Go-Go's Trivia

1. Which Go-Go solely wrote the lyrics for the song "Surfing and Spying" on the B-side of the single "Our Lips Are Sealed"?

From Quiz The Go-Go's 10

Answer: Charlotte Caffey

Charlotte solely wrote the two words "Surf! Spy!" for the song "Surfing and Spying." Of the 12 original songs on the album "Beauty and the Beat" and its three singles, Charlotte solely wrote three and co-wrote six; therefore, Charlotte contributed the most by composing 49% of the lyrics on the album. In 1981, The Go-Go's only released the instrumental "Surfing and Spying" on the B-side of the single "Our Lips Are Sealed" and not on the album "Beauty and the Beat." Thirteen years later in 1994, however, The Go-Go's did include this B-side surf song on their retrospective album "Return to the Valley of The Go-Go's."

From Quiz The Go-Go's 9

Answer: Jane Wiedlin

Jane solely wrote "This Old Feeling" and it's one of three songs Jane solely wrote on the album. Love is "This Old Feeling" and Jane was so committed to this "new" feeling, she wrote "I love you" nine times in the lyrics. Jane solely wrote eight songs for The Go-Go's and in the lyrics of five, she uses "love" 13 times; in the lyrics of six, she expresses her "heart" 17 times and in the lyrics of four, Jane couples "love" with "heart" 25 times. Jane also coupled with a Valentine (Kathy) on the lyrics of five songs: "Beneath the Blue Sky," "Daisy Chain," "The Way You Dance," "The Whole World Lost Its Head" and "Worlds Away."

From Quiz The Go-Go's 8

Answer: Jane Wiedlin

Jane solely wrote "Living at the Canterbury" during The Go-Go's early years as a punk-rock band. Of the 13 never-released songs on the album and its two singles, Jane solely wrote two and co-wrote six, perhaps while living at the Canterbury apartments; therefore, Jane contributed the most by composing 37% of the "new" lyrics on the retrospective album. In the lyrics, Jane reminisces living at the Canterbury as in a dormitory with roaches; however, "We can do what we want...We can say what we please...We can be who we want...Being poor's okay by me."

From Quiz The Go-Go's 7

Answer: Charlotte Caffey

Charlotte solely wrote "Kissing Asphalt" and she is the only Go-Go to have solely written a song on the album. Of The Go-Go's 15 songs on the album "God Bless The Go-Go's" and its two singles, Charlotte solely wrote one and co-wrote ten; therefore, Charlotte contributed the most by composing 30% of the lyrics on the album. In addition to Charlotte's one sole-writing credit, Charlotte teamed with Anna Waronker on the song "I Think I Need Sleep" to be the only Go-Go with lyrical credit on two songs. The ten outside writers on "God Bless The Go-Go's" contributed the second most by composing 26% of the lyrics on the album: Billie Joe Armstrong, Bill Bartell, Heatherton, Susanna Hoffs, Steve Plunkett, Craig Ross, Jill Sobule, Peter Stuart, Jim Vallance and Anna Waronker.

From Quiz The Go-Go's 6

Answer: Jane Wiedlin

Jane solely wrote "He's So Strange" and it's one of her three sole-writing credits on The Go-Go's second album "Vacation." According to a review of the album "Vacation" on the Music Musings & Such blog, "But nearly every song on Vacation is eager to demonstrate some new skill. 'He's So Strange,' for instance, might be just another I-don't-know-what-boys-like anthem except for the cutting guitar line that razors across the last verse...it slices the song with urgent aggression. You're left feeling that Carlisle doesn't think this strange boy is worth another second of her thoughts, and that decision is exhilarating...for her, for us" (Liddicott, 2022).

From Quiz The Go-Go's 5

Answer: Jane Wiedlin

Jane solely wrote "Girl of 100 Lists." Of The Go-Go's 13 original songs on the album "Vacation" and its three singles, Jane solely wrote three and co-wrote six; therefore, Jane contributed the most by composing 45% of the lyrics on the album. One item Jane can check off her list is having written the most personal names in the lyrics of a Go-Go's song, for "Girl of 100 Lists" contains four with "Danny," "Jim," "Ricky" and "Terry." Continuing with names, Jane, Kathy and Jill Sobule wrote the most monikers in a song with five, for "Daisy Chain" on the album "God Bless The Go-Go's" contains "Babe" (Belinda), "Char" (Charlotte), "KV" (Kathy) and "sweet Jane." Gina is metaphorically referred to in the lyrics as "been brought down by a broken heart" because she needed open-heart surgery to repair a golf ball-sized hole in her heart in 1984.

