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The Go-Go's are an all-female American rock and roll group that formed in 1978 in Los Angeles, California. They made history as the first all-woman band in pop music that played their own instruments and wrote their own songs to top the Billboard charts with a #1 album. Stylistically, their energetic music spanned punk, surf rock, new wave, power pop, and more. They rose to fame in the early-80s with a sunny, retro public image, and their unlikely success helped ushered in an era of similar bands and music in the U.S. Read Full BioThe Go-Go's are an all-female American rock and roll group that formed in 1978 in Los Angeles, California. They made history as the first all-woman band in pop music that played their own instruments and wrote their own songs to top the Billboard charts with a #1 album. Stylistically, their energetic music spanned punk, surf rock, new wave, power pop, and more. They rose to fame in the early-80s with a sunny, retro public image, and their unlikely success helped ushered in an era of similar bands and music in the U.S.

Their best known tunes include "Our Lips Our Sealed", "Vacation", and "We Got The Beat" among others. Their trend-setting debut album, 'Beauty and the Beat', didn't just reach #1 after its 1981 release but is also considered one of the cornerstone albums of American new wave. In the beginning, they played primarily what was known as 'pop punk', and they then made their sound more sunny and romantic, having later associated themselves with the distinct sound of 80s pop rock. The Go-Go's had five Top 40 hits in their heyday.

Website: http://www.gogos.com/

In addition, there was a group from Newcastle in the U.K. known as "The Go-Go's" in the 60s. That artist is known for their 1964 novelty Christmas single, titled "I'm Gonna Spend My Christmas With A Dalek", which referenced the budding 'Doctor Who' craze. Like the later U.S. band of the same name, the group's name was a reference to go-go dancing.

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We Got The Beat
The Go-Go's Lyrics

See the people walking down the street
Fall in line just watching all their feet
They don't know where they want to go
But they're walking in time

They got the beat
They got the beat
They got the beat
Yeah, they got the beat

All the kids just getting out of school
They can't wait to hang out and be cool
Hang around 'til quarter after twelve
That's when they fall in line

They got the beat
They got the beat
Kids got the beat
Yeah, kids got the beat

Go-go music really makes us dance
Doing the pony puts us in a trance
The Watusi, just give us a chance
That's when we fall in line

'Cause we got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
Yeah, we got it!

We got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
Everybody get on your feet
We got the beat
We know you can dance to the beat
We got the beat
Jump back, get down
We got the beat
Round and round and round

We got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Charlotte Caffey

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Naylund Luke

28w↑6

Lyrics:
See the people walking down the street
Fall in line just watching all their feet
They don't know where they want to go
But they're walking in time
They got the beat
They got the beat
They got the beat
Yeah, they got the beat
All the kids just getting out of school
They can't wait to hang out and be cool
Hang around 'til quarter after twelve
That's when they fall in line
They got the beat
They got the beat
Kids got the beat
Yeah, kids got the beat
Go-go music really makes us dance
Doing the pony puts us in a trance
The Watusi, just give us a chance
That's when we fall in line
'Cause we got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
Yeah, we got it!
We got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
Everybody get on your feet
We got the beat
We know you can dance to the beat
We got the beat
Jump back, get down
We got the beat
Round and round and round
We got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat

Naylund Luke

28w↑2

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Alizee Defan

7y↑517

saw them 2 years ago, they are all over 50 and rock better than they ever did....especially drummer GINA! <3

Marcus Maison

They are truly legendary!

Brian Hammer

25w

pfftttt! of course they're not - they're old and in-the-way now

Andrew Albers

27w↑1

I could watch that opening clip of Gina again and again.

Denise Mueller

27w↑1

@Zelda Williams l]l)a

ross frank

34w

nobody cares

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Billis Lopez

4y↑1.3K

This is going to be a controversial theory, but I thInk what they’re trying to say here is that they got the beat

SHAHCAR

This song stayed in my head for days and it finally hit me. The song Wipe Out by The Safaris. That’s what We Got The Beat reminds me of. The Go Go’s just slowed it down. But it’s definitely there. Go listen.

