We Got the Beat
~ Recording by Go‐Go’s
Annotation
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Annotation last modified on 2025-01-30 20:55 UTC.
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official | |||||||||
| 1.6 | We Got the Beat | 2:33 | Go‐Go’s | Beauty and the Beat | Go‐Go’s | Album |
| I.R.S. Records | SP 70021 |
| 1.6 | We Got the Beat | 2:33 | Go‐Go’s | Beauty and the Beat | Go‐Go’s | Album |
| I.R.S. Records | CS-70021 |
| 1.6 | We Got the Beat | 2:33 | Go‐Go’s | Beauty and the Beat | Go‐Go’s | Album |
| I.R.S. Records | SP 70021 |
| 1.8 | We Got the Beat | 2:32 | The Go‐Go’s | Brimstone & Treacle | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| A&M Records | 393245-2 |
| 1.8 | We Got the Beat | 2:32 | Go‐Go’s | Brimstone & Treacle (Australian release) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| A&M Records | L19132 |
| 1.8 | We Got the Beat | 2:32 | Go‐Go’s | Brimstone & Treacle: Original Soundtrack Album | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| A&M Records | SP-4915 |
| 1.6 | We Got the Beat | 2:33 | Go‐Go’s | Beauty and the Beat | Go‐Go’s | Album |
| I.R.S. Records | CD 70021 |
| 1.6 | We Got the Beat | 2:33 | Go‐Go’s | Beauty and the Beat | Go‐Go’s | Album |
| I.R.S. Records | CD70021, CD75021 |
| 1.6 | We Got the Beat | 2:33 | Go‐Go’s | Beauty and the Beat | Go‐Go’s | Album |
| I.R.S. Records | 44797 5021-2 |
| 1.8 | We Got the Beat | 2:32 | The Go‐Go’s | Brimstone & Treacle | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| A&M Records | 5021 3245 2, CD 3245 |
| 1.17 | We Got the Beat | 2:31 | The Go‐Go’s | Night Beat | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products | OPCD-4515 |
| 1.2 | We Got the Beat | 2:31 | The Go‐Go’s | These People Are Nuts! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| I.R.S. Records | IRSD-82010 |
| 1.2 | We Got the Beat | 2:33 | The Go‐Go’s | Cool Jerk | The Go‐Go’s | Single |
| A&M Records | AMCD 712 |
| 1.3 | We Got the Beat | 2:31 | Go‐Go’s | Greatest | Go‐Go’s | Album + Compilation |
| I.R.S. Records | 44797 0059 2 |
| 1.3 | We Got the Beat | 2:31 | Go‐Go’s | Greatest | Go‐Go’s | Album + Compilation |
| I.R.S. Records | 44797 0059 2 |
| 1.3 | We Got the Beat | 2:31 | Go‐Go’s | Greatest | Go‐Go’s | Album + Compilation |
| I.R.S. Records, BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions) | 44797 0059 2, D150315 |
| 1.6 | We Got the Beat | 2:33 | Go‐Go’s | Beauty and the Beat | Go‐Go’s | Album |
| CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997), I.R.S. Records | CSCS 6045 |
| 1.3 | We Got the Beat | 2:31 | Go‐Go’s | Greatest | Go‐Go’s | Album + Compilation |
| I.R.S. Records | 395 333 2 |
| 1.4 | We Got the Beat | 2:32 | The Go‐Go’s | The 80's Greatest Rock Hits, Volume 2: Leather & Lace | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Priority Records (US hip hop) | P2 7076 |
| 1.15 | We Got the Beat | 2:30 | The Go‐Go’s | 35 Years of Rock and Roll | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Special Products | A2 22681, A2 22682, A2 22683 |
| 1.15 | We Got the Beat | 2:32 | Go‐Go’s | Return to the Valley of the Go‐Go’s | Go‐Go’s | Album + Compilation |
| I.R.S. Records | 7243 8 29694 26 |
| 1.7 | We Got the Beat (single mix) | 2:32 | Go‐Go’s | Return to the Valley of the Go‐Go’s | Go‐Go’s | Album + Compilation |
| I.R.S. Records | 7243 8 31756 2 8 |
| 2.1 | We Got the Beat | 2:31 | The Go‐Go’s | Awesome ’80s (issue wiith cover art featuring Paula Abdul) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Razor & Tie, Warner Special Products | OPCD-4551 |
| 2.1 | We Got the Beat | 2:31 | The Go‐Go’s | Awesome ’80s (issue wiith cover art not featuring Paula Abdul) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Razor & Tie, Warner Special Products | OPCD-4551 |
| 1.15 | We Got the Beat (single mix) | 2:32 | Go‐Go’s | Return to the Valley of the Go‐Go’s (Columbia Record Club version) | Go‐Go’s | Album + Compilation |
| I.R.S. Records | X2 29694 |
| 1.4 | We Got the Beat | 2:32 | The Go‐Go’s | Only Dance 1980-1984 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| JCI, Warner Special Products | JCD-3149, OPCD-1685 |
| 1.6 | We Got the Beat | 2:32 | The Go‐Go’s | Only in the 80's, Volume One | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Big Ear Music | EAZ-4001 |
| 1.4 | We Got the Beat | 2:33 | The Go‐Go’s | Sounds of the Eighties: The Rolling Stone Collection 1980–1981 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram Special Markets (US only), Time–Life Music | R988-25 |
| 1.1 | We Got the Beat | 2:33 | The Go‐Go’s | VH1: The Big 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 72271 |
