Greatest (The Go-Go's album)

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Greatest
The Go-Go's - Greatest.jpg
Greatest hits album by
the Go-Go's
ReleasedOctober 5, 1990
Recorded1981–1984, 1990
Genre Pop rock, new wave, post-punk
Length46:45
Label I.R.S.
The Go-Go's chronology
Talk Show
(1984)		Greatest
(1990)		 Return to the Valley of the Go-Go's
(1994)
Singles from Greatest
  1. "Cool Jerk" / "We Got the Beat"
    Released: 1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Village Voice A [3]

Greatest is a 1990 compilation album by American rock band the Go-Go's. The record, which represents the first best-of album by the Go-Go's, includes most of the hits and stand-out tracks from the band's first three studio albums, 1981's Beauty and the Beat , 1982's Vacation , and 1984's Talk Show , only omitting three minor hit singles, "He's So Strange", "This Old Feeling", and "Yes or No".

Contents

The collection does not include any new songs, except for a re-recording of the band's cover version of "Cool Jerk" (which had first been covered by the band on Vacation), which was also released as the one single from the compilation, reaching number 60 on the UK Singles Chart in 1991 and becoming the second Go-Go's song to ever enter the British charts (the third and highest UK hit from the band would eventually be "The Whole World Lost Its Head", peaking at number 29, from their second greatest hits album, 1994's Return to the Valley of the Go-Go's ).

A mint-green vinyl re-release of the album was released through Target in July 2020.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."Our Lips Are Sealed" Jane Wiedlin, Terry Hall Beauty and the Beat , 19812:44
2."Cool Jerk" (re-recording)Donald StorballOriginal version on Vacation , 19823:07
3."We Got the Beat" Charlotte Caffey Beauty and the Beat2:30
4."Head over Heels"Caffey, Kathy Valentine Talk Show , 19843:36
5."Get Up and Go"Caffey, WiedlinVacation3:17
6."Vacation"Caffey, Wiedlin, ValentineVacation3:00
7."Beatnik Beach" Belinda Carlisle, CaffeyVacation2:50
8."You Thought" Gina Schock, ValentineTalk Show4:18
9."I'm the Only One" Carlene Carter, Danny B. Harvey, ValentineTalk Show3:33
10."This Town"Caffey, WiedlinBeauty and the Beat3:18
11."Lust to Love"Caffey, WiedlinBeauty and the Beat4:03
12."Mercenary"Caffey, Wiedlin, ValentineTalk Show3:35
13."How Much More"Caffey, WiedlinBeauty and the Beat3:04
14."Turn to You"Caffey, WiedlinTalk Show3:50

Chart positions

Album

Chart (1990)Peak
position		CertificationSales
U.S. Billboard 200127—402,000+ [4]

Singles

YearSong U.S. Hot 100 UK Singles Chart
1991"Cool Jerk"-60

References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Greatest – The Go-Go's". AllMusic . Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  2. ↑ Considine, J. D. (2004). "The Go-Go's". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p.  335. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert (December 25, 1990). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice . Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  4. ↑ Gary Trust (July 17, 2009). "Ask Billboard: Michael Jackson, Belinda Carlisle, Uncle Kracker". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 24, 2013.
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