Freethinking Egg

I never thought of that before! And come to think of it, many artists told us about this beat: Gloria Estefan with Turn the Beat Around, Sonny and Cher with the Beat Goes On, Bad Religion with Forbidden Beat. The list goes on. But I just don't know what this beat is.

SHAHCAR

10w

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 you’re awesome love this!

Raymond Rose

10w

Spot on

Joseph K

13w

Yeah, it's like she loves you , yeah, yeah, yeah!😂😂

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Wade Kemmsies

3y↑697

Whoever came up with that bassline deserves a massive raise.

Gsentinel

11w

I concur.

Stephen Beck-von-Peccoz

17w

@Jestak You apparently have no idea how music writing goes. Char wrote the song but it is up to the bass player to take the chords and do with them what they want to move the song along. I am sure Kathy Valentine came up with this bass line.

Oscar Aranda

23w

This song always reminded me of the song Chop Suey by the Ramones. The basslines of both songs are very similar.

Taishi Singleton

26w

XPrincesswarriorx it was Gina Schock that came up with the drumming beat according to the documentary.

Artur de Sousa Rocha

41w

@Jeff Harder According to the 2020 documentary, when Kathy joined the band they gave her a cassette with their songs that was so bad she couldn't hear the bass lines so she spent three days figuring out her own, all while learning to play bass and snorting stuff to keep herself going. And this bassline does sound her style - but of course that doesn't prove anything and Charlotte might have showed her a different version at some point.

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Danny D

2w↑5

As a self confessed “Metal head” this song still makes me tap my toes.

AR B

23w↑69

Finally. The Go-Go's are headed to the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame! It's about damn time.

MinekEzQM

12w↑1

I'm so happy for them.
But excuse me, where is Sparks?

Nestor Velasquez

15w↑3

And well deserved too

Heather Ingram

20w↑3

Way past time!

jonnynmartingmail

41w↑23

Belinda is wearing some great heels and she dances in them better than about anyone I’ve seen

fname lname

Sexy as hell, isn’t she? And so were so many of the girls back in the 80s

Wm Petroff

36w↑1

Belinda has gorgeous legs!

Shawn Goolsby

23w↑14

Congratulations Go-Go's on finally making the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Well deserved!

G Nesbitt

35w↑10

They do have the beat....They played their own instruments and sang without auto-tune. A real band.

David Freeman

9w↑8

Best all girl rock band ever .Two thumbs up GoGos👍👍

NATHANIEL JOHNSON MUSIC

4y↑846

if this song was released today it would still sound fresh

Bombshell Statistics

12w

@RobbKong Riot-Activist I heard it at work today at pick n save lmao

T Oadaly

38w↑1

It would sound fresher than fresh. Everything released today sounds like the same crap over and over.

DeathWithinTenSteps

40w

Timeless indeed

Joe R

40w

Still sounds good.

Sheri Howard

40w

Absolutely 💯❤️💯

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Alex Gallardo

23w↑74

They are now Rock n'Roll hall of fame inductees expect them to perform at their induction

0 0

About time

The

11w

@David Adams Buckethead has made more than 300 but I don't see him in there

takecareofyourshoess

16w↑1

@David Adams LOFL. Are you SERIOUSLY comparing the legacy of the Sex Pistols, who helped invent a new genre of music, with the fucking Go-Gos, who were a pop flash in the pan that wouldn't have been a damn thing if not for Mtv???? Bands like the Go-Gos being in the RnR HOF is just another reason why the RnR HOF is completely irrelevant. The ONLY reason they were able to be around for 3 albums was because of Mtv. That is LITERALLY the only reason. Not the music. So stop with your idiocy please.

David Adams

16w↑2

@Carol Beilby McGrath
There's always going to be someone or some band deserving of induction, but I do believe the Go Go's are just as deserving, even if it's really off the strength of Beauty and the Beat. They, at least, lasted for three more albums, whereas the Sex Pistols, inducted in '06, could only sustain themselves through one album.

Carol Beilby McGrath

17w↑1

I loved them in High School. Saw them live twice , but I think there are alot more deserving musicians/ bands that should be inducted into the HOF

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gratefulvideo

19w↑2

This is the best live version I've heard. Love that they delay the backup vocals to repeat the lyric 'walking in line'... unlike the original where they all sing it in unison.

gogosfan1000

2y↑44

I can watch Belinda dance all day long.

gogosfan1000

21w↑1

@Seraf Pano That's the Belinda dance. lol

Chad Walker

29w↑2

Me too.

