The Moody Blues – Go Now

“Go Now” – Single by The Moody Blues from the album The Magnificent Moodies.
B-side: “It’s Easy Child” (UK)
“Lose Your Money” (US)
Released: 13 November 1964
Songwriters: Larry Banks and Milton Bennett
Charted No.10 in US and No.1 in UK

Before The Moody Blues recorded it, this was an obscure soul single for Bessie Banks, who released it in 1964. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller produced her recording, and it was written by her husband Larry Banks. It is a heart-rending song where the singer has just broken up with his lover, and can’t bear to see her anymore.

“Go Now!” (adding an exclamation mark) was made popular internationally later in 1964 when the Moody Blues, an English beat group from Birmingham, recorded it, with Denny Laine on guitar and lead vocals. When Laine first heard Bessie Banks’s version, he immediately told the rest of the band that they needed to record the song.

Credits
Denny Laine: guitar, lead vocal
Clint Warwick: bass guitar, backing vocal
Mike Pinder: piano, backing vocal
Ray Thomas: backing vocal
Graeme Edge: drums, backing vocal