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"Cool Places"

Single by Sparks and Jane Wiedlin

from the album In Outer Space

B-side

"Sports"

Released

April 1983

Studio

Synsound Studios (Brussels)

Genre

Length

3:25

Ron Mael
Russell Mael

Sparks singles chronology

"I Predict"
(1982)

"Cool Places"
(1983)

"All You Ever Think About Is Sex"
(1983)

Jane Wiedlin singles chronology

"Cool Places"
(1983)

"Blue Kiss"
(1985)

"Cool Places" is a 1983 new wave song recorded by American pop band Sparks in collaboration with the Go-Go's rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Jane Wiedlin.^[1] It was their second single to enter the Billboard Hot 100.^[2]

Background

The song was released as the lead single from Sparks's twelfth studio album In Outer Space (1983). At the time, Sparks were at their most popular in the US, their two previous studio albums having dented the lower reaches of the Billboard 200 album chart. The single peaked at No. 13 on the Hot Dance Club Play charts in June 1983.^[3] The song's success followed the success of their previous single and only other Hot 100 entry "I Predict".

A music video for the song was directed by California born filmmaker and artist Graeme Whifler.

Sparks recorded "Lucky Me, Lucky You" with Jane Wiedlin for the same parent album.^[4]

Track listing

7" Atlantic 0-89863

"Cool Places" — 3:25
"Sports" — 3:23

12" Atlantic 0-89863^[5]

"Cool Places" (Long Mix) — 4:38
"Sports" — 3:23

Chart performance

Chart	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[2]	49
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play^[2]	13
US Cash Box Top 100 Singles^[6]	44

Other versions

The song was part of the Go-Go's set when they toured in the 2010s, with Belinda Carlisle singing the Russell Mael vocals opposite Wiedlin.^[7]

References

^ Wednesday lost and found: Jane Wiedlin and Sparks 'Cool Places'
^ ^a ^b ^c "Sparks Hot 100". billboard.com. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
^ Sparks|Billboard
^ Lucky Me, Lucky You on SPARKS' official YouTube channel
^ "Sparks And Jane Wiedlin - Cool Places (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending June 11, 1983" (PDF). Cash Box. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
^ "Cool Places performed live by the Go-Go's". YouTube.

External links

Official music video
Official audio only video on Wiedlin's YouTube channel
"Cool Places" at Discogs (list of releases)

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Ron Mael Russell Mael Jim Mankey Earle Mankey Harley Feinstein Martin Gordon Adrian Fisher Norman "Dinky" Diamond Trevor White Ian Hampton Bob Haag Leslie Bohem David Kendrick Christi Haydon Tammy Glover Dean Menta
Albums	Halfnelson/Sparks A Woofer in Tweeter's Clothing Kimono My House Propaganda Indiscreet Big Beat Introducing Sparks Nº 1 in Heaven Terminal Jive Whomp That Sucker Angst in My Pants In Outer Space Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat Music That You Can Dance To Interior Design Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins Plagiarism Balls Lil' Beethoven Hello Young Lovers Exotic Creatures of the Deep The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman Two Hands, One Mouth: Live in Europe Hippopotamus A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte
Singles	"This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us" "Amateur Hour" "Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth" "I Want to Hold Your Hand" "The Number One Song in Heaven" "Beat the Clock" "When I'm with You" "I Predict" "Cool Places" "With All My Might" "When Do I Get to Sing 'My Way'" "When I Kiss You (I Hear Charlie Parker Playing)" "Now That I Own the BBC" "Dick Around" "Johnny Delusional"
Related	Giorgio Moroder Telex Sex (Telex album) Noël Gleaming Spires Les Rita Mitsouko Devo Todd Rundgren Sparks Spectacular Tony Visconti Jane Wiedlin FFS (self-titled album) The Sparks Brothers Annette
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