Seraf Pano

41w↑1

Do you know how that dance came to be?

L G

42w↑1

Kinda like s Valley girl high school dance tho. 😀

Strength and Bulk Fitness

1y↑1

Those black pumps....

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67omerta

23w↑7

"We Got the Beat" is a song by American rock band The Go-Go's, written by lead guitarist and keyboardist Charlotte Caffey. The band first recorded the song in 1980 for a single on UK-based Stiff Records, then re-recorded it for their debut album Beauty and the Beat on IRS Records. The single's initial release brought the Go-Go's underground credibility to their first tour of the UK and the band's hometown of Los Angeles. The first version reached No. 35 in the US Hot Dance Club Playgraphic due to its popularity in clubs as an import, and the second version was one of the top 10 hits in the United States and Canada. It is considered a classic New Wave hit, in addition to being Go-Go's signature song.
The song's lyrics mention various dances from the early 1960s such as the Pony, Watusi, and the Go-Go dance.
The music video for the song, filmed in a live performance at Palos Verdes High School in Los Angeles, Calif. On December 4, 1981, was broadcast widely on MTV at the time. It gained visibility when it was used in the opening sequence for Amy Heckerling's film Fast Times at Ridgemont High, released in August 1982.

Fernando Rosales

2y↑14

Kathy Valentine is such an underrated bassist...

jim68

3y↑202

That Gina Schock is sure one underrated female drummer.

Joseph Martin

8w↑1

@D W Speaking as a drummer: Peart and Mangini would muck up the groove, Bonham would play behind the beat, & Rich - as well as most jazz drummers - wouldn't "get" what the Go-Go's were up to, which was punk-influenced pop music. I mean, I love Tony Allen, but he'd be useless in the Beatles; Stewart Copeland would be a bad pick for the Ramones; and Danny Carey would have sucked as the drummer of Nirvana or even Smashing Pumpkins. Gina Schock was (and is) the absolute perfect drummer for her band - basically a giddy, explosive metronome with a perfect feel for the material. I like some paradiddle filigree and a perfectly executed Purdie shuffle as much as the next jazz-trained dork, but the Moons and Bonhams of the world made their reputations by serving their bands well, not necessarily showing off. I can't think of a drummer I've met in the last 30 years who loves "Moby Dick," but I know plenty who get jazzed just TALKING about the feel of the comparatively simple "When the Levee Breaks." Restraint is a magic trick in the world of drummers, and Schock is a master of it. Her choices are "simple," but they ain't easy.

D W

20w↑1

@Jules Mateo and another butt.. another one butt... another one butthurt at the truth.

If you cant recognize the names of four influential drummers from the last 50 years, perhaps you'd better leave this conversation to the adults, little one :) :) :) :)

Jules Mateo

20w

@D W you wouldn't know a fact if it went upside your head, sock puppet. What are you even whining about? 🤣🤣🤣

D W

21w↑1

@M M lol you sound like someone who got hurt by facts and is trying to hide it.

M M

21w↑1

@D W Lol! You sound insecure trying to be cool and relevant.

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Uwbsjdjdndnejsndn

37w↑3

One of the most underrated groups of that era as a whole ; those girls knew how to Rock !!!

johnp8587

1y↑78

This is when people had to have some ability to sing and dance at the same time.

Seraf Pano

41w

@L G I agree mostly. Belinda couldn't stay in tune live because she's was always high on cocaine. Still one of the catchiest songs recorded. I think england had kim wilde that was close with. We are the kids in America

