Origins
The Go-Go's were supporting The Specials on the latter's 1980 US tour. According to Wiedlin she and Hall had an affair despite him having a girlfriend back in England and this led to their co-writing the song. The Go-Go's version is significantly more upbeat than the Fun Boy Three one which Wiedlin describes as "gloomier" - arguably this reflects their respective points of view of the relationship. (See http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=8451)
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