| 1.3 | We Got the Beat | 2:32 | The Go‐Go’s | Only Rock ’n’ Roll 1980-1984 #1 Radio Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| JCI | 3170 |
| 1.16 | We Got the Beat | 2:30 | The Go‐Go’s | Divas of Pop | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.11 | We Got the Beat | 2:30 | The Go‐Go’s | Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion: Original Soundtrack | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| Hollywood Records (a label of Disney Music Group) | HR-62098-2 |
| 1.11 | We Got the Beat | 2:30 | The Go‐Go’s | Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion: Original Soundtrack | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| Hollywood Records (a label of Disney Music Group), Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 1620982 |
| 4.6 | We Got the Beat | 2:33 | The Go‐Go’s | The Ultimate Rock Collection: Gold and Platinum | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music, Warner Special Products | 8458-2, OPCD-2749A |
| 2.12 | We Got the Beat | 2:32 | The Go‐Go’s | The Rolling Stone Women in Rock Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Razor & Tie | 89005-2 |
| 1.9 | We Got the Beat | 2:33 | The Go‐Go’s | Chorus Girl | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atomic Records (bootleg label from the Philippines) | |
| 1.3 | We Got the Beat | 2:33 | The Go‐Go’s | Modern Rock: The Cool '80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | M18416 |
| 1.1 | We Got the Beat | 2:32 | The Go‐Go’s | VH1 Behind the Music: Go-Go’s Collection | The Go‐Go’s | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 069-490-617-2 |
| 1.7 | We Got the Beat | 2:33 | The Go‐Go’s | Modern Rock: Dance | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | R828-05 |
| 1.11 | We Got the Beat | 2:31 | The Go‐Go’s | Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Jive (Jive Records imprint), Nick Records (Nickelodeon's label, 2001–2010) | 01241-48501-2 |
| 1.6 | We Got the Beat | 2:33 | Go‐Go’s | Beauty and the Beat | Go‐Go’s | Album |
| I.R.S. Records | |
| 1.12 | We Got the Beat | 2:31 | The Go‐Go’s | Teletoon Presents Toon Trax | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Direct (Canadian label) | TVK 24143 |
| 1.6 | We Got the Beat | 2:33 | The Go‐Go's | In the Air Tonight | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music, Sony Music Custom Marketing Group | 8460-2, A72819 |
| 2.4 | We Got The Beat | 2:31 | Go‐Go’s | The Best 80s US Album in the World… Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | |
| 1.16 | We Got the Beat | 2:31 | The Go‐Go’s | More Complete Eighties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Australia (defunct holding company, not for release label use!) | 0946 3 57244 2 4 |
| 2.23 | We Got the Beat | 2:33 | The Go‐Go’s | The Big Stiff Box Set | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Salvo | SALVOBX402 |
| 1.17 | We Got the Beat | 2:33 | The Go‐Go’s | 80-talet, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Sweden AB (not for release label use! SE subsidiary of EMI) | CMCD 6468 |
| 7.2 | We Got the Beat | 2:33 | The Go‐Go’s | 80s Music Explosion! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | |
| 1.1 | We Got the Beat | 2:34 | The Go‐Go’s | Best of 1981 - 20th Century Masters | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Canada | |
| 1.6 | We Got the Beat | 2:31 | Go‐Go’s | Beauty and the Beat (deluxe 30th anniversary edition) | Go‐Go’s | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | |
| 1.6 | We Got the Beat | 2:33 | Go‐Go’s | Beauty and the Beatx (30th anniversary edition) | Go‐Go’s | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), I.R.S. Records | 5099902702728 |
| 3.21 | We Got the Beat | 2:30 | The Go‐Go’s | Going Underground: 66 Smash New Wave Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 5334050 |
| 2.17 | We Got the Beat | 2:32 | The Go‐Go’s | So80s (SoEighties) Presents Formel Eins | Blank & Jones | Album + Compilation | Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Soundcolours | 88883765992 | |
| 1.3 | We Got the Beat | 2:31 | The Go‐Go’s | Icon: 80's Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises) | B0020159-02 |
| 1.1 | We Got the Beat | 2:32 | The Go‐Go’s | She Rocks: The ’80s Wave of Women Rockers | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment Commercial Music Group, Starbucks | |
| 1.6 | We Got the Beat | 2:29 | The Go‐Go’s | Now That's What I Call New Wave 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”) | 88875125072 |
| 1.6 | We Got the Beat | 2:29 | The Go‐Go’s | Now That's What I Call New Wave 80s: Deluxe Edition | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.6 | We Got the Beat | 2:30 | Go‐Go’s | Beauty and the Beat | Go‐Go’s | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), I.R.S. Records | |
