Let's Go! (Wang Chung song) explained

Let's Go!
Cover:Let's Go USA single cover.JPG
Type:single
Artist:Wang Chung
Album:Mosaic
B-Side:The World in Which We Love
Released: (US)
May 1987 (UK)[1]
Recorded:1986
Length:4:32 (album version)
3:49 (single version)
Label:Geffen
Producer:Peter Wolf
Prev Title:Everybody Have Fun Tonight
Prev Year:1986
Next Title:Hypnotize Me
Next Year:1987

"Let's Go!" is a single by the English new wave band Wang Chung, released on 6 January 1987 from their fourth studio album, Mosaic (1986). The single was a hit for the band in the United States, where it provided them with their second and last Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1987, peaking at No. 9. The single also formed the basis for its official music video. It also hit No. 9 on the Canada RPM Top 100 Singles chart. Jack Hues sings the verses of the song, and Nick Feldman sings the bridge. Both sing the chorus.

Critical reception

Cashbox called it an "effervescent, soulful pop workout."[2]

Track listing

7": Geffen / 7-28531 (US)

  1. "Let's Go!" – 3:49
  2. "Betrayal" – 4:40

12": Geffen / GEF 17T (GER)

  1. "Let's Go!" (Shep's Mix)
  2. "Let's Dub"
  1. "Let's Go!" (Edit)
  2. "To Live and Die in L.A."

12" Maxi: Geffen / 0-20602 (USA)

  1. "Let's Go!" (Shep's Mix) – 8:00
  2. "Let's Dub" – 6:08
  1. "Let's Go!" (Edit) – 3:52
  2. "Betrayal (LP Version)" – 4:40

12" Maxi: Geffen / 92 06020 (CAN)

  1. "Let's Go!" (Shep's Mix) – 8:00
  2. "Let's Dub" – 6:08
  1. "Let's Go!" (Edit) – 3:52
  2. "The World in Which We Live (LP Version)" – 7:04

7" Geffen: / 928 531-7 (GER)

  1. "Let's Go!" – 4:05
  2. "The World in Which We Live" – 7:04

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1987)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 14
Canada Top Singles (RPM)9
align=“left”US Billboard Hot 100[4] 9
align=“left”US Cash Box[5] 10
US Radio & Records CHR/Pop Airplay Chart[6] 5
US Mainstream Rock Tracks (Billboard)18

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Great rock discography. 883.
  2. Single Releases. Cash Box. January 24, 1987. 2022-08-08. 9.
  3. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 332.
  4. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn’s Top Pop Singles 1955-2010 (13th Ed.). Prometheus Global Media. 2011. 978-0-89820-188-8.
  5. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996. Sheridan Books, Inc.. 2014. 978-0-898202-09-0.
  6. Web site: Wang Chung.
  7. Web site: Australian Music Report No 701 – 28 December 1987 > National Top 100 Singles for 1987. Australian Music Report. Imgur. 11 December 2019.