L G

41w↑1

@Seraf Pano
Watch their new Showtime or HBO special. They were spit on. They were booed. They’re a teeny bopper band. They had no sense of style. Belinda couldn’t stay in tune live, but the writers Jane and the other writer made the bands success. Belinda would have been a housewife earlier on if it wasnt for Jane and the other writer. There were outside writers too. They were a simple girl high school band that LA producers marketed. LA producers always look for fast money. Usually one hit wonders. The English music scene was popular in America at the time. The Go-Gos were trying to copy them, but couldn’t. So, they accepted they were a Valley girl
Pop band finally. Once they accepted that, they understood who their audience was, and it was flaming young gay boys and high school girls mostly. Don’t get me wrong, there’s a market for pop high school bands. Hollywood loves that for films. I just think their management didn’t guide them well, cause their management didn’t have marketing skills, but the girls had a lot more writing to give and grow. It’s sad cause it’s too late for that now. Once they got a few of their hits out of the way, they needed growth, better catchy tunes with a tad more sophistication. They needed to stay catchy pop, but they needed to impress others, and they couldnt. I really like them. I’m just saying they needed a great manager. I would have helped them focus and get along better. I wish I lived near them at the time cause I have great marketing skills and fashion sense. They never did what Madonna did, pay for experts to guide them in hair, makeup, wardrobe, stage presence, and talented writers. It’s ok to accept other writers material.
Anyway, even so, they did fine. I just think they had more to give back then, and the 80’s is gone. U have to grab the opportunities and milk them. They didn’t milk them, but they did fine. Like I said, they had more room to grow. Jane should have said, “I’m taking the extra money cause I wrote the music. If u want to split it next time, that’s different”. But she walked away instead, split the band which ruined the puzzle, cause Jane was the glue. It’s hard for band members to see what’s wrong when their in it, but a good manager sees it all. Their manager was nice, but did not have enough all around savvy.

Seraf Pano

41w↑3

@L G It doesn't matter if she was considered a good singer. That's one of the most identifiable pop songs in american history. I wonder what happened to that band in england? I guess no one has ever heard of them. Spitting on them? Really? Is that some kind of english bullshit?

L G

42w

The singer wasn’t considered a good singer. In fact they were spit on in England for pretending to be an authentic punk band when they were actually bubble gum, Valley girl pop. But they sold singable, upbeat music. So, they sold records

Lightning211167

45w↑1

You mean talent?

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Chrially2931

3y↑1

I hear this song on the radio all the time and I am always amazed at the drums in this song. The intro is great with the drums constantly banging and when you hear that beat throughout the song, I always say they (drums) really made this song what it is.

FunkMasterFish DatdamnFish

1y↑42

Who else is going through their favorite jams thinking about life back in the days? Please tell me I'm not the only one✌🏼️

Mark Smith

6w↑1

You're not the only one.

Louis B

43w↑1

You ain't the only one...😉👌

Carlo Florez

49w↑2

Back in the Day, life was simpler. More in tune with one another. Didn't have Cell phone distraction. And the Music was about a good time. Enjoy the Sweet Sounds of these Girls amongst other Giants of Rock. I loved an still do love the GoGos. Come back 80s!!😘

Naylund Luke

28w↑6

sophia alvarez

1y↑2

Love this band so much!!!

maui films

1y↑2

If I’m not mistaken this was shot at Palos Verdes High School in 1981 it was one of a series of a few videos that IRS Records shot in that gymnasium as well as Oingo Boingo the following year. It was a great time to be in 11th grade

McKinley Richard

1y↑15

Jane is such a f’in rock god(dess).

Jeff Harder

You guys should re-release this AMAZING concert in restored 1080P/4K. It’s hands down the best captured show of your early days!!!

DaBassBoss

the tone on that bass is so fireeee, i always love playin along to this song man its so addicting

George Vreeland Hill

7y↑227

God I miss this kind of music.

Bryan Byrd

2y↑1

Valley girl sound track check it out

Jip Jackson

2y↑2

Funny how every 80's band I look up THIS comment is present...and yea, me to George, me fucking as well.

*thanks

Tod Christensen

2y↑2

Then go listen to. Funkey town

💋 sunshineandstarlight 💋

2y↑1

Same.

Joe L

3y↑5

You don't have to. It's always with us.

Gregg Mitchell

This live version is on fire!

Evan

2y↑3

When I was in elementary school we had to memorize, dance and sing this song, along with many others from this era, in front of all the kids parents. I still remember the lyrics. This was in 2007-2008.

Hannah Miyamoto

When you trace that hard-driving bass line and the kamikaze drumming, you can see how easy it was for the GoGo's to transition from punk to power pop, since they could all play.

