Going To A Go-Go

Album: Going To A Go-Go (1965)
Charted: 44 11
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  • Well, there's a brand new place I've founda
    Where people go from miles arounda
    They come from ev'rywhere and if you drop in there
    You might see anyone in towna

    Going to a go-go
    Going to a go-go
    Don't you want to go
    (a-one more time, yeah!)
    I'm going to a go-go

    Going to a go-go
    Going to a go-go
    Don't you want to go
    (a-one more time, yeah!) Writer/s: Marvin Tarplin, Robert Rogers, Warren Moore, William Robinson Jr.
    Publisher: Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

  • Jennifur Sun from RamonaSadly wicki doesnt list who played sax, and bones on this song. does anyone know?
  • Jennifur Sun from RamonaMy all time fav Funk Brothers tune. Just listening to the opening by Benny and James just makes my heart happy.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn January 31st 1966, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles performed "Going To A Go-Go" on NBC-TV program 'Hullabaloo!'...
    One month earlier on December 19th, 1965 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; and on February 6th, 1966 it peaked at #11 (for 2 weeks) and spent 12 weeks on the Top 100...
    It reached #2 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart...
    On the record label the group's name was simply 'The Miracles'; in Feb. 1967 they released "The Love I Saw In You Was Just A Mirage" with their new name 'Smokey Robinson & the Miracles'...
    In 1982 the Rolling Stones covered it; their version reached #25 (for 3 weeks) and stay on the Top 100 for 11 weeks.
  • Kristin from Bessemer, AlI LOVE the bongo opening at the beginning of the song - you sure won't be able to sit down after this record plays!
  • Kent from Toronto, CanadaThe Rolling Stones' live version of "Going To A Go-Go" (from the album "Still Life" even went to Number One in Canada (and stayed at the top for two weeks, following Queen's "Body Language" and preceding Survivor's "Eye Of The Tiger".
  • Kathy from Jasper, Al I once read a funny story about this song on the internet. I don't remember who the guy was but he thought at one time that the lyrics were "going to a boat show" instead of "going to a go-go".
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