Vacation (The Go-Go's song)
| "Vacation" | ||||
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Standard picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by the Go-Go's | ||||
| from the album Vacation | ||||
| B-side | "Beatnik Beach" | |||
| Released | July 20, 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
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| Length | 2:59 | |||
| Label | I.R.S. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Richard Gottehrer | |||
| The Go-Go's singles chronology | ||||
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"Vacation" is a 1982 single released by the all-female rock band, the Go-Go's. The song was the first single from the album, Vacation.
The song became one of the Go-Go's highest charting singles, reaching No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1982, being the band's second and final US top-10 hit. The song was released on 7" vinyl format, with the surf rock song "Beatnik Beach" as the single's B-side. "Vacation" carries the distinction of being released as the first known cassette single or "cassingle" as trademarked by I.R.S. Records.
Billboard called it a "perfect summer record" saying it is "uptempo, optimistic and the aural companion for lazy days at the beach. Cash Box called it "propulsive power pop."
An earlier version of "Vacation", written solely by Kathy Valentine, was released by The Textones, of which Valentine was a member, in 1980. It was released on Chiswick Records in the United Kingdom as an EP and later a 45.