Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Vacation is the second studio album by the American rock band The Go-Go's, released in 1982 on the I.R.S. Records label. The album reached No. 8 in the U.S. Billboard 200, and was certified gold. The title track was a U.S. summer smash, reaching No. 8 on the Billboard pop singles chart. The Go-Go's were riding high at the time of the album's first release, their future to all outward appearances looking bright. Future problems were beginning to take shape, as the members' drug use and internal fighting began to escalate.Besides the title track, two more singles were pulled from the album at the time: \"Get Up and Go\" and \"This Old Feeling\", which were minor hits in the United States. A fourth song featured on the album, the cover version of the 1960s hit \"Cool Jerk\", appeared as a single in 1991 to promote the band's first compilation album, Greatest. The single \"Vacation\" was also issued as what was perhaps the first cassette single ever.The song \"Speeding,\" which is not on the album, is a Caffey/Wiedlin composition that was used as B-side of the single for \"Get Up and Go,\" and is also part of the movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High soundtrack."@en }
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- Vacation_(The_Go-Gos_album) abstract "Vacation is the second studio album by the American rock band The Go-Go's, released in 1982 on the I.R.S. Records label. The album reached No. 8 in the U.S. Billboard 200, and was certified gold. The title track was a U.S. summer smash, reaching No. 8 on the Billboard pop singles chart. The Go-Go's were riding high at the time of the album's first release, their future to all outward appearances looking bright. Future problems were beginning to take shape, as the members' drug use and internal fighting began to escalate.Besides the title track, two more singles were pulled from the album at the time: \"Get Up and Go\" and \"This Old Feeling\", which were minor hits in the United States. A fourth song featured on the album, the cover version of the 1960s hit \"Cool Jerk\", appeared as a single in 1991 to promote the band's first compilation album, Greatest. The single \"Vacation\" was also issued as what was perhaps the first cassette single ever.The song \"Speeding,\" which is not on the album, is a Caffey/Wiedlin composition that was used as B-side of the single for \"Get Up and Go,\" and is also part of the movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High soundtrack.".