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"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	1984-1985
Genre	Rock
Length	3:27
Label	Caribou Records
Songwriter(s)	Carl Wilson Myrna Smith Schilling Robert White Johnson
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."[1]

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

Personnel

• Graham Broad – percussion
• Steve Grainger – baritone saxophone
• Al Jardine – vocals
• Bruce Johnston – vocals
• Steve Levine – Fairlight CMI programming, drum programming
• Julian Lindsay – Yamaha DX1 synthesizer, PPG Wave 2.3 synthesizer, Oberheim OB8 synthesizer
• Mike Love – vocals
• Kenneth McGregor – trombone
• Ian Ritchie – tenor saxophone
• Dave Spence – trumpet
• Brian Wilson – vocals
• Carl Wilson – Yamaha DX1 synthesizer, electric guitar, lead vocal

Chart positions

Chart	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100[2]	82
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[3]	20
US Cash Box 100[4]	78
US Gavin Report Adult Contemporary	12
US Radio & Records Adult Contemporary	18

References

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