It's Gettin' Late
{{Infobox song
| name = It's Gettin' Late
| cover = The_Beach_Boys_It's_Gettin'_Late.PNG
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = the Beach Boys
| album = The Beach Boys
| B-side = It's O.K.
| released = July 17, 1985
| recorded = June 21 to November 14 1984
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Rock
| length = 3:27
| label = Caribou Records
| writer = Carl Wilson
Myrna Smith Schilling
Robert White Johnson
| producer = Steve Levine
| prev_title = Getcha Back
| prev_year = 1985
| next_title = She Believes in Love Again
| next_year = 1985
}}
"It's Gettin' Late" is a song written by Carl Wilson, Myrna Smith Schilling and Robert White Johnson for the American rock band the Beach Boys. It was released on their 1985 album The Beach Boys and as a single with "It's O.K."
Billboard compared it to the Beach Boys' previous single "Getcha Back" which was about "teen reminiscence" saying that "It's Getting Late" brings the group's "harmonica tapestry hauntingly into the adult world."{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|date=August 3, 1985|accessdate=2022-07-29|page=64|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uSQEAAAAMBAJ|title=Reviews}}
The music video directed by Dominic Orlando, was filmed on location in Malibu, California, two months after Getcha Back. The video features an appearance of future The Bold and the Beautiful cast member Katherine Kelly Lang.
Personnel
Credits sourced from Craig Slowinski, John Brode, Will Crerar and Joshilyn Hoisington.{{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}}
The Beach Boys
- Al Jardine – backing vocals
- Bruce Johnston – backing vocals
- Mike Love – backing vocals
- Brian Wilson – backing vocals
- Carl Wilson – lead and backing vocals, Yamaha DX1, electric guitar
Session musicians
- Graham Broad – hi-hat
- Steve Grainger – baritone saxophone
- Steve Levine – Fairlight CMI and LinnDrum programming
- Julian Lindsay – Yamaha DX1, PPG Wave 2.3, Oberheim OB-8, Prophet-5, bass guitar
- Kenneth McGregor – trombone
- Ian Ritchie – tenor saxophone
- Dave Spence – trumpet
Chart positions
| class="wikitable" |
| Chart
!Peak |
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| US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|title=The Beach Boys: Billboard Hot 100|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-beach-boys/chart-history/hsi/|accessdate=2022-08-01|publisher=Billboard}}
| style="text-align:center;"|82 |
| US Billboard Adult Contemporary{{cite web|title=The Beach Boys: Adult Contemporary|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-beach-boys/chart-history/hsi/|accessdate=2022-08-01|publisher=Billboard}}
| style="text-align:center;"|20 |
| US Cash Box 100{{cite magazine|title=Cashbox Top 100 Singles|magazine=Cash Box|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1985/CB-1985-08-17.pdf|date=August 17, 1985|accessdate=2022-08-01|page=4}}
| style="text-align:center;"|78 |
| US Gavin Report Adult Contemporary
| style="text-align:center;"|12 |
| US Radio & Records Adult Contemporary
| style="text-align:center;"|18 |
References
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{{The Beach Boys singles}}
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