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"The Whole World Lost Its Head" is a song by American rock band
the Go-Go's The Go-Go's are an American all-female Rock music, rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1978. Except for short periods when other musicians joined briefly, the band has had a relatively stable lineup consisting of Charlotte Caffey on lead guitar ...
, one of three new songs included on their two-disc retrospective, '' Return to the Valley of The Go-Go's'' (1994). The single stalled at number eight on the US ''
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but became the band's first and only top-40 hit in the UK, peaking at number 29. The accompanying music video, directed by
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, cinematographed by Tom Richmond and edited by Sloane Klevin, was shot in the fall of 1994.


Critical reception

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'' magazine commented, "They're baaaack! Female rock quintet takes satirical look at the world of tabloid television on a pogo-rock rave-up that musically hearkens back to the days of '
We Got the Beat "We Got the Beat" is a song by the American all-female rock band the Go-Go's, written by the group's lead guitarist and keyboardist Charlotte Caffey. The band first recorded the song in early 1980 as a single on UK-based Stiff Records, and rerec ...
'. Beneath the wicked guitar attack of
Charlotte Caffey Charlotte Irene Caffey (born October 21, 1953) is an American guitarist and pianist, best known for her work in the rock band the Go-Go's in the 1980s, including writing " We Got the Beat". Career Caffey began her musical career playing bass g ...
and
Jane Wiedlin Jane Wiedlin (born May 20, 1958) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actress, best known as the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and backing vocalist of the new wave music, new wave band The Go-Go's. She voices Dusk, the drummer and ba ...
lies as a pure a pop ditty as you can get.
Belinda Carlisle Belinda Jo Carlisle ( ; born August 17, 1958) is an American singer and songwriter. She gained fame as the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's, one of the most successful all-female rock bands of all time, and went on to have a prolific career as a sol ...
offers a cheeky sense of irony that pushes the track over the top." Pan-European magazine ''
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'' wrote, "Reunited for the compilation CD ''Return to the Valley of The Go-Go's'', the "beach girls" pick up their instruments where they left off when they split up. Great surf punk!" Emma Cochrane from ''
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'' gave "The Whole World Lost Its Head" a score of four out of five, saying, "They're back! What do you mean, "who"? The Go-Go's (Belinda Carlisle's punkette group from almost twenty years ago) have reformed and they're going to kick
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's bottom. They're grandmas with attitude, who can party without irony and make a cracking good pop tune at the same time. More power to them."


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1994 singles 1994 songs The Go-Go's songs I.R.S. Records singles Song recordings produced by Richard Gottehrer Songs written by Kathy Valentine Songs written by Jane Wiedlin {{1990s-rock-song-stub