| "Come On, Let's Go" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Ritchie Valens | ||||
| from the album Ritchie Valens | ||||
| B-side | "Framed" | |||
| Released | May 1958 | |||
| Recorded | 1958 | |||
| Studio | Gold Star (Los Angeles, California) | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll | |||
| Label | Del-Fi | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ritchie Valens | |||
| Ritchie Valens singles chronology | ||||
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"Come On, Let's Go" is a song written and originally recorded by Ritchie Valens in 1958. It was the first of four charting singles from his self-titled debut album, and reached number 42 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in May 1958.
British teen idol Tommy Steele covered "Come On, Let's Go" shortly after Valens' hit was released in the U.S. His version reached number 10 in the United Kingdom. [1]
American rock group The McCoys recorded "Come On, Let's Go" and included it on their 1966 album You Make Me Feel So Good. Also released as a single, it reached the Top 40 on the U.S. [2] and Canadian charts. [3]
Los Lobos covered the song in 1987 for the soundtrack of the 1987 Ritchie Valens biographical movie La Bamba starring Lou Diamond Phillips. Their version reached number 18 in the United Kingdom [4] and number 21 in the U.S. [2] It was also a track on Cars: The Video Game .
Japanese experimental music group The Gerogerigegege recorded the song and included it on their 1990 album Tokyo Anal Dynamite.
| Chart (1958) | Peak position | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 42 | [2] |
| US Cash Box Top 100 | 51 | [2] |
| Chart (1958–59) | Peak position | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|
| UK Singles (OCC) | 10 | [1] |
| Chart (1966) | Peak position | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) | 36 | [3] |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 22 | [2] |
| US Cash Box Top 100 | 17 | [5] |
| Chart (1987-88) | Peak position | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) | 25 | [6] |
| Ireland (Irish Singles Chart) | 9 | [7] |
| UK Singles (OCC) | 18 | [4] |
| South Africa (Springbok) | 15 | [8] |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 21 | [2] |
| US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) | 35 | [9] |
| US Cash Box Top 100 | 24 | [10] |
"La Bamba" is a Mexican folk song, originally from the state of Veracruz, also known as "La Bomba". The song is best known from a 1958 adaptation by Ritchie Valens, a Top 40 hit on the U.S. charts. Valens's version is ranked number 345 on Rolling Stone magazine′s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
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