Go Now (song)
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| Single by The Moody Blues from the album The Magnificent Moodies |
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| B-side | "It's Easy Child" (UK) "Lose Your Money" (US) |
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| Released | November 1964 | ||||
| Format | 7" | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Label |  UK Decca Records London Records |
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| Writer(s) | Larry Banks Milton Bennett |
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| Producer | Denny Cordell, Alex Wharton | ||||
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"Go Now" is a song composed by Larry Banks and Milton Bennett. Bessie Banks originally performed this song, but it was made popular internationally in 1964 when a group from Birmingham named The Moody Blues recorded it, with Denny Laine on guitar and lead vocals. The song reached #1 in the UK and #10 in the US. Laine continued to perform the song in concert during his years in Wings, and it is included in the group's Wings over America live album. The Moody Blues had little success with later singles after "Go Now", which led to Denny Laine's departure from the band, later being replaced by Justin Hayward. Hayward only sang the song during his first year with the band, up until they began to write their own material. Bassist Clint Warwick had also departed the band, and he was replaced by John Lodge. The next successes for the Moody Blues would be 1967's "Nights in White Satin" and "Tuesday Afternoon."
In January of 1997, "Go Now" was released on The Best of the Moody Blues; its release on this album was the first time it had been released on a Moody Blues compilation album. "Go Now" was also released on the subsequent Moody Blues' two-disc compilation album Anthology.
"Go Now" was later recorded by Ozzy Osbourne in 2005 for his Under Cover compilation album.
The version by The Moody Blues was famously used on the satirical British television show Spitting Image in a scene concerning then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. The song is also in the musical Return to the Forbidden Planet.
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| Preceded by "Yeh Yeh" by Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames |
UK number one single "Go Now" by The Moody Blues January 28, 1965 (1 week) |
Succeeded by "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" by The Righteous Brothers |
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