The Go-Go's Lingo 15 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Billboard Top LPs & Tape

Twenty-four days after its release on 8 Jul 1981, The Go-Go's debut album "Beauty and the Beat" premiered on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart at number 186 on 1 Aug 1981.

Thirty-one weeks later on 6 Mar 1982, "Beauty and the Beat" reached number one on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart and remained at number one for six weeks.

The Go-Go's debut album "Beauty and the Beat" ranked on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape for a total of 72 weeks from 1 Aug 1981 to 17 Dec 1982 and its sales earned the number two spot on the Billboard Top Pop Albums of 1982.

Since 24 Mar 1945, Billboard magazine had 20 variants of its top pop-albums chart:
* 1945: Billboard Best-Selling Popular Albums (5 positions)
* 1955: Billboard Best-Selling Popular Albums (15 positions)
* 1956: Billboard Best-Selling Pop Albums (30 positions)
* 1957: Billboard Best-Selling Pop LPs (30 positions)
* 1959: Billboard Best-Selling Stereophonic LPs (30 positions)
* 1959: Billboard Best-Selling Monophonic LPs (50 positions)
* 1960: Billboard Stereo Action Charts (30 positions)
* 1960: Billboard Mono Action Charts (40 positions)
* 1961: Billboard Action Albums - Stereophonic (15 positions)
* 1961: Billboard Action Albums - Monophonic (25 positions)
* 1961: Billboard Top LPs - Stereo (50 positions)
* 1961: Billboard Top LPs - Monaural (150 positions)
* 1963: Billboard Top LPs (150 positions)
* 1967: Billboard Top LPs (175 positions)
* 1967: Billboard Top LPs (200 positions)
* 1972: Billboard Top LPs & Tape (200 positions)
* 1984: Billboard Top 200 Albums
* 1985: Billboard Top Pop Albums (200 positions)
* 1991: Billboard 200 Top Albums
* 1992: Billboard 200

Answer: Living at the Canterbury

Jane Wiedlin wrote the song "Living at the Canterbury" on the album "Return to the Valley of The Go-Go's" in 1994.

Jane's "Living at the Canterbury" is one of The Go-Go's previously unreleased songs but in 1994, The Go-Go's included a rehearsal of this song from February 1979 on their retrospective album "Return to the Valley of The Go-Go's." This rehearsal includes The Go-Go's original bass player and cofounder Margot Olavarria.

According to Jane's interview in the book "Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk," "I moved out of the [San Fernando] Valley and into the Canterbury, a 1920s apartment building just one block from the Masque [punk rock club].

"Punks quickly took over the entire Canterbury and it really was like a dormitory. Doors were left open and unlocked. Girls and boys would be running through the hallways at all hours of the night and day, borrowing guitars, food, booze. A typical night out involved walking 400 feet to a show at the Masque or some other seedy temporary club location. The audience consisted of the same 100 kids...the scene had grown a lot in a year!...most of whom were in bands themselves. Most times it would just be a night of swapping, kids going from audience to stage then back again. It felt like Our Scene. It was our scene" (Doe, DeSavia, 2016, p. 19-22).

According to The Go-Go's interview with Lobotomy magazine, Belinda Carlisle lived in room 414 of the Canterbury, Jane in room 205 and Margot in 301 (Rumple, 1979).

The Canterbury is now The Canterbury Suites Los Angeles and marketed as a "boutique hotel" albeit with mixed reviews.

Answer: Live From the Upside Down

The Go-Go's performed during the fictitious concert "Live From the Upside Down" to promote Season 4 of the Netflix horror-drama "Stranger Things" on 23 Jun 2022.

The storyline is while The Go-Go's, Corey Hart and Soft Cell are traveling to the Doritos Music Fest '86, their tour bus crashes near Hawkins, Indiana and the bands wander into another dimension. The show, however, must go on so for an audience of lurking monsters, Corey Hart sings "Sunglasses at Night" and "Never Surrender," The Go-Go's perform "We Got the Beat" and "Our Lips are Sealed" and Soft Cell sings "Tainted Love." The Go-Go's were attacked by a cloud of bats!

