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"Go All the Way" is a single by American
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, released in July 1972 and written by frontman
Eric Carmen Eric Howard Carmen (born August 11, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and keyboardist. He was first known as the lead vocalist of the Raspberries. He had numerous hit songs in the 1970s and 1980s, first as a member of the Rasp ...
. The song reached the Top 5 on three principal US charts: number 5 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number 4 on '' Cashbox'' and number 3 on ''
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''. The single sold more than 1.3 million copies, earning the band their only certified Gold Record. It was their second single release, their all-time biggest US hit, and appeared on their debut LP, ''Raspberries''. Carmen has stated that the inspiration for the song was the
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." Because of its sexually suggestive lyrics, considered risqué for the day, "Go All the Way" was banned by the
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. The tune ranked at number 33 on ''Billboard''s Top 100 Singles of 1972 year-end list (number 39 on ''Cashbox''s year-end best-sellers countdown). In 1989, ''Spin'' magazine named "Go All the Way" in its list of the "100 Greatest Singles of All Time", ranking it at number 91. "Go All the Way" appeared in ''Blender'' magazine's July 2006 issue as one of its "Greatest Songs Ever".


Live performances

The song was performed on '' Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, Live'' in 1974. It was also performed on ''
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'', and featured in the set at their 50th anniversary concert in 2007.


Use in media

"Go All the Way" has been featured in three movies. Director
Cameron Crowe Cameron Bruce Crowe (born July 13, 1957) is an American journalist, author, writer, producer, director, actor, lyricist, and playwright. Before moving into the film industry, Crowe was a contributing editor at ''Rolling Stone'' magazine, for wh ...
, a Raspberries fan, used it in his 2000 film ''
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''.
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covered the song for the end credits of the 2012 film ''
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'', an adaptation of the 1966–1971 TV series of the same name. The song briefly appears in the 2014
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'', and is one of the songs on its soundtrack. In interviews, hard rock/metal personality
Eddie Trunk Edward Scott Trunk (born August 8, 1964) is an American music historian, radio personality, talk show host, and author, best known as the host of several hard rock- and heavy metal-themed radio and television shows. Biography Trunk was born on ...
, states that this song sparked his interest in music due mainly to the distorted guitar riffs. "Go All the Way" was included on the ''Raspberries Pop Art Live'' CD set from their reunion concert recording, November 26, 2004, at the House of Blues in Cleveland, Ohio, released August 18, 2017.


Chart performance


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Later versions

Matthew Sweet Sidney Matthew Sweet (born October 6, 1964) is an American alternative rock/power pop singer-songwriter and musician who was part of the burgeoning music scene in Athens, Georgia, during the 1980s before gaining commercial success in the 1990 ...
and Bangles member
Susanna Hoffs Susanna Lee Hoffs (born January 17, 1959) is an American singer and guitarist, best known as a co-founder of the pop-rock band The Bangles. Hoffs founded The Bangles (originally called the Bangs) in 1981 with Debbi and Vicki Peterson. They re ...
included a faithful rendition of the song in their 2009 collaboration '' Under the Covers, Vol. 2''.


References


External links


Lyrics of this song

"Go All the Way" at Songfacts.com
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