Songoftheday 9/26/13 - You act so tough but I know what you're doing, you think falling in love means falling to ruin...

The Go-Go's - "Turn To You"
from the album Talk Show (1984)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #32 (two weeks)
Weeks in the Top-40: 5

Today's Song of the Day is by the female rock group the Go-Go's, whose third album Talk Show's first single "Head Over Heels" just missed becoming their third top-10 single by a notch. The second release from the set was the rifftastic "Turn To You". Written by guitarist Charlotte Caffey with second axewoman Jane Wiedlin, the song was directed at Caffey's boyfriend, pitcher Bob Welch. Martin Rushent (the Human League) produced the track, and the video featured the Go-Go's at a rich peoples' dance playing both male (as the band save drummer Gina) and female (where Gina did her man-drag), and even sported a cameo by a then unknown actor named Rob Lowe...


The Go-Go's - Turn To You (1984) from MTVClassic1 on Vimeo.


"Turn To You" became the band's fifth and last top-40 pop hit in August of 1984, while also scraping the Canadian chart at #95. After a third single "Yes Or No" became a minor hit and their last to make the Hot 100, but after Wiedlin left by the end of the year, the rest of the girls tossed the towel the following year.

The 90's found the band reuniting, and in 1994 their single "The Whole World Lost Its Head" became their first ever top-40 hit in England, and just missed the top-20 on the modern rock chart in the States. In 2001, they came together again for their first studio album since Talk Show, God Bless The Go-Go's, which scored them an adult-top-40 hit with "Unforgiven".

Most recently, the Go-Go's have been touring with the B-52's, albeit without bassist Kathy Valentine. I had the pleasure to see them in New York, and they rocked.

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Here's the GoGos live in 1984...


Up tomorrow:A Baby can't accept his heartbreak.