From Quiz The Go-Go's 4

Answer: Jane Wiedlin

Jane solely wrote "Fun with Ropes." Is this song about macramé, handcrafts, Scout badges? According to Jane's interview with The A.V. Club, "'Fun with Ropes' is all about bondage and a super-funny song that was still loved. Belinda still loves to sing that song, which I adore about her" (Adams, 2011). Of the 13 never-released songs on the album "Return to the Valley of The Go-Go's" and its two singles, Jane solely wrote two and co-wrote six; therefore, Jane contributed the most by composing 37% of the "new" lyrics on the retrospective album.

From Quiz The Go-Go's 3

Answer: Charlotte Caffey

Charlotte solely wrote "Fading Fast." Of The Go-Go's 12 songs on the album "Beauty and the Beat" and its three singles, Charlotte solely wrote three and co-wrote six; therefore, Charlotte contributed the most by composing 49% of the lyrics on the album. Charlotte's 49% is the highest contribution from one Go-Go on one album. The second-highest is Jane by solely writing three and co-writing six songs on the album "Vacation" for 45% of the lyrics on an album.

From Quiz The Go-Go's 2

Answer: Jane Wiedlin

Jane solely wrote "Capture the Light." Of The Go-Go's 11 songs on the album "Talk Show" and its three singles, Jane solely wrote two and co-wrote five; therefore, Jane contributed the most by composing 38% of the lyrics on the album. In addition to Jane's two sole-writing credits, Jane also teamed with brothers Ron and Russell Mael on one song to be the only Go-Go with lyrical credit on three songs. According to Jane's interview in the documentary "The Go-Go's," "I was really writing a lot because Charlotte was in a lot of trouble with the drugs. There are people that really loved that album, but I can't even listen to it because, to me, I was so miserable during that time, oh, my God" (Ellwood, 2020).

From Quiz The Go-Go's 1

Answer: Jane Wiedlin

Jane solely wrote "Automatic." Of The Go-Go's 12 songs on the album "Beauty and the Beat" and its three singles, Jane solely wrote one and co-wrote six; therefore, Jane contributed 32% of the lyrics on the album. Songwriting appears to be "Automatic" for Jane because she has written the most songs for The Go-Go's. Of The Go-Go's 61 original songs on seven albums and 16 singles, Jane solely wrote eight and co-wrote 33; therefore, Jane contributed the most by composing 36% of the lyrics for The Go-Go's. In addition to Jane's eight sole-writing credits, Jane teamed with four outside writers on three songs to be the only Go-Go with lyrical credit on 11 songs.

From Quiz The Go-Go's Lyrics

Answer: I'm the Only One

"I'm the Only One" originally appeared on the album "Talk Show" (1984). The song was written by bassist Kathy Valentine.

From Quiz The Go-Go's 10

Answer: George Morton

The Go-Go's cover the song "Remember (Walking in the Sand)"; however, George "Shadow" Morton wrote the lyrics and The Shangri-Las originally released this song as a single in 1964. The recording of "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" on the album "Return to the Valley of The Go-Go's" is during a concert at Palos Verdes High School in Los Angeles, California on 4 Dec 1981. According to SecondHandSongs, 37 artists also recorded "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" on a single, album or soundtrack; and according to Setlist.fm, 18 artists performed "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" during 121 live shows since The Shangri-Las first performed this song on 7 Sep 1964 during Murray The K's Big Holiday Show at the Brooklyn Fox Theater in New York City. Do you "Remember (Walking in the Sand)," Piano Man? According to Billy Joel's interview with "Q" magazine, a 15-year-old Joel was playing piano during a session for "the stranger" in July 1964, "There's two songs. One's called 'Leader Of The Pack' and the other is called 'Remember (Walking In The Sand)' and this is pretty easy stuff to play and then Shadow comes in. He's a pretty strange guy, Shadow. He's wearing this big cape and dark glasses and he played the producer role to the hilt. I think he had a thing about Phil Spector" (Hibbert, 1987).

