"Go Right Ahead" is a song by Swedish rock band

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, released as a single in 2012. It is the first single taken from their fifth full-length album ''

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'' and is the second listed track from that album. "Go Right Ahead" was released on 3 April 2012 through digital download platforms such as

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. It was also released as a limited edition

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on 21 April 2012, however, it was available for purchase at the Zia Records tent during the first weekend of the

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on 15 April where they were signing records for fans. A live recording of the track was featured on the

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Background

In the lead up to their announcement of a new single, five teaser videos were gradually posted on thei
official YouTube channel
each showing a member of the band playing their part of "Go Right Ahead". The song was also played live at the Norwegian/Swedish talkshow "Skavlan", broadcast on 30 March 2012. The main riff for the song is similar to British group

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's (ELO) "

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". It was not intentionally copied, but once they realized that the songs sounded alike they contacted ELO's

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, who wrote "Don't Bring Me Down", to get permission to use the riff. As a result, Lynne is credited as one of the song's writers. Lynne was also credited as composer in the album's liner notes.

Music video

Broadcast From RMV

A live

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was released on 9 May 2012 and shows The Hives with additional live members performing the song inside Benny Andersson's (

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) Riksmixningsverket (RMV) Studios in Sweden. The concept for this video is a representative in-studio take with the audio recorded as they performed, borne of the band's desire to create something "more realistic than most 'rock videos.'” Randy Fitzsimmons, who is credited with songwriting on every song, can be seen through the studio window wearing a mask.

Official

The official

was released on 8 June 2012 and was initially only available in Germany, Australia and the UK before it was uploaded onto the band's YouTube channel. It was directed by Swedish design duo Johan Toorell and John Nordqvist o
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The monochrome video features The Hives playing the song suspended on board a makeshift stage attached to a

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and being pulled along the roads of a city.

Track listings

7" vinyl (limited release for Record Store Day) # "Go Right Ahead" – 3:06 # "1000 Answers" – 2:07

Personnel

The Hives *

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– vocals *

Nicholaus Arson Niklas Almqvist (born 26 January 1977), better known by his stage name Nicholaus Arson, is the lead guitarist and backup vocalist of the Swedish garage rock band The Hives, of which his brother Howlin' Pelle is the lead singer. Career Arson a ...

– lead guitar *

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– rhythm guitar * Dr. Matt Destruction – bass guitar *

Chris Dangerous Christian Grahn (born ''Arne Christian Jääskeläinen''; 12 June 1978), known professionally by his stage name Chris Dangerous, is the drummer of Swedish rock band, The Hives. Biography Grahn began playing drums at age of nine. Growing up in F ...

– drums Additional musicians and personnel *Gustav Bendt – saxophone *Per Ruskträsk Johansson – saxophone *Jonas Kullhammar – saxophone *Janne Hansson – engineer *Michael Ilbert – engineer *Bernard Löhr – engineer *Linn Fijal – assistant engineer *

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– mixing *Stephen Marcussen – mastering

Charts

References

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