| 7.8 | We Got the Beat | 2:33 | The Go‐Go’s | Time Life Loves the ’80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | |
| 1.8 | We Got the Beat | 2:32 | The Go-Go's | ワークアウトにむけて | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP | |
| 1.2 | We Got the Beat | 2:31 | The Go‐Go’s | Girls Go Power Pop! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Big Beat (UK, Ace subsidiary) | CDTOP 345 |
| 3.14 | We Got the Beat | 2:31 | The Go‐Go’s | NOW Yearbook ’80–’84: The Final Chapter | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | CDYBXNOW8084 |
| 3.14 | We Got the Beat (2011 remaster) | 2:31 | The Go‐Go’s | NOW Yearbook ’80–’84: The Final Chapter | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 0196587511227, CDYBNOW8084 |
| 1.25 | We Got the Beat | 2:33 | The Go‐Go’s | 80’s Summer Essentials | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP | |
| 1.6 | We Got the Beat | 2:33 | Go‐Go’s | Beauty and the Beat | Go‐Go’s | Album |
| I.R.S. Records | CD75021 |
| 1.11 | We Got the Beat | 2:30 | The Go‐Go’s | Countdown to the New Year | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| 1.10 | We Got the Beat | 2:31 | The Go‐Go’s | Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack | |||
| 1.7 | We Got the Beat | 2:33 | The Go‐Go’s | Modern Rock: Dance | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | |
| 1.1 | We Got the Beat | 2:31 | The Go‐Go’s | Party Starter: 80s Mix | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Compass Productions (budget compilations) | 09643-97425-2-6 |
| 1.15 | We Got the Beat (single mix) | 2:32 | Go‐Go’s | Return to the Valley of the Go‐Go’s | Go‐Go’s | Album + Compilation | I.R.S. Records | ||
| 2.11 | We Got the Beat | 2:30 | The Go‐Go’s | Som livre anos 80, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Som Livre | |
| 1.1 | We Got the Beat | 2:33 | The Go‐Go’s | The 80's - Rock+On | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.3 | We Got the Beat | 2:31 | The Go‐Go’s | World of Noise | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Q (magazine) | May 1995, Q104, QCDEMI 104 |
| 11.10 | We Got the Beat | 2:29 | The Go‐Go’s | The Radio Essential Series | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Promo Only | |
| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.2 | We Got the Beat | 2:31 | Go Go’s | Old Navy: Get Up and Dance | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Old Navy, Sony Music Special Products, AEI Music (USA) | 596185-00-1, A 33763 |
Relationships
| additional assistant recording engineer: | James Ball Eric Kortee Darroll Gustamachio |
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| assistant recording engineer: | Ted Blechta John Terelle |
| recording engineer and mixer: | Rob Freeman (engineer) |
| producer: | Rob Freeman (engineer) Richard Gottehrer (American songwriter and music executive) |
| assistant mixer: | Gray Russell |
| bass guitar and guitar: | Kathy Valentine |
| drums (drum set) and percussion: | Gina Schock |
| guitar [lead guitar] and keyboard: | Charlotte Caffey |
| guitar [rhythm guitar]: | Jane Wiedlin |
| lead vocals: | Belinda Carlisle |
| vocals: | Charlotte Caffey Jane Wiedlin |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | I.R.S., Inc. (in 1981) |
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| additionally recorded at: | Sound Mixers Studio in New York, New York, United States The Record Plant (New York) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States |
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| recorded at: | Pennylane Studios in New York, New York, United States |
| mixed at: | Sound Mixers Studio in New York, New York, United States |
| mash-ups: | Pwn Monkey (Jonathan Coulton vs. … Well, Everyone) by The Evolution Control Committee Bang Bang by E-603 (order: 1) |
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| recording of: | We Got the Beat |
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Related works
We Got the Beat
| lyricist and composer: | Charlotte Caffey |
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| writer: | Go‐Go’s (all-female American rock band formed in 1978) |
| publisher: | Daddy-Oh Music Universal Music–MGB Songs |
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| later parody versions: | We Got the Beat (My Little Pony: The Movie, 2017) We Got the Beef We Got the Feet |
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| later translated versions: | WE GOT THE BEAT (Japanese version) |
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