Brian Wilson Came up With ‘I’m a Real Cool Kid, I’m Making Lots of Bread’ From ‘I Get Around’ According to This Beach Boy Member
The Beach Boys released āI Get Around,ā a song co-written by Mike Love and Brian Wilson. Years later, Love commented on the lyrics for the All Summer Long original, crediting Wilson with the āmaking lots of breadā line. Hereās what we know about the hit from this surf rock group.Ā Ā
The Beach Boys released āI Get Aroundā on āAll Summer Longā
This surf rock group gets around ā even singing about it on their 1964 release All Summer Long. āI Get Aroundā became one of the most popular songs from this album.
During a Songfacts interview with Randy Bachman, the musician explained Wilson created chord progressions thanks to a āfake book, which is all the Broadway hits.ā He took āFive Foot Two, Eyes of Blueā and transformed that into āI Get Around.ā
This track details some of the romantic encounters of the narrator. Of course, the lyrics mention cars, a signature of the surf rock group.
āI get around (get around, āround, āround, I get around),ā the lyrics state. āFrom town to town (get around, āround, āround, I get around) / Iām a real cool head (get around, āround, āround, I get around) / Iām makinā real good bread (get around, āround, āround, I get around) / I get around (āround, āround).ā
Since its debut, this track was added to 50 Big Ones: Greatest Hits. It earned over 145 million Spotify plays and became one of the most popular songs by the Beach Boys.Ā
Mike Love said Brian Wilson came up with some lyrics for the Beach Boysā āI Get Aroundā
Mike Love is credited as the āI Get Aroundā co-writer alongside Brian Wilson. Years later, the artist elaborated on the collaborative process and where the inspiration came from for āI Get Around.ā
āBrian came up with, āIām a real cool kid, Iām making lots of breadā as the beginning of the song,ā Love said during an interview with On Milwaukee. āI liked those lines, but I thought it should begin with something more like, āBa-ba-ba, ba-Barbara Ann,ā you know?āĀ
āThat intro became āāRound, āround, get around, I get around,ā he added. āSometimes we wrote beautiful songs together in the middle of the night. Brian and I were best friends long before the band came along, but that didnāt last.ā
Mike Love wrote and performed other songs with the Beach Boys
Love is credited as a co-writer on several Beach Boys originals, including āWouldnāt It Be Nice,ā āThe Man With All the Toys,ā and āGood Vibrations.ā He appeared as a founding member of the group, performing at Live Aid and earning Grammy Awards and nominations.Ā
Mike Love continues to host concerts under the Beach Boys name, sometimes joined onstage by Full House cast member John Stamos. Now, music by the Beach Boys is available on most major streaming platforms.Ā