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Forever No. 1: The Beach Boys’ ‘I Get Around’

Here's a detailed look at The Beach Boys’ “I Get Around,” the 1964 gem that became the band's first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.

The fabled Wrecking Crew of top Los Angeles session players, including Hal Blaine and Glen Campbell, played on the track. Biographer Mark Dillon compared the lyrics to “the braggadocio of a modern-day rapper” — fitting that nearly 30 years later, one of the all-time most legendary MCs would recycle the title for his own cockiest hit. It ranks with Elvis’ “Don’t Be Cruel”/ “Hound Dog,” The Beatles’ “Penny Lane”/“Strawberry Fields Forever,” The Beach Boys’ own “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”/“God Only Knows” and a handful of others.

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