Going to a Go-Go
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Going to a Go-Go is the seventh studio album by the American R&B group Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.Template:Refn It was released on NovemberScript error: No such module "String".1, 1965, in the United States on Motown's Tamla label.[1] It includes four of the Miracles' Top 20 hits: "Ooo Baby Baby", "The Tracks of My Tears", "Going to a Go-Go", and "My Girl Has Gone".
Going to a Go-Go was the only Miracles studio LP to chart within the Top 10 of the Billboard Top LPs chart, where it remained for 40 weeks, peaking at number 8. The LP peaked at number-one on Billboard's R&B albums chart. In 2003, the album achieved Gold Record status.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It was ranked number 271 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time,[2] and number 273 in the 2012 revised list, and number 412 in the 2020 revised list.[3][4]
Going to a Go-Go was reissued on CD in 2002, coupled with the Miracles' Away We a Go-Go.
Composition
Sessions for the album took place at Hitsville USA in Detroit between February 10 and September 29, 1965, but six of the twelve tracks had been recorded years earlier, in 1963 and 1964.[5] Robinson wrote or co-wrote all the tracks, apart from "My Baby Changes Like the Weather", which was written by two other Motown writers, Hal Davis and Frank Wilson. Robinson's main writing partner was his childhood friend and co-founder of the Miracles, Warren "Pete" Moore, who worked with him on seven of the album's twelve tracks. The other writers are: Miracles members Bobby Rogers, Ronald White, and Marv Tarplin, along with William "Mickey" Stevenson, a Motown songwriter and producer, who contributed to one song. Marv Tarplin, the Miracles' lead guitarist, created the evocative opening chords of "The Tracks of My Tears".[6] and the starting guitar riffs on the title song, and "My Girl Has Gone" .[7]
Release
Going to a Go-Go was released November 1, 1965,[1] and reached number-eight on the Billboard Top LPs chart, and number-one on Billboard's R&B albums chart. It is the only Miracles studio LP to chart within the Top 10. (Another Miracles LP, Greatest Hits Vol. 2 was also a Top 10 success, but that was a compilation, not a studio album.)
The tracks "Ooo Baby Baby", "The Tracks of My Tears", "Going to a Go-Go", and "My Girl Has Gone", were released as singles, and reached the Top 20. "Choosey Beggar" charted on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart at number 35. "A Fork in the Road" was a strong regional hit in several areas of the country and was regularly performed as part of the Miracles' live show.
Going to a Go-Go was reissued on CD in 2002, coupled with the Miracles' Away We a Go-Go.
Track listing
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Personnel
According to the 2022 reissue's liner notes:[8]
The Miracles
- Smokey RobinsonTemplate:Sndlead vocals, producer
- Ronnie WhiteTemplate:Sndbackground vocals
- Bobby RogersTemplate:Sndbackground vocals
- Warren "Pete" MooreTemplate:Sndbackground vocals
- Claudette RobinsonTemplate:Sndbackground vocals
- Marv TarplinTemplate:Sndguitar
Additional musicians and production
- The Funk Brothers and the Detroit Symphony OrchestraTemplate:Sndinstrumentation
- Pete Moore – vocal arrangements
See also
Notes
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References
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External links
- Going to a Go-Go (Adobe Flash) at Spotify (streamed copy where licensed)