| Go Where You Wanna Go | |
| Cover: | Go_Where_You_Wanna_Go_-_Mamas_&_The_Papas.jpg |
| Caption: | US picture sleeve |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | the Mamas & the Papas |
| Album: | If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears[1] |
| B-Side: | Somebody Groovy |
| Released: | 1965 |
| Recorded: | 1965 |
| Genre: | Sunshine pop[2] |
| Length: | 2:29 |
| Label: | Dunhill Records |
| Producer: | Lou Adler |
| Next Title: | California Dreamin |
| Next Year: | 1965 |
"Go Where You Wanna Go" is a 1965 song written by John Phillips. It was originally recorded by the Mamas & the Papas on their LP If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears and given limited release as a single. However, the record was withdrawn, and its A-side[3] was reassigned to "California Dreamin'".[4] "Go Where You Wanna Go" later became a hit for the 5th Dimension.
P.F. Sloan played guitar on the song. John Phillips said that he wrote it about Michelle Phillips's affair with Russ Titelman, a songwriter and record producer.[5]
| Go Where You Wanna Go | |
| Cover: | Go_Where_You_Wanna_Go_-_5th_Dimension.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | the 5th Dimension |
| Album: | Up, Up and Away[6] |
| B-Side: | Too Poor to Die |
| Released: | January 1967 |
| Recorded: | 1966 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Label: | Soul City |
| Producer: | Johnny Rivers and Marc Gordon |
| Prev Title: | I'll Be Lovin' You Forever |
| Prev Year: | 1966 |
| Next Title: | Another Day, Another Heartache |
| Next Year: | 1967 |
The 5th Dimension recorded "Go Where You Wanna Go" for their debut studio album in 1967, Up, Up and Away. The song was the group's first single to chart (after their first Soul City release, "Train Keep On Movin'", was unsuccessful), reaching number 16 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It also did well in Canada. It is among the group's 10 biggest hits.
Producer Johnny Rivers suggested the group record the song.[7] According to Marilyn McCoo, "the record company wasn't going to release it as a single, but we put our whole thing into it, released it and it was a hit."[7]
| Weekly chart (1967) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 75 | |
| Canada (CHUM Hit Parade)[8] | 9 | |
| Canada RPM 100[9] | 18 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[10] | 16 | |
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100[11] | 16 |