Go All the Way (song)
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"Go All the Way" | ||||
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File:Go All the Way - Raspberries.jpg | ||||
Single by Raspberries | ||||
from the album Raspberries | ||||
B-side | "With You in My Life" | |||
Released | July 1972 | |||
Genre | Power pop[1] | |||
Length | 3:10 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Writer(s) | Eric Carmen | |||
Producer(s) | Jimmy Ienner | |||
Certification | Gold (U.S.) | |||
Raspberries singles chronology | ||||
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"Go All the Way" is a single by Raspberries, released in July 1972 written by band leader Eric Carmen. The song reached the Top 5 on three principal U.S. charts, #5 on the Billboard Hot 100,[2] #4 on Cashbox[3] and #3 on Record World. The tune sold more than 1.3 million copies and earned the band their first Gold Record Award. It was their second single release, their all-time biggest U.S. hit, and appeared on their debut LP, Raspberries.
Because of its sexually suggestive lyrics, considered risqué for the day, the song was banned by the BBC.[4][5]
The tune ranked at #33 on Billboard's Top 100 Singles of 1972 year-end list (#39 on Cashbox's year-end best-sellers countdown). In 1989, Spin magazine named "Go All the Way" in its list of the "100 Greatest Singles of All Time", ranking it at #91.[6] "Go All the Way" appeared in Blender magazine's July 2006 issue as one of its "Greatest Songs Ever".
"Go All the Way" has been featured in three movies. Director Cameron Crowe, a Raspberries fan, used the song in his 2000 film Almost Famous. Matthew Sweet and Bangles member Susanna Hoffs included a faithful rendition of the song in their 2009 collaboration Under the Covers, Vol. 2. The Killers recorded a cover of the song for the 2012 film Dark Shadows, an adaptation of the 1966–1971 TV series Dark Shadows.[7][8] The song briefly appears in the 2014 Marvel Studios film Guardians of the Galaxy.
In interviews with hard rock/metal personality Eddie Trunk, he states that this song, largely due to its distorted guitar riffs, was the song that first got him into rock music.[9][10]
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Chart performance
Weekly singles charts
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References
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