Head over Heels (The Go-Go's song)

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"Head over Heels"
Head Over Heels GoGos.jpg
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Single by The Go-Go's
from the album Talk Show
B-side "Good For Gone"
ReleasedFebruary 21, 1984 (1984-02-21)
Format 7" single, 12" single
Recorded1983
Genre Pop rock, new wave
Length3:37
Label I.R.S.
Songwriter(s) Charlotte Caffey, Kathy Valentine
Producer(s) Martin Rushent
The Go-Go's singles chronology
"He's So Strange"
(1982)
"Head over Heels"
(1984)
"Turn to You"
(1984)

"Head over Heels" is a 1984 single, released by the all-female pop rock/new wave band The Go-Go's, written by Charlotte Caffey and Kathy Valentine. Go-Gos' rhythm guitarist Jane Wiedlin has cited "Head over Heels" as her favorite Go-Gos' song, describing it as "just a classic. Like a little pop truffle of chocolate that's just completely delicious." [1]

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History

The song was released as the first single from their third album, Talk Show , and was the most successful of the album's three singles, peaking at #11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. [2] It also spent three weeks at #10 on the U.S. Cash Box Top 100. The song was also a hit in the Philippines. [3]

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<i>Talk Show</i> (The Go-Gos album) 1984 studio album by the Go-Gos

Talk Show is the third studio album by the American rock band the Go-Go's, released on the I.R.S. label in 1984. Although some critics considered it an inspired return to form after their second album Vacation, other than the No. 11 hit single "Head over Heels", the album was a relative commercial disappointment, peaking at No. 18 and selling fewer than 500,000 copies. This would be the last all-original album by the group until 2001's God Bless The Go-Go's.

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References

  1. "Songwriter Interviews: Jane Weidlin from the Go-Gos" . Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  2. [Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002]
  3. Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 26, 1984
  4. [Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002]
  5. Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 26, 1984
  6. http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1984.htm