Stan Getz

My first memories of the radio. I remember it was a table with a radio dial on one side that lit up green at night. It was so cool.

GarthanSaal444

7y↑843

How many all girl groups have formed themselves, wrote their own songs, and play their own instruments? Not a lot.

stevie johnson

17w

Klymaxx (“Meeting In The Ladies Room” “The Men All Pause”)

Michael Thorpe

20w

watch the video of their behind the scenes they went through a lot of shit.

Hellwyck

22w

Bangles
GoGos
L7

L G

42w

The Go-Gos didn’t actually write all their hits. BananaRama was out together better at the time. The Go-Gos has the Valley Girl pop vibe, and BananaRama had a better New Wave look with kool hair and wardrobe. Very creative look.The Go-God didn’t have a look, bad haircuts too. I was surprised cause LA had good hair stylists at the time, but perhaps these girls did their own haircuts cause it looked it. Towards the end they grew their hair out better and some got better cuts with a spiky twist. They needed help, but it didn’t matter, they still sold records. But they could have looked fierce, instead they looked real corny.

John Friday

The Lunachicks

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Martin Archer

I love these girls. Saw them many times in the good old 80s. They were always one of my favorites and put on such a fun show - even when Jane had a broken leg.

James Durso Caplanides

Wow this is a live recording?!?!? I had no idea they were this good on stage!!!!! Gives me a whole new respect for the Go-Go's!!!!!

Tesla Ozone O3 for Optimal Health

Yep, vintage sweaters and black pumps. Love them!! Their new single Club Zero still has that eternally fresh sound.

Araceli Aceves

11w↑2

One heck of a group glad I danced to their songs when I was a kid

ZULKARNAIN HASSAN

They are a tight band. Great musicians!! They sound amazing live!

БеоградскиБог

Two and a half minutes of absolute music perfection.

Lawrence Melanson

Ahh for the good old days when you actually had to sing and/or play an instrument to be in a band.

Barbara Rose, PhD

2y↑37

Who's listening to this awesome song in 2019? I totally love it - timeless and always brings me up!

Joseph Stangel

Listening in June 2020!!!✌😊😎💥🌟👌👍

southern redneck

2y↑1

I miss this generation of music. It sucks that I can only listen to it now on here because this new generation of music is garbage and should be banned. I wish they still had bands like this.

Edgar Jim Hawthorne

48w

Love this band!!! Mad props/respect.

Ber Kovac

21w

I was a teenager in the 80's and this song sounded awesome to my ears!

Scott Johnson

Fortunately, I saw The Go-Go's perform live with Flock of Seagulls on September 25, 1982, at Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham, Alabama. It was a big deal! The show was phenomenal. One I will never forget. <3

Linda M

23w

Congrats to the Go Go's for their Rock in Roll Hall of Fame induction, girls for the win!!

lzrnurse79

42w

My favorite part 1:09 surfer rock style solo! I grew up as a kid in the 80's but thanks tio my big sister I got to hear all this great music.

Bianca Da Drummer

Can’t wait to perform with them 😍😩

Jeff Harder

This whole concert needs to be remastered in HD and released. It's probably the BEST early recording of you guys just as you were about to explode. It's what got me into guitar. Thanks Jane!

anon6116

21w

These were really fun times, great memories thanks to bands like this. 😎

Pawtucket Patriot 19

1y↑27

The Go Go's had it all over the Bangles.

The Summerland

16w

agree, loved their punk edge

Karen Gebhard

2y↑1

Love this!!!!!!! Awesome bass. Miss the days......

MTBRPilotYVR

1y↑6

Was a metalhead that secretly loved this song. Huge crush on Belinda. Good times!

Marilyn Rodriguez

seen the gogo in cocert about 7 or 8 years ago and rhey still have the great passion not sure if all orginal are united but a great concert

Sergio Mendez

I love these music growing up as a kid. I remember having hits singles back then. My favorite music was new wave and pop and r&b artists. I use to watch MTV too much back then and I miss these good old days. These album by the go go's I had it I play it out until it was worn out.

ReefTankEddie

Great song, timeless. I like that thier punk roots come through in this song.

soadfan33

A time when music was way better than today! Go-Go music makes us dance!! They definitely got the beat!!

