The Go-Go's Lingo 10 Trivia Quiz

Answer: House of Schock

While The Go-Go's were disbanded, Gina Schock teamed with Vance DeGeneres (Ellen DeGeneres' brother), Chrissy Shefts and Steven Fisher and released the self-titled album "House of Schock" on 1 Mar 1988.

The soundtracks of two movies in 1988 include three songs from "House of Schock." The movie "The Accused" has the songs "Love in Return," "Middle of Nowhere" and "Walk in My Sleep" and the movie "Bull Durham" has "Middle of Nowhere."

Answer: I Think It's Me

Belinda Carlisle and Charlotte Caffey wrote the song "I Think It's Me" on the album "Vacation" in 1982.

Methinks! "I Think It's Me" and "Throw Me a Curve" are the only two Go-Go's songs with "me" in the title, and "I Think It's Me" and "I Think I Need Sleep" are the only two Go-Go's songs with "think" in the title. In addition to these three song titles, The Go-Go's wrote "me" 137 times in the lyrics of 36 songs and "think" 47 times in the lyrics of 20 songs.

Answer: Kathy Valentine

Kathy Valentine is The Go-Go's second bass player, but Kathy quit The Go-Go's in March 2013.

Kathy made her onstage debut with The Go-Go's on New Year's Eve 1980 at the Whisky a Go Go in West Hollywood.

During December 1980, The Go-Go's original bass player Margot Olavarria needed recuperation due to an illness. Kathy was supposed to only stand in for Margot for four shows; however, four days later, The Go-Go's eventually fired Margot for creative differences on 4 Jan 1981.

During August 2012, Kathy needed surgery after breaking her wrist before going on tour with The Go-Go's. Abby Travis was supposed to only stand in for Kathy for 18 shows; however, four months later, Kathy eventually quit The Go-Go's for irreconcilable differences on 8 Mar 2013. Two months later, Kathy sued The Go-Go's for "breach of fiduciary duty and constructive trust, breach of contract, breach of good faith and fair dealing and tortuous interference" on 24 May.

Five years, five months and 84 shows later, Kathy reunited with The Go-Go's on 31 Jan 2018 to launch their Broadway musical "Head Over Heels" at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City.

Of The Go-Go's 61 original songs on seven albums and 17 singles, Kathy solely wrote two and co-wrote 18 for 15% of the lyrics for The Go-Go's. In addition to Kathy's two sole-writing credits, Kathy teamed with four outside writers on three more songs to be the only Go-Go with lyrical credit on a total of five songs.

In 1996, Kathy formed The Delphines and released a self-titled album as well as the album "Cosmic Speed" in 2001. In 2005, Kathy released her solo album "Light Years" with the help of a few notable artists, such as Abby Travis, Ace Frehley (KISS), Clem Burke (Blondie), Craig Ross (Lenny Kravitz), Dominique Davalos (The Delphines), Gilby Clarke (Guns N' Roses), Mark Dutton (L.A. Guns) and Pete Thomas (Elvis Costello). Kathy also formed The Bluebonnets and released the albums "Boom Boom Boom" (2010), "Play Loud" (2014) and "Tonewrecker" (2017).

Answer: Kissing Asphalt

Charlotte Caffey wrote the song "Kissing Asphalt" on the album "God Bless The Go-Go's" in 2001.

Muah! Although "Kissing Asphalt" is the only Go-Go's song with "kissing" in the title, The Go-Go's did write "kiss" eight times in the lyrics of six songs: "Beneath the Blue Sky," "Forget That Day," "Girl of 100 Lists," "I Think I Need Sleep," "Insincere" and "Skidmarks on My Heart."

Answer: Rather Go Naked

The Go-Go's posed for a pioneering poster to support PETA's new "Rather Go Naked" campaign.

According to PETA's website, "The 30-year campaign began in 1990 when rock icons The Go-Go's posed in the buff for a 'We'd Rather Go-Go Naked Than Wear Fur' poster, which they sold at concerts to raise money for PETA."

After The Go-Go's dared to go bare, PETA launched another 27 risqué campaigns with 33 other celebrities to either shock-vertise, sensual food-vertise or tattoo-vertise for animal rights. PETA finally declared victory over the fur trade and ended its campaign on 4 Feb 2020, which is National Sweater Day.

Answer: Stuck in My Car

Jane Wiedlin, Charlotte Caffey and Peter Stuart wrote the song "Stuck in My Car" on the album "God Bless The Go-Go's" in 2001.

Vroom! Although "Stuck in My Car" is the only Go-Go's song with "car" in the title, The Go-Go's did write the phrases "discarded stars like worn out cars" in the lyrics of the song "This Town," "the car to push on through the night" in the lyrics of "Speeding" and "your heart, your will, your car, they've all been broken" in "Can't Stop the World." The Go-Go's also wrote "Pontiac GTO" in the lyrics of "Skidmarks on My Heart."

Answer: Totally Go-Go's

The Go-Go's released their first video album "Totally Go-Go's!" on (Wed) 1 Sep 1982 with a runtime of one hour and 18 minutes.

The video album "Totally Go-Go's!" contains The Go-Go's performing 19 songs during a concert at Palos Verdes High School in Los Angeles, California on (Fri) 4 Dec 1981 as well as personal interviews with the sophomoric Go-Go's.

According to Discogs, The Go-Go's released "Totally Go-Go's!" on three formats in 1982: Betamax, SelectaVision and VHS.