From Quiz The Go-Go's 9

Answer: Jessie Mae Robinson

The Go-Go's cover the song "Let's Have a Party"; however, Jessie Mae Robinson wrote the lyrics and Elvis Presley originally recorded this song for the movie "Loving You" in 1957. In addition to "Let's Have a Party," The Go-Go's covered three more songs on their retrospective album: 1) "Cool Jerk" was written by Donald Storball and the Capitols originally released as a single in 1966. 2) "Johnny Are You Queer?" was written by Bobby and Larson Paine and Josie Cotton originally released as a single in 1981. 3) "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" was written by George Morton and The Shangri-Las originally released as a single in 1964.

From Quiz The Go-Go's 8

Answer: Donald Storball

The Go-Go's cover the song "Cool Jerk"; however, Donald Storball wrote the lyrics and The Capitols originally released this song as a single backed with "Hello Stranger" in March 1966. Cool, Cooler, Coolest Jerks! The Go-Go's released three versions of their cover song. 1) In 1982, The Go-Go's released their most recognizable version on the album "Vacation." 2) In 1990, The Go-Go's released a smoother, more harmonious version on their compilation album "Greatest." 3) In 1994, The Go-Go's released their earliest version from their five-song studio-demo in October 1980 on the retrospective album "Return to the Valley of The Go-Go's."

From Quiz The Go-Go's 7

Answer: Kathy Valentine

While with The Textones, Kathy exclusively wrote "Vacation" and released this song on the B-side of the single "I Can't Fight It" in March 1980. While with The Go-Go's two years later, Jane and Charlotte helped Kathy rewrite "Vacation" and according to Charlotte's interview in the documentary "The Go-Go's," "I really felt like the original version kinda went down and this [melody], it should have gone up" (Ellwood, 2020). According to an interview with Songfacts, Jane changed the original line "I've thought a lot of things about you" to "Can't seem to get my mind off of you" as well as "Go-Go-fying" the song by adding a chorus (Wiser, 2007). The music video for "Vacation" cost $50,000, which was high in 1982. According to an article in the Los Angeles Times with Bill Berger, executive vice president of Arista Records, the average cost for a video in the early 1980s was about $25,000 (Hunt, 1989).

From Quiz The Go-Go's 6

Answer: Charlotte Caffey

Charlotte exclusively wrote "We Got the Beat" and it's one of her three sole-writing credits on The Go-Go's debut album "Beauty and the Beat." From club Masque to "Club Zero", let's "Get Up and Go" with Charlotte on a Beat Seeker! On 31 May 1978, Charlotte debuted with The Go-Go's at the Masque clubhouse in Hollywood and almost 45 years later on 11 May 2023, Charlotte sold her masters and publishing catalog to Seeker Music company. Of The Go-Go's 61 original songs on seven albums and 16 singles, Charlotte solely wrote four and co-wrote 30; therefore, Charlotte contributed the second most by composing 27% of the lyrics for The Go-Go's. In addition to Charlotte's four sole-writing credits, Charlotte teamed with two outside writers on two songs to be the only Go-Go with lyrical credit on six songs. Of The Go-Go's 11 chart hits, Charlotte has lyrical credit on seven (64%): "We Got the Beat," "Vacation," "Get Up and Go," "Head over Heels," "Turn to You," "Unforgiven" and "Club Zero."

From Quiz The Go-Go's 5

Answer: Kathy Valentine

While with The Textones, Kathy had exclusively written "We Don't Get Along" but released it while with The Go-Go's on the album "Vacation." The Textones later recorded a version on their album "Back in Time" in 1990.

From Quiz The Go-Go's 4

Answer: Jane Wiedlin

Jane exclusively wrote "Forget That Day." Of The Go-Go's 11 songs on the album "Talk Show" and its three singles, Jane solely wrote two and co-wrote five; therefore, Jane contributed the most by composing 38% of the lyrics on the album. In addition to Jane's two sole-writing credits, Jane teamed with two outside writers on one song to be the only Go-Go with lyrical credit on three songs.

