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Cover of Beauty and the Beat by The Go-Go's
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“Our Lips Are Sealed” by The Go-Go's

From the album Beauty and the Beat (1981)

“Our Lips Are Sealed” by The Go-Go's appears on 33 radio countdowns from 16 stations between 1981 and 2026. It was first released in 1981 on the album Beauty and the Beat. Its best result is #32 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1981. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #32 alternative song of 1981, #908 alternative song of all time and #424 of the '80s.

33countdowns
16stations
#32best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1981–2026years charted

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"Our Lips Are Sealed" opens Beauty and the Beat, the Go-Go's' 1981 debut album, and it came out of an unlikely partnership: guitarist Jane Wiedlin wrote it with Terry Hall, singer of the Specials and Fun Boy Three. Written with three verses, it got trimmed for the album, and it's all the better for it: a jangly, sunny rush of pop with just enough punk nerve under its fingernails.

Belinda Carlisle sings most of it, Wiedlin takes the bridge, and the band plays it tight and bright, Charlotte Caffey on guitar and keyboards, Kathy Valentine on bass and Gina Schock on drums. Richard Gottehrer and Rob Freeman produced it. As the band's second single it went top three in Australia and Canada and top 20 in the US, and they still played it at their 2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1981 32 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1981 106

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 164 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s 200
1982 455 95.5 KLOS KLOS Memorial Day 500 (1982) 499
1988 138 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1989 161 91X 91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989) 191
1989 229 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1992 53 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1994 286 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 309 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 335 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1995 250 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1996 344 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 185 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1996 374 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1998 229 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 317 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 297 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 291 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 295 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 1622 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 336 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 1624 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 336 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 1624 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 367 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 1616 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 811 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2005 433 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2021 175 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909
2023 79 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850
2024 143 KEXP The Best Opening Tracks of All Time 738
2026 279 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '80s 498
2026 1159 WYEP WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time 1180

Also listed as: Our Lips are Sealed.

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