Going to a Go-Go (song)
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| Single by The Miracles from the album Going to a Go-Go |
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| Released | December 1965 | ||||
| Format | 7" single | ||||
| Recorded | Hitsville USA (Studio A): 1965 | ||||
| Genre | Soul/pop | ||||
| Length | 2:50 | ||||
| Label | Tamla T 54127 |
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| Writer(s) | Smokey Robinson Pete Moore Bobby Rogers Marvin Tarplin |
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| Producer | Smokey Robinson | ||||
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| Single by Rolling Stones from the album "Still Life" (American Concert 1981) |
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| Released | June 1, 1982 | ||||
| Format | CD, 7" | ||||
| Recorded | 1981 | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 3:21 | ||||
| Label | Rolling Stones/Virgin | ||||
| Producer | The Glimmer Twins | ||||
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"Going to a Go-Go" is a 1965 single recorded by The Miracles for Motown Records' Tamla label. Issued in December 1965, "Going to a Go-Go" peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States the following spring. In addition, the single peaked at number-two on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart and was The Miracles' fifth million-selling record.
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[edit] Miracles version
Smokey Robinson sings lead on "Going to a Go-Go", which he co-wrote with fellow Miracles Pete Moore, Bobby Rogers, and Marv Tarplin. Moore, Rogers, Ronnie White, and Smokey Robinson's wife Claudette Robinson provide backing vocals for the song, an up-tempo dance song inviting people of all walk of life to attend a go-go party. In the Motown DVD release "Smokey Robinson And The Miracles : The Definitive Performances" , Miracles member and co- author Bobby Rogers commented that this song was inspired by the success of the "Go-Go" clubs that grew in popularity throughout the United States in the 1960s .
"Going to a Go-Go" is featured on the Miracles' album of the same name, which proved to be their highest-charting LP of all-original material. The album reached the Top Ten of the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart in early 1966, peaking at number eight, and reached # 1 on the Billboard top R&B albums chart. One of the tracks from the Going to a Go-Go LP, "Choosey Beggar", was issued as the single's b-side, and peaked at number 35 on the Billboard R&B chart.
[edit] Rolling Stones live version
"Going to a Go-Go" was covered by the Rolling Stones on their 1982 album "Still Life" (American Concert 1981). Released as the album's first single, the Stones' version "Going To A Go-Go" reached number 26 in the British charts and number 25 in the United States. Both the single and the album were released in the middle of the European tour of the band in 1982.
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Miracles version
- Lead vocals by Smokey Robinson
- Background vocals: Bobby Rogers, Ronnie White, Pete Moore, and Claudette Rogers Robinson
- Guitar: Marv Tarplin of The Miracles
- Instrumentation: The Funk Brothers, featuring:
- Drums: Benny Benjamin
- Bass: James Jamerson
- Rhythm guitar: Eddie Willis
- Percussion: Eddie "Bongo" Brown
- Tambourine: Jack Ashford
[edit] References
"Hits Of The Sixties: The Million Sellers"- by Demitri Coryton & Joseph Murrells.