From Quiz The Go-Go's 3

Answer: Kathy Valentine

While with The Textones, Kathy exclusively wrote "Can't Stop the World" but released it while with The Go-Go's on the album "Beauty and the Beat." The Textones later recorded a version on their album "Through the Canyon" in 1989.

From Quiz The Go-Go's 2

Answer: Jane Wiedlin

Jane and the lead singer of The Specials, Terry Hall, co-wrote "Our Lips Are Sealed." Terry's later band, Fun Boy Three, also recorded a version on their album "Waiting" in 1983 and according to Jane's interview with Songfacts, "They did a really great version of it, also. It was a lot gloomier than The Go-Go's version" (Wiser, 2007).

From Quiz The Go-Go's 1

Answer: Jane Wiedlin

Jane and the drummer for the Germs, Don Bolles, co-wrote "London Boys." According to Jane's interview in the video "Totally Go-Go's!" (1982), "'London Boys' was the first song I ever wrote and it was just when the band started and one of the few surviving songs from our early beginnings. At the time, it was before I had ever gone to England and I was, all my life, have been real enamored with English boys. How much cuter they seemed to be than American boys" ("Totally Go Go's!", 17:01). "Yeah, boyeeeeee!" The Go-Go's wrote "boy" 33 times in the lyrics of four songs with "London Boys" containing "boy" 25 times, "Sonic Superslide" at four times, "Fading Fast" three times and "This Town" once.

From Quiz The Go-Go's Lyrics

Answer: Mercenary

"Mercenary" appeared on the album "Talk Show". It was written by bassist Kathy Valentine, lead guitarist Charlotte Caffey, and rhythm guitarist Jane Wiedlin. The album went to number 18 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart.

From Quiz The Go-Go's 10

Answer: Bobby and Larson Paine

The Go-Go's cover the song "Johnny Are You Queer?"; however, Bobby and Larson Paine wrote the lyrics and Josie Cotton originally released the song as a single in 1981. Fear, beer, queer, premier...this notorious song has a prickly history. In 1978, Philo Cramer and John Clancy of the punk band Fear co-wrote "Fetch Me One More Beer" and recorded it with 12 other songs on a demo tape at Paradise Studios in Burbank, California. While managing The Go-Go's, the Paine brothers heard the song, rewrote the lyrics and changed the title to "Johnny Are You Queer?" According to Josie Cotton's interview with Magnet Magazine, "After they rewrote 'Johnny Are You Queer?' the Paine brothers had the Go-Go's perform it in their live show. It became the band's big song, erupting in total anarchy at the end of the night" (Hedley, 2006). After The Go-Go's made the song popular, Fear challenged the Paines to a coin toss for the publishing rights and the Paines won. After a dispute to tour the UK with the bands Madness and The Specials in 1980, The Go-Go's severed their relationship with the Paines and the Paines forbade The Go-Go's to perform the song. Larson Paine's girlfriend, Josie Cotton, records "Johnny Are You Queer?" as a demo, and the song reaches number eight on Canada RPM Top Singles chart and number 38 on Billboard Club Play Singles during 1981 and 1982. Two years before Josie's single, however, the premiere recording of "Johnny Are You Queer?" is The Go-Go's at the Mabuhay Gardens in San Francisco on 1 Aug 1979, and The Go-Go's released this first-ever recording on their retrospective album "Return to the Valley of The Go-Go's" in 1994.

From Quiz The Go-Go's 9

Answer: Jane Wiedlin

Of The Go-Go's 11 songs on the album "Talk Show" and its three singles, Jane solely wrote two and co-wrote five; therefore, Jane contributed the most by composing 38% of the lyrics on the album. In addition to her two sole-writing credits, Jane teamed with Ron and Russell Mael on "Yes or No" to be the only Go-Go with lyrical credit on three songs. Speaking of talk shows, The Go-Go's were interviewed on six talk shows eight times: "No Holds Barred" (CBS) on 12 Sep 1980, "Mike Douglas Show" on 23 Oct 1981, "Entertainment this Week" on 6 Mar 1982 and 5 Aug 1984, "Tonight Show" on 7 Aug 1984 and 13 Dec 1990, "Entertainment Tonight" on 29 Mar 1990 and "Late Night with David Letterman" on 10 Nov 1990. The Go-Go's also appeared on the TV show "Solid Gold" 11 times, the British TV show "Top of the Pops" three times and "American Bandstand" one time. On 26 Oct 1985, Gina drummed with the band a-ha for the song "Take on Me" during Season 15 Episode 4 of Soul Train.