Answer: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The Go-Go's were inducted during the 36th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio on (Sat) 30 Oct 2021!

The Go-Go's "Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Essay" reads, "They were brash. They were brazen. They were punks. They were...girls. Charlotte Caffey, Belinda Carlisle, Gina Schock, Kathy Valentine, and Jane Wiedlin wrote their own songs, played their own instruments, and walked their own walk. Absolutely, unabashedly, unapologetically female. And together they were the ultimate girl gang who chased a dream...of being a free-for-all good-timing rock & roll band...as one" (Gleason, 2021).

According to Jane's interview with the Los Angeles Times, The Go-Go's were the first punk band from Los Angeles to earn entry into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

However, after being eligible for 15 years, "What took so long?" the author asks, "'We were the palatable flavor of the punk scene, I guess. The cute girls, or whatever,' Wiedlin says, adding that she and the rest of the band had long ago learned not to expect a call from Cleveland for a very specific reason: 'We had heard so many times that somebody or somebodies who were on the nominating committee hated us.' But, she continued, 'in the past year, they got a lot of fresh blood in their nominating committee, and I think those people saw our worth'" (Roberts, 2021).

Answer: It's Everything but Partytime

Jane Wiedlin wrote the song "It's Everything but Partytime" on the album "Vacation" in 1982.

According to Jane's lyrics, "When everything's right but nothing's fine...it's everything but partytime."

Before releasing their second album "Vacation" on 20 Jul 1982, everything was right for The Go-Go's: The Go-Go's were nominated for Best New Artist at the 24th Annual Grammy Awards on 24 Feb 1982; RIAA certified The Go-Go's previous album "Beauty and the Beat" as Platinum on 2 Mar 1982 and "Beauty and the Beat" reigned at number one for six weeks on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart on 10 Apr 1982.

However, according to Jane's interview in the documentary "VH1's Behind the Music," nothing was fine for The Go-Go's: "We were so busy being famous and partying and everything that I don't think we put nearly enough thought and effort into the second album" (The Go-Go's Behind the Music 00:23:45).

The Go-Go's lack of "thought and effort" on "Vacation" was evident by sales. The Go-Go's previous album ranked on four music charts in four countries for 72 weeks peaking at number one. Although The Go-Go's second album ranked on more charts (six) in more countries (six), "Vacation" only ranked for 28 weeks (-44) and topped out at number eight (-7). In addition, RIAA eventually certified The Go-Go's previous album "Beauty and The Beat" as 2× Platinum but "Vacation" stalled at Gold.

Sadly, according to the documentary, partytime eventually forced The Go-Go's manager Ginger Canzoneri to quit in November 1982 and the ensuing physical fights, verbal fights and money fights forced Jane to quit in October 1984. The Go-Go's officially disbanded seven months later on 11 May 1985.

Answer: The Whole World Lost Its Head

Jane Wiedlin and Kathy Valentine wrote the song "The Whole World Lost Its Head" on the album "Return to the Valley of The Go-Go's" in 1994.

As a chart hit, "The Whole World Lost Its Head" ranked on five music charts in three countries for three weeks from 18 Feb to 10 Mar 1995 peaking at number eight on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.

As a single, "The Whole World Lost Its Head" was released on the most audio formats for The Go-Go's: 7-inch vinyl (45 RPM), cassette tape (30 minutes), CD Maxi (4 3/4") and CD Mini (3 1/8").

As a song title, "The Whole World Lost Its Head" is The Go-Go's second longest-title at six words with 24 characters.

The songs "The Whole World Lost Its Head," "Can't Stop the World" and "Worlds Away" are the only Go-Go's songs with "world" in the title just as "The Whole World Lost Its Head" and "Head Over Heels" are the only Go-Go's songs with "head" in the title.

Answer: Remember (Walking in the Sand)

The Go-Go's covered George Morton's song "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" on the album "Return to the Valley of The Go-Go's" in 1994.

