Let's Go (The Cars song)

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"Let's Go"
TheCarsLetsGo7InchSingleCover.jpg
Picture sleeve (France)
Single by the Cars
from the album Candy-O
B-side
ReleasedJune 12, 1979 (1979-06-12)
Recorded1979
Genre
Length3:32
Label Elektra
Songwriter(s) Ric Ocasek
Producer(s) Roy Thomas Baker
The Cars singles chronology
"Good Times Roll"
(1979)
"Let's Go"
(1979)
"It's All I Can Do"
(1979)
Candy-O track listing
11 tracks
Side one
  1. "Let's Go"
  2. "Since I Held You"
  3. "It's All I Can Do"
  4. "Double Life"
  5. "Shoo Be Doo"
  6. "Candy-O"
Side two
  1. "Night Spots"
  2. "You Can't Hold on Too Long"
  3. "Lust for Kicks"
  4. "Got a Lot on My Head"
  5. "Dangerous Type"

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