From Quiz The Go-Go's 8

Answer: Jane Wiedlin

The Fun Clue alludes to Jane Wiedlin's song "Our Lips Are Sealed" from their previous album "Beauty and the Beat." Of The Go-Go's 13 original songs on the album "Vacation" and its three singles, Jane solely wrote three and co-wrote six; therefore, Jane contributed the most by composing 45% of the lyrics on the album.

From Quiz The Go-Go's 7

Answer: Charlotte Caffey

Of The Go-Go's 12 songs on the album "Beauty and the Beat" and its three singles, Charlotte solely wrote three and co-wrote six; therefore, Charlotte contributed the most by composing 49% of the lyrics on the album. With Charlotte solely writing three songs, Jane solely writing one and both co-writing six, Charlotte and Jane wrote over 80% of the album!

From Quiz The Go-Go's 6

Answer: Paula didn't write any lyrics for The Go-Go's.

Paula isn't credited for any lyrics during her six months with The Go-Go's. Although Paula co-wrote "Mad About You" while with The Go-Go's, Belinda recorded this song on her self-titled debut album one year after The Go-Go's disbanded, as well as two more of Paula's co-writes: "Gotta Get to You" and "Shot In the Dark." Other than being a Go-Go, Paula didn't contribute much to The Go-Go's. According to Setlist.fm, Jane's last performance with The Go-Go's was on 11 Oct 1984 and the group disbanded six months later on 10 May 1985. During this time, The Go-Go's only performed two shows at the Rock in Rio festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 13 and 18 Jan 1985. Although Paula didn't contribute lyrically, Paula did contribute compassionately. According to Charlotte's interview in the documentary "The Go-Go's," "I am forever grateful to her for giving me that information [drug rehabilitation] because it totally changed my life and saved me" (Ellwood, 2020).

From Quiz The Go-Go's 5

Answer: Elissa didn't write any lyrics for The Go-Go's.

Elissa isn't credited for any lyrics during her one year and six months with The Go-Go's. According to Elissa's documentary interview in "The Go-Go's" (2020), "I had to answer to my employer, and I had to answer to the band. They wanted me to quit my job, the girls, and be more dedicated. I stuck my toe in the water, but I never dove in all the way" (Ellwood, 2020). After leaving The Go-Go's in 1979, Elissa became a member of Alarma!, Castration Squad, Interpol, Pasional, Sexsick, Suave Bolla and The Boneheads. According to IMDb, Elissa began putting her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree to work in 1984 and has since earned over 130 credits in TV and film. Elissa was an animator on the TV short "The Chipmunks: Rockin' Through the Decades" (1990) and a storyboard artist on the series "James Bond Jr." (1991) and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (1992). Elissa was also a visual effects artist in 43 films and according to BoxOfficeMojo, 16 of her films are ranked on the Top Lifetime Grosses of all-time having earned a combined total of over $6.17 billion: "Pacific Rim" (2013), "Terminator Salvation" (2009), "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (2008), "Tropic Thunder" (2008), "National Treasure: Book of Secrets" (2007), "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (2007), "Deja Vu" (2006), "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" (2006), "National Treasure" (2004), "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (2003), "Minority Report" (2002), "Dinosaur" (2000), "Hercules" (1997), "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" (1995), "The Santa Clause" (1994) and "Total Recall" (1990). Elissa dove into the animated waters, huh?

From Quiz The Go-Go's 4

Answer: Blades

Margot co-wrote "Blades" with Jane and Belinda and it's her only lyrical credit during her two years and ten months with The Go-Go's. "Return to the Valley of The Go-Go's" contains a rehearsal of "Blades" with Margot from Jan 1980 but eleven months later, Margot and the band had to go-go their separate ways.

From Quiz The Go-Go's Lyrics

Answer: Vacation

"Vacation" was first heard on the album "Vacation", named after the signature song, which came out in 1982. The song was written by bassist Kathy Valentine, rhythm guitarist Jane Wiedlin, and lead guitarist Charlotte Caffey.

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