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The Go-Go's are an American all-female rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1978. [1] Except for short periods when other musicians joined briefly, the band has had a relatively stable lineup consisting of Charlotte Caffey on lead guitar and keyboards, Belinda Carlisle on lead vocals, Gina Schock on drums, Kathy Valentine on bass, and Jane Wiedlin on rhythm guitar.
"Head over Heels" is a song by the all-female pop rock/new wave band the Go-Go's, released in 1984 as the first single from their third studio album, Talk Show. The song was written by band members Charlotte Caffey and Kathy Valentine , and produced by English record producer Martin Rushent .
"Cool Places" is a 1983 new wave song recorded by American pop band Sparks in collaboration with the Go-Go's rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Jane Wiedlin. [1] It was their second single to enter the Billboard Hot 100 .
The song's music was based on "Fetch Me One More Beer" by the Los Angeles-based punk rock band Fear, written by the band's guitarist Philo Cramer and John Clancy. [7] Bobby and Larson Paine, who were managing the Go-Go's, reworked the song with new lyrics and gave it to them, but after a falling out forbade them from playing it and gave it to Josie Cotton. [2]
The song's music video, co-directed by Mary Lambert and Chris Gabrin, [2] featured a starring role for the then-up-and-coming actor Rob Lowe. [3] The band members play suit-clad men (except for drummer Gina Schock, who is wearing a colorful dress) as they perform the song at a formal teen dance which appears to be taking place in the early to mid-1960s.
This is the discography of the American new wave group The Go-Go's. They have released 4 studio albums, 3 compilation albums, and 16 singles. They have released 4 studio albums, 3 compilation albums, and 16 singles.
Beauty and the Beat is the debut album from California new wave band the Go-Go's.Released July 14, 1981 [2] on the I.R.S. Records label, the album reached number one on Billboard's Top LPs & Tape chart in March 1982, bolstered by its two big Hot 100 hit singles: "Our Lips Are Sealed" (no. 20) and "We Got the Beat" (no. 2), released in 1980, but in a different version.
"We Got the Beat" is a song by the American rock band the Go-Go's, written by the group's lead guitarist and keyboardist Charlotte Caffey. The band first recorded the song in 1980 for a single on UK-based Stiff Records, and later rerecorded it for their debut album Beauty and the Beat on I.R.S. Records.