Danny

36w↑3

This was their coke years very loose sounded great having fun. Glad they all made it through that era alive 🙏

gogofan1000

8y↑10

love how Belinda does her little dance during the just music part and as she spins around. you go Belinda. love this song!!!!!!!!

Rey Teodorico P. Garcia

1y↑1

When I hear this song I can't help but jump into the dance floor and move like crazy! My most fave song of all time by the Go-gos. That's the 80s!

Jaxon Jew

42w↑1

Omg can’t do better love this song so much

AlectheBEenthusiast2005 Is back

32w

One of the best songs of the 80’s

Dolores Vargas

1y↑91

The Go-Go's will be inducted into the Rock and Roll H all of Fame

Todd Ausmus

23w

It just happened...

Keith Pixton

26w

@Allan Ostermann What's wrong with Bon Jovi?

Danny

36w↑2

Just nominated finally 2021

Daniel Hickmott

1y↑2

@Jack Lowe you mean the "He Man - Woman Haters" Club? Haha

Allan Ostermann

1y↑1

@Jack Lowe Thanks! That explains something that baffled and sorta sickened me; a few years back they announced the induction of.... BON JOVI !!? It was the year The Cure got in, too; and that made me smile, so it's a mixed bag, where The Velvet Underground will get in, but they would probably share the night with ... like ... Styx 😩

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Wade Sickler

5y↑326

Back in the days when music could be fun.

Colorado Gurl

2y↑3

wadems
Ok boomer, our music is fun. You just think your generation is better than ours.

David Adams

2y↑5

I grow increasingly tired of comments lamenting the past as the last days of anything good. Everyone thinks their generation had the best of everything. If one thinks today's music doesn't have whimsy, then one isn't looking very hard.

Norsilca

2y↑3

Sounds like someone's from r/lewronggeneration

Iamhereblossom

2y↑3

Music is fun today. And we have access to music from around the world. What are you looking for?

Beardmania

3y↑5

@Christina Taft Not even close. Satellite, Internet, Netflix, Hulu, etc have WAY more to watch then there ever was back then. Things only seem "stoic" to you because you suck at life.

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ExMachina70

1y↑1

I respect them far more knowing they play their own instruments.

Naylund Luke

28w↑2

nina

23w↑1

my PE teacher sang this in front of the school. it was awesome

Chris Spicer

4y↑2

Belinda my love, you still rock after all these years...

#HIGHSCHOOLMADCRUSH

setdrift

But Gina Shock is kicking it on drums....

robert thomas

52w↑5

This is one of The Greatest Girl Bands in History

froge king

1y↑2

God I haven’t heard this in years, still know the words

Jeff Beller

36w

So cool, these ladies rocking out to their own songs and talent.

Tony Whitehill

My high school band used to play this all the time in the mid to late 80's before football games. Really got us pumped.

Timothy.bryan Wilson

5y↑196

Belinda Carlisle is extremely lovely

The Glamazon Club

51w↑1

She got the Beat

Strength and Bulk Fitness

1y↑3

Madonna was watching back then and taking notes.

Joseph Stangel

1y↑5

Very Very sexy dancer, especially in those black heels so 🔥

A. O'Moose

2y↑1

Check out her solo career. If possible, she just keeps getting better and better!

Joshua Hull

I know, I slept with her.

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Dolores Vargas

This is my favorite song by the Go-Go's.Tony

R R

46w

Controversial opinion:
Kathy will always be the biggest babe of them all <3

Grace Flowers

I still remember listening to this when I was like a toddler

CherokeeChyckWarHoop' MoparPeddleMeddle

23w↑2

I can remember when this song hit the airwaves in 1980, my older Sister, Susan and I, went to the music store in McMinnville, Oregon and she bought this cassette! As soon as we got back into her car, she opened it up and put it in the tape deck player and we cranked it up!!Susan just loved the Go Go’s and she wore that cassette out constantly playing it over and over until we learned the lyrics to the songs! I have the YouTube app on my Roku device and it’s on auto play and the song “Head over Heels popped up and started playing and so many wonderful and amazing memories of my Sister came flooding back to me! Susan was killed in a car accident at the age of 25 years old on May 1st, 1981 and every time I listen to this song and several others, it’s like she’s sitting next to me rocking out! RIP Sue, I love you and I miss you so so much! 💕🙏💕

simonsbuddy

2y↑10

It's really interesting to watch this after reading Charlotte Coffey's and Jane Weidlin's essays in John Doe's book
More Fun in the New World: The Unmaking and Legacy of L.A. Punk

wendys38

1y↑1

also in Patty Smith's Year of the Monkey (2019)

