Here to Go

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"Here to Go"
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Single by Devo
from the album Shout
ReleasedMarch 13, 1985 [1]
Studio Record Plant (Los Angeles)
Genre
Length3:18
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Devo
Devo singles chronology
"Are You Experienced?"
(1984)
"Here to Go"
(1985)
"Shout"
(1985)

"Here to Go" is a song by the American new wave band Devo, written by Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale. It was released on their sixth studio album, Shout , in 1984, and was subsequently released as a single in 1985.

Contents

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Here to Go" (Go Mix Version) – 5:32
  2. "Here to Go" (Here to Dub Version) – 5:44

Side two

  1. "Shout" (LP version) – 3:15
  2. "Shout" (E-Z Listening Version) – 4:15

Chart performance

Chart performance for "Here to Go"
Chart (1986)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [3] 40
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales [4] [5] 44

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