The Go-Go's Songs - Our Lips Are Sealed, We Got the Beat, Vacation, Cool Jerk, the Whole World Lost Its Head, Turn to You, Unforgiven, Yes or No (Paperback)

Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Chapters: Our Lips Are Sealed, We Got the Beat, Vacation, Cool Jerk, the Whole World Lost Its Head, Turn to You, Unforgiven, Yes or No. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: "Our Lips Are Sealed" is a song written by Go-Go's guitarist Jane Wiedlin and Specials and Fun Boy Three singer Terry Hall. It was first recorded by The Go-Go's as the lead-off song on their 1981 album Beauty and the Beat (see 1981 in music) and served as their debut American single. In 2000 Rolling Stone named it one of the 100 Greatest Pop Songs of all time. Although originally written and performed with three verses, it is an abbreviated version of the song which appears on Beauty and the Beat. This version of the song was released as a single in June 1981 (see 1981 in music) and peaked at number twenty on Billboard's Billboard Pop Singles chart, and fifteen on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart. A song of unusual longevity, it remained on the Billboard charts for much of 1982 as well, long after its peak. The accompanying video was an early favorite of the fledgling MTV channel, and helped establish the Go-Go's energetic persona. It features sequences of the band members in carefree tableaux (riding around in a convertible, stopping at a lingerie shop and splashing around in a city fountain) interspersed with footage of the band playing a club booking. The following year, co-writer Terry Hall re-recorded the song with his own band, Fun Boy Three; it was a major hit, reaching no. 7 on the UK Singles Chart. Sisters Hilary and Haylie Duff covered the song for the soundtrack to the 2004 film A Cinderella Story, in which Hilary starred. The cover, recorded as a duet with Duff's sister Haylie and produced by John Shanks, was released as a singl...http: //booksllc.net/?id=2847679