It's Gettin' Late

"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."

"It's Gettin' Late"
Single by the Beach Boys
from the album The Beach Boys
B-side	"It's O.K."
Released	July 17, 1985
Recorded	June 21 to November 14 1984[1]
Genre	Rock
Length	3:27
Label	Caribou Records
Songwriter(s)	Carl Wilson Myrna Smith Schilling Robert White Johnson
Producer(s)	Steve Levine
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"Getcha Back" (1985) "It's Gettin' Late" (1985) "She Believes in Love Again" (1985)

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 "harmonic tapestry hauntingly into the adult world."^[2]

The music video directed by Dominic Orlando, was filmed on location in Malibu, California, two months after Getcha Back.

Personnel

Credits sourced from Craig Slowinski, John Brode, Will Crerar and Joshilyn Hoisington.^[1]

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

Chart	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100[3]	82
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[4]	20
US Cash Box 100[5]	78
US Gavin Report Adult Contemporary	12
US Radio & Records Adult Contemporary	18

References

1. Slowinski, Craig (Summer 2023). Beard, David (ed.). "The Beach Boys 1985". Endless Summer Quarterly Magazine. Vol. 36, no. 142. Charlotte, North Carolina.
2. "Reviews". Billboard. August 3, 1985. p. 64. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
3. "The Beach Boys: Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
4. "The Beach Boys: Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
5. "Cashbox Top 100 Singles" (PDF). Cash Box. August 17, 1985. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-08-01.