Here to Go
{{Infobox song
| name = Here to Go
| cover = Heretogo 12 400.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Devo
| album = Shout
| released = March 13, 1985{{Cite AV media notes |others=Devo |title=Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology |title-link=Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology |last=Zax |first=Andy |author-link= Andy Zax |date=2000 |type=CD liner notes |publisher=Rhino |id=R2 75967 |location=Los Angeles}}
| recorded =
| studio = Record Plant (Los Angeles)
| genre =
| length = 3:18
| label = Warner Bros.
| writer =
| producer = Devo
| prev_title = Are You Experienced?
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title = Shout
| next_year = 1985
| misc =
}}
"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 subsequently released as a single in 1985.
Meaning
"Here to Go" was inspired by artist Brion Gysin's theory that constant change was the meaning of life and an essential component for humanity.{{Cite AV media notes |title=Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology |title-link=Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology |last=Zax |first=Andy |author-link= Andy Zax |date=2000 |type=CD liner notes |publisher=Rhino |id=R2 75967 |location=Los Angeles}}
Track listing
Side one
- "Here to Go" (Go Mix Version) – 5:32
- "Here to Go" (Here to Dub Version) – 5:44
Side two
- "Shout" (LP version) – 3:15
- "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.{{cite AV media notes |title=Oh, No! It's Devo |author=Devo |date=1995 |type=CD liner notes |publisher=Infinite Zero Archive |location=Burbank, California |id=9 43024-2}}
Chart performance
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Chart performance for "Here to Go" ! scope="col" | Chart (1986) ! scope="col" | Peak |
| scope="row" | Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|first=David|last=Kent|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|page=88|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}
| align="center" | 40 |
|---|
| scope="row" | US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales{{cite magazine| url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4080|pure_url=yes}}|title=allmusic ((( Devo > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))| magazine=Billboard| access-date=2008-06-22}}Whitburn, Joel. Bubbling Under Singles & Albums (1998): 64
| align="center" | 44 |
References
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External links
- {{discogs master|type=single|338925}}
{{Devo Discography}}
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Category:Songs written by Mark Mothersbaugh