Going to a Go-Go

This article is about the 1965 album by the Miracles. For the single, see Going to a Go-Go (song).
Going to a Go-Go
Studio album by
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
ReleasedNovember 1, 1965[1]
Recorded1963–1965
StudioHitsville USA, Detroit
GenreSoul[2]
Length33:49
LabelTamla
ProducerSmokey Robinson, Frank Wilson, William "Mickey" Stevenson
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles chronology
Greatest Hits from the Beginning
(1965) 		Going to a Go-Go
(1965) 		Away We a Go-Go
(1966)
Singles from Going to a Go-Go
  1. "Ooo Baby Baby"
    Released: March 5, 1965
  2. "The Tracks of My Tears"
    Released: June 23, 1965
  3. "My Girl Has Gone"
    Released: September 22, 1965
  4. "Going to a Go-Go"
    Released: December 6, 1965
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Record Mirror[4]

Going to a Go-Go is a 1965 album by the Miracles, the first to credit the group as Smokey Robinson and 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". It was produced by Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson, along with Frank Wilson and William "Mickey" Stevenson.

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. In fact, with the sole exception of the song, "My Baby Changes Like The Weather", this entire album was written by The Miracles.

Going to a Go-Go was the only Miracles studio LP to chart within the Top 10 of the Billboard Top LPs chart, where it remained for 40 weeks, peaking at number 8. The LP peaked at number-one on Billboard's R&B albums chart. In 2003, the album achieved Gold Record status.[citation needed] It was ranked number 271 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time,[5] and number 273 in the 2012 revised list, and number 412 in the 2020 revised list.[6][7]

Going to a Go-Go was reissued on CD in 2002, coupled with the Miracles' Away We a Go-Go.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference DFMC2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Segretto, Mike (2022). "1965". 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Backbeat. pp. 72–73. ISBN 9781493064601.
  3. ^ Allmusic review
  4. ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (26 February 1966). "The Miracles: Going To A Go Go" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 259. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  5. ^ "News". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on March 13, 2007. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
  6. ^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  7. ^ "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2020-11-11.