Go Where You Wanna Go

"Go Where You Wanna Go"
Single by Mamas & The Papas
from the album If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears
B-side "Somebody Groovy"
Released 1965
Format 7" single
Recorded 1965
Genre Sunshine pop[1]
Length 2:29
Label Dunhill Records
Songwriter(s) John Phillips
Producer(s) Lou Adler
Mamas & The Papas singles chronology
"Go Where You Wanna Go"
(1965)		 "California Dreamin'"
(1966)

- "Go Where You Wanna Go"
(1966)		 "California Dreamin'"
(1966)
"Go Where You Wanna Go"
Single by The 5th Dimension
from the album Up, Up and Away
B-side "Too Poor to Die"
Released January 1967
Format 7"
Recorded 1966
Genre Pop
Label Soul City
Songwriter(s) John Phillips
Producer(s) Johnny Rivers and Marc Gordon
The 5th Dimension singles chronology
"Go Where You Wanna Go"
(1967)		 "Another Day, Another Heartache"
(1967)

"Go Where You Wanna Go"
(1967)		 "Another Day, Another Heartache"
(1967)

"Go Where You Wanna Go" is a 1965 song written by John Phillips. It was originally recorded by The Mamas & the Papas on their LP If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears and given limited release as a single. However, the record was withdrawn and its B-side reassigned to "California Dreamin'." "Go Where You Wanna Go" was later made into a hit by The 5th Dimension.

P.F. Sloan played guitar on the song. John Phillips said that he wrote it about Michelle Phillips' affair with Russ Titelman, a songwriter and record producer.[2]

The Fifth Dimension version

The 5th Dimension recorded "Go Where You Wanna Go" for their debut studio album in 1967, Up, Up and Away. Johnny Rivers suggested the group cover the song. The song was the group's first single, and reached number 16 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It also did well in Canada. It is among the group's 10 biggest hits.

Chart performance

Weekly chart (1967) Peak
position
Australia 75
Canada CHUM[3] 9
Canada RPM 100[4] 18
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[5] 16
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[6] 16
Year-end chart (1967) Rank
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[7] 158

Other versions

  • The British group The Bees recorded "Go Where You Wanna Go" for a digital-only release in February 2011. Their version was used in the UK 'Travelodge' TV advert.
  • The Twiliters recorded the song in 1967, scoring a regional hit in some parts of Australia.

References

  1. ↑ Encyclopaedia Universalis (October 27, 2015). Dictionnaire des Musiciens: (Les Dictionnaires d'Universalis). Encyclopaedia Universalis. p. 3635. ISBN 978-2-85229-140-9.
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ "CHUM Hit Parade - Week of March 06, 1967". Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved April 6, 2017. Chart No. 524. CHUM.
  4. ↑ "RPM 100", RPM Weekly, Volume 7, No. 2, March 11, 1967. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  5. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002
  6. ↑ Cash Box Top 100, Cash Box, March 4, 1967. p. 4. Accessed April 6, 2017.
  7. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
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