Go Go’s “Vacation” 1982. Today, August 17th, is singer Belinda Carlisle’s birthday (b. 1958). The Vault is also heading out on vacation later this week so it’s a perfect pull.

Vacation is the Go Go’s second album and it reached #8 in the US, the single “Vacation” also reaching #8 in the summer of ‘82 (and may have been the first single to ever be released on cassette). The LP’s other two singles, “Get Up and Go” and “He’s So Strange,” did not do as well: the former – a fun pop rocker with a classic Bo Diddley beat – reached #50 and the latter failed to chart at all. Overall Vacation is a fun pop record, perfect for spinning on a portable player at the beach, playing frisbee and watching the speedboats pull water skiers. Here’s a picture from our up-north trip last summer of the Min-Aqua Bats in Minocqua, WI and, for obvious reasons, “Vacation” was my ear worm for a few days.