Here to Go

"Here to Go" is a song by the American new wave band Devo, written by Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale. It was released on their sixth studio album, Shout, in 1984 and was released as a single in 1985.[1] "Here to Go" quotes a bit of the music to the Wilson Pickett hit "Land of a Thousand Dances."

"Here to Go"
Single by Devo
from the album Shout
Released1985
Genre
Length3:18
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Devo
Devo singles chronology
"Are You Experienced?"
(1984)
"Here to Go"
(1985)
"Shout"
(1984)

In 1991 "Here to Go" was performed live for the first time during the Smooth Noodle Maps tour, shortly afterwards the band split and wouldn't perform it again until 1996 at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Here to Go (Go Mix Version)" – 5:32
  2. "Here to Go (Here to Dub Version)" – 5:44

Side two

  1. "Shout (LP Version)" – 3:15
  2. "Shout (E-Z Listening Version)" – 4:15
  • Both "Here to Go" remixes were reissued by Infinite Zero in 1995 as bonus tracks on the remastered and expanded Oh, No! It's Devo CD.[2]

Chart performance

Chart Position
Australia ARIA Top 100[3] 40
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[4][5] 44

References

  1. https://www.discogs.com/Devo-Here-To-Go/master/338925
  2. https://www.discogs.com/Devo-Oh-No-Its-Devo/release/374945
  3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 88. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. "allmusic ((( Devo > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
  5. Whitburn, Joel. Bubbling Under Singles & Albums (1998): 64
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