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To: Dr. Sivana

That’s an insult to Belinda and the Go’ Gos.


10 posted on 05/05/2022 10:23:18 AM PDT by DallasBiff (Lautenberg The Forefather of "The Nanny State!")
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To: DallasBiff

This from a comment on YouTube:

“For those that don’t know, Terry Hall had a fling with Jane Wiedlin from The Go Go’s when they were on tour together. He wrote this song about them and their secret relationship (Terry had a girlfriend back then), then sent the lyrics to Jane, who worked on the music. That’s why both bands recorded it, and came out only a few months apart. Both songs were hits on opposite sides of the Atlantic. (Go Go’s hit #20 in US, #3 in Canada, and FBT ‘s version peaked at #7 in UK). Gotta love that a story like this was told by both sides, albeit in different styles”


12 posted on 05/05/2022 10:32:01 AM PDT by LordOddsocks
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To: DallasBiff
That’s an insult to Belinda and the Go’ Gos.

Hardly. Terry Hall (Funboy 3 lead singer) wrote the lyrics, and he was good friends with Jane Wiedlin, the guitarist for the Go-Go's. She called their version "great". The FunBoy 3 version outcharted the Go-Go's version in the UK.
13 posted on 05/05/2022 10:43:46 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (“...we would live very well without Facebook."-B.LeMaire)
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