The Go-Go's cover of "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" was during a concert at Palos Verdes High School in Los Angeles, California on 4 Dec 1981, and the video "Totally Go-Go's!" not only captures this complete concert but also contains personal interviews with the sophomoric Go-Go's.

Although The Go-Go's version of "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" did not rank on any music charts, The Shangri-Las, Aerosmith and Louise Goffin's versions did rank on the charts.

The Shangri-Las' version ranked on seven music charts in four countries for 21 weeks peaking at number two on the Canada RPM Top Singles chart, number four on the New Zealand Lever Hit Parade and number five on the Billboard Hot 100.

Aerosmith's version ranked on two charts in two countries for 14 weeks peaking at number 29 on Canada RPM Top Singles and number 67 on the Billboard Hot 100, and Louise Goffin's version ranked on the Billboard Hot 100 for nine weeks peaking at number 43.

Answer: Return to the Valley of The Go-Go's

The Go-Go's released their second compilation album "Return to the Valley of The Go-Go's" on 18 Oct 1994 with up to 37 songs including their chart hit "The Whole World Lost Its Head."

The Go-Go's released three versions of their retrospective album: one disc with 18 tracks containing 19 songs or two discs with 36 tracks containing 37 songs. The Japanese version has one disc with 20 tracks containing 21 songs.

All versions of the album list Track-1 as "Living at the Canterbury/Party Pose"; however, "Living at the Canterbury" and "Party Pose" are two different songs with two different combinations of writers. If you listen carefully, "Living at the Canterbury" is a different recording but closely dubbed next to "Party Pose."

The album "Return to the Valley of The Go-Go's" ranked on two music charts in two countries for two weeks peaking at number 52 on the UK Albums Chart and number 76 on the Scottish Albums Chart.

The album "Return to the Valley of The Go-Go's" chronicles The Go-Go's legacy with ten never previously-released recordings. The earliest recording is a rehearsal of Jane Wiedlin's punk song "Living at the Canterbury" during February 1979 with The Go-Go's originalists Margot Olavarria and Elissa Bello. Another early rehearsal is "Blades" during January 1980, which is Margot's only lyrical credit during her two years and ten months with The Go-Go's.

The album also contains the three new songs "Beautiful", "Good Girl" and "The Whole World Lost Its Head" as well as a booklet of the members' reflections and anecdotes of their favorite songs.

Answer: VH1 Behind the Music: Go-Go's Collection

The Go-Go's released their third compilation album "VH1 Behind the Music: Go-Go's Collection" on 23 May 2000 with 17 songs.

The release of The Go-Go's third compilation album accompanied the original airdate of The Go-Go's documentary "VH1 Behind the Music" on (Sun) 21 May 2000. One year later, The Go-Go's released their fourth studio album "God Bless The Go-Go's" on 15 May 2001.

The compilation album "VH1 Behind the Music" is the only Go-Go's album to not contain any new songs, produce any singles or rank on a music chart.

The Go-Go's first compilation album "Greatest" released a refashioned cover of "Cool Jerk" backed with "We Got the Beat" as a single and ranked on the Billboard Top Pop Albums for four weeks from 17 Nov to 8 Dec 1990 peaking at number 127.

The Go-Go's second compilation album "Return to the Valley of The Go-Go's" released "The Whole World Lost Its Head" and "Good Girl" as singles and ranked on two music charts in two countries for two weeks peaking at number 52 on the UK Albums Chart and number 76 on the Scottish Albums Chart.

Answer: You Can't Walk in Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep)

Jane Wiedlin and Charlotte Caffey wrote the song "You Can't Walk in Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep)" on the album "Beauty and the Beat" in 1981.

The songs "You Can't Walk in Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep)" and "I Think I Need Sleep" are the only Go-Go's songs with "sleep" in the title just as "You Can't Walk in Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep)" and "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" are the only Go-Go's songs with "walk" in the title.

"You Can't Walk in Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep)" is The Go-Go's longest song title at ten words with 40 characters, and the songs "Tonite" and "Blades" are The Go-Go's shortest titles at one word with six characters.