Going to a Go-Go

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Going To A Go-Go
Going To A Go-Go cover
Studio album by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Released November 1965
Recorded 1965
Genre Soul
Length 33:49
Label Tamla
TS 267
Producer Smokey Robinson
Frank Wilson
William "Mickey" Stevenson
Professional reviews
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles chronology
Greatest Hits from the Beginning
(1965)		 Going To A Go-Go
(1965)		 Away We A Go-Go
(1966)
For the song see Going to a Go-Go (song)

Going To A Go-Go is a 1965 album by The Miracles, the first to bill the group as Smokey Robinson & the Miracles. It includes four of the Miracles' Top 20 hits: "Ooo Baby Baby", "The Tracks of My Tears", "Going to a Go-Go", and "My Girl Has Gone". Primarily produced by Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson, Going to a Go-Go features compositions co-written by Miracles members Robinson, Ronald White, Bobby Rogers, Pete Moore, and Marv Tarplin.

The album also features two important Miracles b-sides, "Choosey Beggar" and "A Fork in the Road". "Choosey Beggar" charted on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart at number 35. "A Fork in the Road", on the other hand, did not chart nationally, but proved to be a strong regional hit in several areas of the country and was regularly performed as part of the Miracles' live show.

Going To A Go-Go was the only Miracles studio LP to chart within the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 albums chart, where it peaked at number-eight. The LP peaked at number-one on Billboard's R&B albums chart. Going to a Go-Go was reissued on CD in 2002, coupled with the Miracles' Away We A Go-Go. A live version of "A Fork in the Road" is included as a bonus track. In 2003, the album was ranked number 271 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Contents

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[edit] Side one

  1. "The Tracks of My Tears" (Warren Moore, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Tarplin) – 2:55
  2. "Going to a Go-Go" (Moore, Robinson, Robert Rogers, Tarplin) – 2:46
  3. "Ooo Baby Baby" (Moore, Robinson) – 2:45
  4. "My Girl Has Gone" (Moore, Robinson, Tarplin, Ronald White) – 2:50
  5. "In Case You Need Love" (Robinson) – 2:47
  6. "Choosey Beggar" (Moore, Robinson) – 2:33

[edit] Side two

  1. "Since You Won My Heart" (Robinson, William "Mickey" Stevenson) – 2:16
  2. "From Head to Toe" (Robinson) – 2:25
  3. "All That's Good" (Moore, Robinson) – 3:12
  4. "My Baby Changes Like the Weather" (Hal Davis, Frank Wilson) – 2:47
  5. "Let Me Have Some" - (Robinson, Rogers) – 3:07
  6. "A Fork in the Road" (Moore, Robinson, White) – 3:26

[edit] Personnel