{{More citations needed|date=December 2009}} {{Infobox song | name = Getcha Back | cover = Beach Boys - Getcha Back.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = the Beach Boys | album = The Beach Boys | B-side = Male Ego | released = May 8, 1985 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = | length = 2:59 | label = 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 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 No. 26 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 2 on the 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. Comparisons could also be made to Bruce Springsteen's 1980 hit "Hungry Heart", which Love later recorded a cover of for a tribute album.
==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>
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>
==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== 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, maracas, bongos *Steve Grainger - baritone saxophone *Steve Levine - Fairlight CMI and LinnDrum programming, producer *Julian Lindsay - Kurzweil K250, 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 band Sugar Ray, performed a cover of this song for the soundtrack of ''Herbie: Fully Loaded'' (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}}
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