Song #306: "Cool Jerk"--The Go-Go's (1982)

Toda we feature yet another cover song here on the Top 500 countdown, though this time not one from the 19th Century like yesterday's.

From their second album, "Vacation", comes The Go-Go's version of a 1960's tune originally recorded by The Capitols fifty years ago. Their version had much success, peaking at #7 on Billboard Hot 100, and #2 on the R&B charts.

A decade and a half later, here comes a new version that pays nice homage to the original. Nearly a decade later, the group re-recorded the song and released it as a single.

But it's the original remake from 1982 that we dig, and thus place below, for our song for the day!

By the way, this is the second of five appearances on the countdown by The Go-Go's.  :)