume=36|magazine=Endless Summer Quarterly Magazine |location=Charlotte, North Carolina|editor-first=David|editor-last=Beard}}</ref>

'''The Beach Boys'''
*[[Al Jardine]] - backing vocals
*[[Bruce Johnston]] - backing vocals
*[[Mike Love]] - lead and backing vocals
*[[Brian Wilson]] - co-lead and backing vocals
*[[Carl Wilson]] - backing vocals

'''Session musicians'''
*John Alder - electric and acoustic guitars
*[[Graham Broad]] - jingle stick, [[tambourine]], [[castanets]], [[Maraca|maracas]], [[bongos]]
*Steve Grainger - [[baritone saxophone]]
*[[Steve Levine]] - [[Fairlight CMI]] and [[LinnDrum]] [[programming (music)|programming]], producer
*[[Julian Stewart Lindsay|Julian Lindsay]] - [[Kurzweil K250]], [[PPG Wave|PPG Wave 2.3]], [[Yamaha DX1]], bass guitar
*[[Terry Melcher]] - backing vocals, Kurzweil K250

==Chart positions==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Chart (1985)
!Peak<br />position
|-
| Australian Singles Chart
| style="text-align:center;"|81
|-
| Austria Media Control
| style="text-align:center;"|8
|-
| Canada Top Singles
| style="text-align:center;"|26
|-
| Canada ''RPM'' Adult Contemporary
| style="text-align:center;"|4
|-
| European Airplay Top 50
| style="text-align:center;"|22
|-
| Germany Media Control
| style="text-align:center;"|12
|-
| UK Singles
| style="text-align:center;"|97
|-
| US ''Billboard'' Hot 100
| style="text-align:center;"|26
|-
| US ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
| US ''Cash Box'' Top 100<ref>[https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1985/CB-1985-07-06.pdf Cash Box Top 100 Singles, July 6, 1985]</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|25
|-
| US ''Cash Box'' Jukebox Programmer<ref>[https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1985/CB-1985-07-06.pdf Cash Box Top 100 Singles, July 6, 1985]</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|20
|-
| US ''Gavin Report'' Top 40
| style="text-align:center;"|17
|-
| US ''Gavin Report'' Adult Contemporary
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
| US ''Radio & Records'' Contemporary Hit Radio
| style="text-align:center;"|23
|-
| US ''Radio & Records'' Adult Contemporary
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|}

==Cover versions==

[[Mark McGrath]], lead singer of the [[California]] [[rock music|rock]] band [[Sugar Ray]], performed a cover of this song for the [[Herbie: Fully Loaded soundtrack|soundtrack]] of ''[[Herbie: Fully Loaded]]'' ([[2005 in film|2005]]). The Beach Boys version appears at the beginning, during the flashback of Herbie's racing career and adventures 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.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{The Beach Boys singles}}

{{authority control}}

[[Category:1985 songs]]
[[Category:1985 singles]]
[[Category:The Beach Boys songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Mike Love]]
[[Category:Songs written by Terry Melcher]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Steve Levine]]

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