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"Going to a Go-Go" is a 1965 single recorded by The Miracles for Motown's 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.〔"Hits Of The Sixties: The Million Sellers"- by Demitri Coryton & Joseph Murrells (pg 131)〕 ==The Miracles' original 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. Miracles Robinson and Pete Moore were the song's producers.In the Motown DVD release ''Smokey Robinson And The Miracles: The Definitive Performances'', Miracles member and song 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.While at first a regional phenomenon, the success of this Miracles song ignited a nationwide fad for go-go music in America.〔http://www.allmusic.com/album/going-to-a-go-go-mw0000872358〕 "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. In 2003, the Miracles' ''Going To A Go-Go'' album was ranked number 271 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. One of the tracks from the ''Going to a Go-Go'' LP, "Choosey Beggar", was issued as the single's b-side, and was also a hit, peaking at number 35 on the ''Billboard'' R&B chart. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Going to a Go-Go (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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