The week of July 11, 1964, saw The Beach Boys land their first #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 with ‘I Get Around.’
It also saw my father turn 21. Today is his birthday, quite a few years later, and while I don’t think he’s much of a Beach Boys fan (Frank Sinatra was and remains more his style), I dedicate this Song of the Day to him anyway. Fortunately, he didn’t “leave his best girl home on a Saturday night” or else my sister and I might have never been born.
As for The Beach Boys, this was already their fifth top ten hit four years into their recording career. They would score two more #1s in the ensuing two years (‘Help Me, Rhonda’ and ‘Good Vibrations’) and then have a 22-year gap before the next one (‘Kokomo’).
‘I Get Around’ was one of the first songs by an American act to top the charts since the British Invasion saw The Beatles and other Brits dominate the pop music landscape. This song is credited with kicking off a friendly rivalry between Paul McCartney and Brian Wilson — an arms race that led to both Pet Sounds and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Round, round, get around
I get around, yeah
Get around, round, round, I get around
I get around
Get around, round, round, I get around
From town to town
Get around, round, round, I get around
I’m a real cool head
Get around, round, round, I get around
I’m making real good bread
Get around, round, round, I get around
[Verse 1: Mike Love]
I’m getting bugged driving up and down this same old strip
I gotta find a new place where the kids are hip
My buddies and me are getting real well-known
Yeah, the bad guys know us and they leave us alone
[Chorus: Brian Wilson]
I get around
Get around, round, round, I get around
From town to town
Get around, round, round, I get around
I’m a real cool head
Get around, round, round, I get around
I’m making real good bread
Get around, round, round, I get around
I get around, round
Get around, round, round, oooh
Wah wa ooh
Wah wa ooh
Wah wa ooh
[Verse 2: Mike Love]
We always take my car ’cause it’s never been beat
And we’ve never missed yet with the girls we meet
None of the guys go steady ’cause it wouldn’t be right
To leave their best girl home on a Saturday night
[Chorus: Brian Wilson]
I get around
Get around, round, round, I get around
From town to town
Get around, round, round, I get around
I’m a real cool head
Get around, round, round, I get around
I’m making real good bread
Get around, round, round, I get around
I get around, round
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
[Outro]
Round, round, get around
I get around, yeah
Get around, round, round, I get around
Get around, round, round, I get around
Wah wa oooh
Get around, round, round, I get around
Ooooh
Get around, round, round, I get around
Ooooh
Get around, round, round, I get around
I get around
Get around, round, round, I get around
From town to town
Get around, round, round, I get around
Ooooh
Get around, round, round, I get around
Ooooh
Get around, round, round, I get around
Meet Me In Montauk 
I’ve heard this son so many times but could never make out the lines in the chorus – “I’m a real cool head, I’m making real good bread.” So, thank you for providing the lyrics.
And a very happy birthday to your dad and my father-in-law Doug!🎉🎂🥂