The Go-Go's Lingo 5 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Jill Sobule

Jill Sobule co-wrote the song "Daisy Chain" with Jane Wiedlin and Kathy Valentine on the album "God Bless The Go-Go's" in 2001.

Jill Sobule released three chart hits as a singer-songwriter. Jill's first hit "Too Cool to Fall in Love" from her debut album "Things Here Are Different" ranked on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart for 12 weeks from 22 Sep to 15 Dec 1990 peaking at number 17.

Jill's second hit "I Kissed a Girl" from her self-titled album ranked on four music charts in three countries for a total of 19 weeks from 20 May to 12 Aug 1995 and 10 Sep to 29 Oct 1995 peaking at number 15 in Canada. Her third hit "Supermodel" from the same album not only ranked at number 53 on ARIA for five weeks from 14 Jan to 18 Feb 1996 but was also included on the soundtrack of the movie "Clueless" in 1995.

Answer: London Boys

Jane Wiedlin and Don Bolles co-wrote the song "London Boys" on the album "Return to the Valley of The Go-Go's" in 1994.

"London Boys" was one of The Go-Go's previously unreleased songs but in 1994, The Go-Go's included a live performance of "London Boys" from 1981 at Palos Verdes High School in Los Angeles on their retrospective album "Return to the Valley of The Go-Go's."

The Go-Go's released two songs with a community in the lyrics. The Go-Go's fancy the city of London in the lyrics of "London Boys" and reminisce about the neighborhood of Hollywood in "Daisy Chain."

The Go-Go's also wrote six eponyms or nicknames of places in the lyrics of five songs with the phrases "living life in la-la land" in the song "La La Land" (Los Angeles, California); "living at the Canterbury" in "Living at the Canterbury" (Canterbury, Kent, England); "champagne glass in my hand" in "Party Pose" (Champagne region of France); "Muslim girls are getting down in bikinis" in "The Whole World Lost Its Head" (Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands) and both "I buy you cologne" (Cologne, Germany) and "on that Pontiac GTO pile" (Pontiac, Michigan) in the song "Skidmarks on My Heart."

Answer: Los Angeles

Belinda Carlisle was born in Los Angeles, California and 19 years, nine months and 12 days later, Belinda premiered with The Go-Go's on (Mon) 29 May 1978 at the Masque in Hollywood, California.

Answer: The Go-Go's

The documentary "The Go-Go's" chronicles The Go-Go's from their roots in the Los Angeles punk community to their worldwide success in pop rock.

Alison Ellwood directed the documentary and her film won the 2020 Critics Choice Award for Best Music Documentary as well as the Most Compelling Living Subject of a Documentary. Alison's film was also nominated for the 2020 Critics Choice Award for Best Documentary Feature as well as the 2021 FOCAL International Awards for Best Use of Footage in a Music Production.

According to ShowBuzzDaily, the premiere of "The Go-Go's" on Showtime ranked at number 113 on the Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts for (Fri) 31 Jul 2020.

Ranking at number 113 is respectable considering "The Go-Go's" had to compete against three NBA games as well as the breaking news of the day: COVID-19 pandemic; Seven people killed in mid-air collision over Alaska, including Alaska State Representative Gary Knopp; US Court of Appeals overturns death sentence of Boston Marathon bomber; James Murdoch resigns from News Corp and President Donald Trump announces intentions to ban TikTok in US.

Answer: Turn to You

Jane Wiedlin and Charlotte Caffey co-wrote the song "Turn to You" on the album "Talk Show" in 1984.

"Turn to You" ranked on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the Canada RPM Top 100 Singles for 14 weeks from 16 Jun to 21 Sep 1984 peaking at number 32.

Answer: Worlds Away

Jane Wiedlin and Kathy Valentine co-wrote the song "Worlds Away" on the album "Vacation" in 1982.

The Go-Go's released three songs with the word "world" in the title. The Go-Go's released "Can't Stop the World" on the album "Beauty and the Beat" in 1981, "Worlds Away" on "Vacation" (1982) and "The Whole World Lost Its Head" on "Return to the Valley of The Go-Go's" (1994).

Kathy must be a world-class songwriter because she is the only Go-Go with lyrical credit on all three "worldly" songs.

Answer: You Thought

Gina Schock and Kathy Valentine co-wrote the song "You Thought" on the album "Talk Show" in 1984.

The Go-Go's released seven songs with "you" in the title. The Go-Go's released "You Can't Walk in Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep)" on the album "Beauty and the Beat" in 1981; "The Way You Dance" on "Vacation" (1982); "I'm with You," "Turn to You" and "You Thought" on "Talk Show" (1984); "Johnny Are You Queer?" on "Return to the Valley of The Go-Go's" (1994) and "Here You Are" on "God Bless The Go-Go's" (2001).

Answer: Bill Bartell

Bill Bartell co-wrote the song "King of Confusion" with Charlotte Caffey and Kathy Valentine on the album "God Bless The Go-Go's" in 2001.

Bill Bartell, aka Pat Fear or Sitting Bill, co-founded the punk band White Flag in 1982 and according to The Punk Vault, "[Bill] had the amazing ability to write catchy punk rock tunes. If you don't believe me just go track down a copy of the White Flag "Wild Kingdom" album. That thing is pop/punk perfection. I actually joked to Bill once that he was like the Beatles of punk rock with his ability to write so many catchy tunes" (MXV, 2013).

Answer: Elissa Bello

Elissa Bello was The Go-Go's original drummer but The Go-Go's replaced Elissa with Gina Schock in June 1979.

According to Elissa's interview in the documentary "The Go-Go's" (2020), "I was coming from two different worlds. I had to answer to my employer and I had to answer to the band. And they wanted me to quit my job, the girls, and be more dedicated. I stuck my toe in the water, but I never dove in all the way."

Continuing in the documentary, Jane recalls, "Elissa was very, very eccentric. I don't know if she was shy or an introvert, but she was never really part of the gang. She always held herself apart. We definitely needed to bring somebody in that wanted to be there" (Ellwood, 2020).

Elissa was a Go-Go for one year and five months and has no lyrical credit on The Go-Go's 61 original songs.

Answer: Here You Are

Jane Wiedlin, Charlotte Caffey and Jim Vallance co-wrote the song "Here You Are" on the album "God Bless The Go-Go's" in 2001.

Who'd burn a bridge to Jane? The song "Here You Are" hints of a pleasant rendezvous but it's the lingering damage after a messy breakup: "but even if you leave...nothing's gonna change...'cause if you lose control...and burn a bridge too far...no matter where you go...here you are."