Go All the Way (song)

This article is about the Raspberries song. For the Isley Brothers song, see Go All the Way (The Isley Brothers album).
"Go All the Way"
Single by Raspberries
from the album Raspberries
B-side"With You in My Life"
ReleasedJuly 1972
Recorded1972
StudioAbbey Road Studios, London
Genre
Length3:19
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Eric Carmen
Producer(s)Jimmy Ienner
Raspberries singles chronology
"Don't Want to Say Goodbye"
(1972) 		"Go All the Way"
(1972) 		"I Wanna Be With You"
(1972)

"Go All the Way" is a song written by Eric Carmen of American rock group the Raspberries, from their 1972 self-titled debut album. Released as a single in July 1972, the song reached the Top 5 on three principal US charts: number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100,[6] number 4 on Cashbox,[7] and number 3 on Record World. The single sold more than 1.3 million copies, earning the band their only certified Gold Record.[8] It was their second single release and their biggest US hit.

Because of its sexually suggestive lyrics, "Go All the Way" was banned by the BBC, limiting its success in the United Kingdom.[9][10]

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