Jestak

2y↑2

Those are essential reading if you are a serious Go-Go's fan. Likewise Charlotte and Jane's contributions to the earlier volume, Under the Big Black Sun. And I am eagerly waiting Kathy Valentine's memoir which comes out in April of next year.

Chiquita GoneBananaz

More style and class then most current female artists (mainstream) today.

Lance Hurley

1y↑1

Jane rockin that solid guitar

Tanya

3y↑1

I LOVE the Go-Gos!!!! The trendsetters of female rock!! Go Go-Gos & go Vixen!! Pat B, Stevie, Heart, So many more that ROCK...

Callsign: Famine

44w

The drummers got the beat 💪🤟

Dr Penguin

1:08 is when a kickass surfer song breaks out and it is glorious.

Cat_roll

4y↑1

In my music class my teacher is teaching us rock and roll and he show us this :D

Zachariah Lloyd

4y↑9

This is the 80s right here....
4get Madonna, these girls did it all 1st!!

L G

42w↑1

This was considered bubble gum, Valley Girl pop music back then, but they could play their instruments. Belinda wasn’t considered a good singer, but she was cute with an overweight look. Somehow they sold a lot of records even tho they didn’t have a strong look. It’s because they wished they were a punk band when they had no punk rocker in them. No experience in that world either. So, their look was weak cause they didn’t know who they were, but their music revealed who they were, Pop Chicks. They just couldn’t own up to that cause they thought they wouldn’t be taken seriously. They weren’t taken seriously anyway, and no one cared. They made pop, fun music and that’s all anyone cared about, but a force look would have sent this pop band over the edge for sure.

20thCenturyBoy

THEY STILL GOT THE BEAT AND IT'S 2020!!!

krzrrazrrokr

Belindas voice improved alot by the time heaven on earth and the other songs from her solo career came out

Cowicide

GAWD LAWD OAR SAVIOR — I done wish Mr. Bungle would cover this song with Mike Patton. It must manifest itself and be the next greatest thing since Coronavirus.

Eugene Ax

2y↑2

I was too young to appreciate the 80's at the time. They looked super fun.

FemInBoots

8y↑8

Love that they played their own instruments.

Viconius

2y↑4

Heading out of the barracks and one of my roommates said wait you gotta check this out. Drops the record on the player grinning like a mad man. The beat starts and we're all getting into it and then the windows blew in from an explosion in a parking lot next door. Didn't hear the whole song till about a year later. Memories!

Dolores Vargas

It would be beautiful for them to be immortalized.Tony

HonkyTonkBuffalo

48w

Till the day I shake off this mortal coil, whenever I hear this song, the only thing that will come to mind is the opening scene/mall montage of Fast Times At Ridgemont High!!
I will never be able to separate them! :D

Chuck Jordan

1y↑2

In music and music theory, the beat is the basic unit of time, the pulse, of the mensural level. I think they got it.

Veronica Jonsson

Seriously, I love this song

Jamie Cee49

Dang, they use to play this at dances, sitting rinks. Love this song.💖💖💓

Trinity Livingston

This song and Vacation are my favorite songs by the GoGos!

Lana Del Gay

Saw Head Over Heels on Broadway and been listening to their music ever since

Scribe13

5y↑165

They do indeed seem to have the beat

Jesse Cohen

27w

live field reporter: "Yes, Tom. It appears that they do indeed, have the beat. Back to you in the studio."

T1H _Tvj21

4y↑5

Scribe13 technically

TacoTheAlien - Identity V and More

Now I have to sing this for my spring concert but also be a hippie while doing it

Michelle Singh

This songs sweeter year after year. Thank ladies. 👍

Christopher Cotton

48w

2 and a half minutes of ‘80s bliss!!

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