Going to a Go-Go (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Going to a Go-Go


Artist = The Miracles
from Album = Going to a Go-Go
Released = December 1965
Format = 7" single
Recorded = Hitsville USA (Studio A): 1965
Genre = Soul/pop
Length = 2:50
Label = Tamla
T 54127
Writer = Smokey Robinson
Pete Moore
Bobby Rogers
Marvin Tarplin
Producer = Smokey Robinson
Chart position =

• #11 (US)
• #2 (US R&B)
• #44 (UK)

Reviews =
Last single = "My Girl Has Gone"
(1965)
This single = "Going to a Go-Go"
(1965)
Next single = "Whole Lot of Shakin' in My Heart"
(1966)
Infobox Single
Name = Going to a Go-Go


Artist = Rolling Stones
from Album = "Still Life" (American Concert 1981)
Released = June 1, 1982
Format = CD, 7"
Recorded = 1981
Genre = Rock
Length = 3:21
Label = Rolling Stones/Virgin
Producer = The Glimmer Twins
Chart position =
• #26 (UK)
• #25 (USA)
  Reviews =
  Last single = "Hang Fire"
  (1982)
  This single = "Going to a Go-Go"
  (1982)
  Next single = "Time Is on My Side"
  (1982)
  "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.

  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.

  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.

  Personnel

  Miracles version

  *Singing/Instrumention: The Miracles, featuring:
  **Lead vocals: Smokey Robinson
  **Background vocals: Bobby Rogers
  **Background vocals: Ronnie White
  **Background vocals: Pete Moore
  **Background vocals: Claudette Rogers Robinson
  **Guitar: Marv Tarplin

  *Other Instrumentation: The Funk Brothers, featuring:
  **Drums: Benny Benjamin
  **Bass: James Jamerson
  **Rhythm guitar: Eddie Willis
  **Percussion: Eddie "Bongo" Brown
  **Tambourine: Jack Ashford

  *Production: Smokey Robinson

  References

  1)"Hits Of The Sixties: The Million Sellers"- by Demitri Coryton & Joseph Murrells (pg 131) .

  2)Motown/Universal DVD: "Smokey Robinson & The Miracles:The Definitive Performances (1963-1987)"