"I Get Around" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for The Beach Boys. The song features Love on lead vocal for the verse, and Wilson for the chorus. It is noteworthy for its back to front structure - it starts with a chorus and has two short verses. It was a single which was released in 1964 through Capitol Records; the B-side of the single was "Don’t Worry Baby", which itself charted at number 24 in the United States. "I Get Around" was The Beach Boys' first number-one hit song in the United States. The single also charted at number seven in the United Kingdom, which was the band's first top ten single there. The song's first album release was on All Summer Longin 1964.

In November 1969, the Wilson's father Murry Wilson, sold the copyrights to the band's songs to Irving Almo for approximately $700,000. Many years later in April 1992, just after Brian Wilson had won a lawsuit which recovered many of the copyrights to his songs, Mike Love filed a lawsuit against Brian Wilson claiming that he had not been given credit, and therefore hadn't received royalties, on over thirty of the band's songs, many of them hit singles. One of these songs was "I Get Around". The original credit only credited Wilson, but Love insisted that he had a hand in writing the lyrics. In an interview with Goldmine, published September 18, 1992, Love insisted that he and not Wilson "came up with 'round round get around'". Mike Love won the lawsuit and the song-writing credit was amended, therefore ensuring future royalties on all of the songs that he had claimed he had a hand in writing.

As far as researchers can gather, the instrumental track was recorded on April 2, 1964. The session, produced by Brian Wilson, was also notable as being the session that most likely saw the sacking of the band's manager and the Wilsons' father, Murry Wilson. The bed instrumental track of the song without any instrumental overdubs was released on the 1993 five-disc box set Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys.

The vocals were recorded during a session eight days later on April 10. The lead vocal features Mike Love on the verses and Brian Wilson on the choruses with backing vocals from Brian, Carl & Dennis Wilson, Mike Love and Alan Jardine (the soaring falsetto is Brian Wilson).

The "I Get Around" single backed with "Don't Worry Baby" was released in the United States on May 11, 1964. The single entered the Billboardchart on June 6 at #17. The song reached the #1 spot on the Billboardcharts on July 4, replacing "A World Without Love" by Peter and Gordon and thus becoming the band's first #1 hit in the United States. The song remained at #1 for two weeks before being replaced by "Rag Doll" by The Four Seasons. The single also reached #1 on the United States Varietycharts on July 1.

According to Songfacts, Billboard and Cash Box magazines rated I Get Around 1964's fifth biggest selling song, and indicated it sold close to 2 million units in the U.S.

Released in June 1964 in the United Kingdom the single peaked at #7 on the Record Retailerchart and thus becoming the band's first top ten hit in the United Kingdom. According to some sources, Mick Jagger, when appearing on the U.K. television show Ready Steady Go!, stated that he thought the song was a great record. This most likely played a part in boosting the singles success, while also helping the band become more popular in the United Kingdom.

In Germany the single peaked at #38 on the Hit Bilanzchart, which was only the band's second single to chart in Germany. The single was the band's first charting single in the Netherlands, charting at #38 on the Netherlands singles charts. The single also reached the top 10 in both the Canadian and Swedish singles charts, peaking at #10 in both countries.

The song was first released on an album in 1964 on the band's All Summer Longalbum. In the following year, the band re-recorded the song as a medley along with "Little Deuce Coupe" for their 1965 Beach Boys' Party!album. The medley was a send-up of the original recording. The mock recording replaces lyrics such as "we always take my car cause it's never been beat" with "we always take my car although it's a heap". The original recording of the song was later re-released on the band's 1989 studio album Still Cruisin'. On the 1996 country styled studio release Stars and Stripes Vol. 1the band re-recorded the song for the album which featured country band Sawyer Brown as guests on the track who played several of the instruments on the recording as well as featuring a lead vocal by band member Mark Miller. The harmonies on the re-recorded track were provided by Brian & Carl Wilson, Alan & Matt Jardine, Mike Love and Bruce Johnston.

The song frequently appears on many of the groups Greatest Hits compilations including the 1974 #1 hit compilation album Endless Summer; the 1999 compilation The Greatest Hits - Volume 1: 20 Good Vibrations; the 2002 compilation Classics Selected by Brian Wilson, which was hand-picked by Brian Wilson himself; the 2003 compilation Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boysas well as the 1993 box set Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys.

After the song became the band's first United States number one hit song, it immediately became a regular in The Beach Boys live set. During the band's first British tour in 1964, they performed this song as well as "When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)" on their first television appearance in Britain on Ready Steady Go! Several live renditions of the song have been officially released on various Beach Boys releases. It was first released on their first live album Beach Boys Concertin 1964. A concert from Anaheim Stadium on July 3, 1976 which featured the song was filmed and produced by Lorne Michaels for a Beach Boys television special which first aired in the United States in August, 1976. The TV special was later released on video and DVD as Good Vibrations Tour. In 1980, a live rendition was recorded, though not released until 2002 on the Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980live album. Footage from the concert was also released on video and DVD format. Another live recording of the song from a concert in 1989 was released on the 2006 album Songs from Here & Back.

The first film in which the song appeared was the 1984 film Surf II. In 1986, the song was heard in the Disney science-fiction comedy, Flight of the Navigator. The song was later featured in two films in 1987, both Good Morning, Vietnamand The Big Bang. Two years later the song was used in the 1989 film Look Who's Talking. The 1990 film Downtownalso used the song during the movie. It was also featured in the 1997 films Beanand Toothless. It was again used in the 1999 film Three Kings. More recently the song was used in the 2000 film Last Resort.

A version of the song was featured on various Hoveround advertisements, advertising electronically powered wheelchairs.

In one episode of The Muppet Show, Ms. Piggy along with other pig members of the cast, sing this song while riding Harley Davidson motorcycles.

In an episode of The Wonder Years, the song appears during the ending credits.

The song also featured in the Wii game, Imagine Fashion Party.

The song was also used by the Bondi Surf Club (Surf Life Saving Australia) for their march as a part of the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras parade in 2009.

In a Kidsongs video and DVD, "Let's Play Ball", the music video shows about driving race cars.

The song is also used in the Wes Anderson film, "Fantastic Mr. Fox".

The Song was used in the novel Boy's Life and was the song Reverend Blessett hated.