The single of the day ★ Going To A Go Go

'Going To A Go Go' was released as a 7" single in the UK exactly 43 years ago on June 1, 1982, where it peaked at #26.
Its US counterpart, released at the same time, reached #25.

'Going To A Go-Go' is originally a 1965 song recorded by The Miracles for Motown Records' Tamla label and wrote by Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore, Bobby Rogers, and Marv Tarplin. Issued in December 1965, the single peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US 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.

The Rolling Stones' cover was recorded live December 8, 1981 at Capitol Centre in Largo, Maryland, USA and released on the album 'Still Life' (American Concert 1981). It was released as the album's first single wordwid... [+]

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About the songs
Nearly 80 songs recorded by the Rolling Stones entered either the UK or US charts since 1963, twelve of them peaking at #1 ['Satisfaction', 'Get Off Of My Cloud', 'Paint It, Black' and 'Honky Tonk Women' were #1 in both countries].

The early years also were the most prolific and, whereas most titles were not yet penned by the Jagger-Richards tandem, record labels Decca [in the UK] and London [in the US] would issue singles at a frantic pace, building the band's reputation as the Beatles' most serious threat.

However, no global marketing strategy would emerge before the 70's, and both countries cultivated their differences in their respective discographies, as would their affiliates in other parts of the world.

The richness and diversity of the Rolling Stones singles discography is mainly due to the fact that, during the 60's, Decca would consider singles an independent market from the LPs' one, whereas London would use this format as a 'lift' for album sales. Therefore, British singles would offer non-album tracks [except for compilations], and Decca England would pass on a few US releases, while the US would opt for different B-sides and be a little more productive.

US exclusive couplings and singles would however often be released on Decca in Europe, notably in Scandinavia for which UK would exclusively press 'export' singles [Denmark, Sweden and Norway also pressed their own records and imported regular UK releases].