Fun video formats! Sony introduced Betamax in 1975 and its 1/2" magnetic tape contained within a plastic cassette provides an analog video resolution of 250 TV lines or the digital equivalent of 333 × 486i. After increasing the luminance bandwidth of Betamax, Sony introduced ED-Beta (Extended Definition) in 1988 with 500 TV lines (+ 250) or the digital equivalent of 667 × 576i. After 40 years, nine months and 20 days, companies stopped manufacturing Betamax cassettes in 2016.

RCA introduced SelectaVision in 1981 and its 12" Capacitance Electronic Disc (CED) contained within a plastic caddy provides an analog video resolution of 240 TV lines or the digital equivalent of 320 × 486i. Similar to a record player, a CED player uses a stylus to read data within the high-density spiral groove on the disc. Because the discs are more susceptible to dust than vinyl records, the disc is always stored either inside its caddy or the player but never exposed. To begin playback, the user would insert the caddy into the player, the player would extract the disc from the caddy and the user would remove the empty caddy. To remove a disc, the user would insert the empty caddy into the player. After three years and 13 days, RCA discontinued SelectaVision in 1986.

JVC introduced VHS in 1976 and its 1/2" magnetic tape contained within a plastic cassette provides an analog video resolution of 240 TV lines or the digital equivalent of 320 × 486i. After increasing the luminance bandwidth of VHS, JVC introduced Super VHS in 1987 with 420 TV lines (+ 180) or the digital equivalent of 560 × 486i. After 32 years, two months and 22 days, companies discontinued manufacturing VHS cassettes in 2011.

Answer: Vicious Circles

"Vicious Circles" is one of The Go-Go's earliest songs and not recorded on any album or single.

According to Setlist.fm, The Go-Go's only performed "Vicious Circles" four times during 1980 and 1981.

Answer: We Got the Beat

Charlotte Caffey wrote the song "We Got the Beat" as a non-album single in 1980.

The Go-Go's released their first version of "We Got the Beat" as a non-album single ten months before signing their first record deal and this version ranked on the Billboard Dance Club Songs for 18 weeks from 9 Aug to 13 Dec 1980 peaking at number 35.

The Go-Go's released their second version of "We Got the Beat" on their debut album "Beauty and the Beat" and this version ranked on six music charts in three countries for 71 weeks from 30 Jan 1981 to 11 Jun 1982 peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. Eighteen weeks plus another 71 is one year, eight months and 18 days on the music charts.

On 25 May 1982, RIAA certified "We Got the Beat" as Gold and on 3 Sep 2004, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame included "We Got the Beat" as one of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll.

Of The Go-Go's 61 original songs, "We Got the Beat" is their most released song at 12 times: one demo tape, three singles, one studio album, three compilation albums and four video albums. The Go-Go's second most-released songs are "Our Lips Are Sealed" and "Vacation" tied at nine times.

Answer: Belinda Carlisle

Belinda Carlisle is one of the four original members of The Go-Go's and sings lead vocals.

According to Belinda's autobiography "Lips Unsealed: A Memoir," "I'd wanted to play bass, but since Margot [Olavarria] had already claimed that role, I was left with one option...the lead singer (Carlisle, 2010).

Belinda does play the tambourine, maracas and claves; however, on (Tue) 7 Aug 1984 while The Go-Go's were performing their chart hit "Yes or No" on The Tonight Show, Belinda was rhythmically pressing keys while standing behind a synthesizer. According to Discogs, Belinda is also credited for playing "Air Guitar" on her solo album "Heaven on Earth" in 1987.

As a solo artist, Belinda released eight studio albums, 12 compilation albums, six video albums and 37 singles.

Six of Belinda's eight studio albums (75%) ranked on 36 music charts in nine countries; four of 12 compilation albums (33%) ranked on nine music charts in five countries and 26 of 37 singles (70%) ranked on 100 music charts in ten countries.

Blimey! Thirty-two of the 145 charts (22%) ranking Belinda's albums and singles are in the United Kingdom.

Belinda had three albums rank on the Billboard 200. Belinda's self-title album ranked for 34 weeks from 7 Jun 1986 to 24 Jan 1987 peaking at number 13; "Heaven on Earth" ranked for 51 weeks from 24 Oct 1987 to 8 Oct 1988 also peaking at number 13 and "Runaway Horses" ranked for 25 weeks from 21 Oct 1989 to 7 Apr 1990 peaking at number 37.

Belinda had nine songs rank on the Billboard Hot 100. Belinda's three highest-ranking songs are "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" from the album "Heaven on Earth" ranking for 21 weeks from 26 Sep 1987 to 13 Feb 1988 peaking at number one; "I Get Weak" also from "Heaven on Earth" ranking for 16 weeks from 16 Jan to 30 Apr 1988 peaking at number two and "Mad About You" from the album "Belinda" also ranking for 21 weeks from 17 May to 4 Oct 1986 peaking at number three.

Belinda released "Heaven on Earth" on 5 Oct 1987, and RIAA certified her album as Gold two months and two days later on 7 Dec 1987 and then as Platinum one month and eight days later on 15 Jan 1988. RIAA also certified "Belinda" as Gold on 24 Nov 1986 and "Runaway Horses" as Gold on 5 Dec 1989.

As a solo artist, Belinda performed on the TV show American Bandstand two times; Solid Gold ten times and Top of the Pops 13 times. Belinda portrayed the Jamboree Singer in the movie "Swing Shift" in 1984 as well as being uncredited in the movie "She's Having a Baby" in 1988.