The Go-Go's
Greatest
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May 25 - 31, 2025
Year of Release: 1990
Rating:
Our Lips Are Sealed
Cool Jerk
We Got The Beat
Head Over Heels
Get Up And Go
Vacation
Beatnik Beach
You Thought
I'm The Only One
This Town
Lust To Love
Mercenary
How Much More
Turn To You
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The Go'Go's Greatest gets the review this week, as the all-female band bursted on the (Pop) music scene,
with their hit "Our Lips Are Sealed," and "We Got The Beat." Their Greatest hits compilation
covers the years 1981 to 1990. The two songs mentioned earlier were from their breakthrough album Beauty And The
Beat, and two other well-remembered hits are also included: "Head Over Heels" and "Vacation."
Beauty And The Beat reached #1 on Billboard's Albums chart, for six weeks. Three other songs from that album are
on this compilation: "This Town," "Lust To Love," and "How Much More." They may not be remembered as the
two most popular songs mentioned, yet The Go-Go's made their mark in the music scene, led by Belina Carlisle, and became
one of the popular all-female groups, in a male-dominated music business. Their documentary, seen on the Cw Network is
highly recommended, showing how they started out as a Punk rock group, and would later become more famous as a Pop group,
and their incredible story together.
Our Lips Are Sealed" leads off the compilation, being one of the two songs The Go-Go's will always be famous
for. "Cool Jerk" is a remake, originally by The Capitols in 1966, and covered by many others. (originally from
Vacation; the Greatest version is a remix). This song has always been a cool rocking song, and we can add
The Go-Go's version to that list. "We Got The Beat," the other well-known remembered Go-Go's hit follows. "Head
Over Heels" was another hit heard on many radio stations, when their Talk Show album was released. "Get Up
And Go" (from Vacation) was one of the hit singles from that album, but not easily remembered. The most popular
and remembered song from Vacation was the title track. Another hit single from vacation was "Beatnik
Beach," a hit single from the album, but not as famous as the two from Beauty From The Beat.
"You Thought" was from Talk Show, as "Head Over Heels" would be the only best song remembered
from the album. "You Thought" and "I'm The Only One" are album deep cuts from Talk Show. The next
two songs were from Beauty And The Beat: "This Town" and "Lust To Love" as mentioned earlier.
"Mercenary" is another album deep cut from Talk Show," followed by "How Much Love" from Beauty
And The Beat. Ending the album is "TUrn To You," from Talk Show.
The Go-Go's Greatest has many songs that this all-female group rocking it out on many tracks. You can hear
the Punk style overtones in the tracks, as they had started out as a Punk Rock group. Their two Pop-flavored "Our
Lips Are Sealed" and "We Got The Beat" were the most famous; "Head Over Heels" and "Vacation"
were the next two favorites.. Yet, on many of the other tracks, they proved to be a powerful rocking female band. They
certainly proved it - they were inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame in 2021. Each member of The Go-Go's persued their
own solo careers, as Belinda Carlisle would become the most successful on her own.
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