Cool Places

"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]

"Cool Places"
Single by Sparks and Jane Wiedlin
from the album In Outer Space
B-side"Sports"
ReleasedApril 1983
StudioSynsound Studios (Brussels)
Genre
Length3:25
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • 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)

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

  1. "Cool Places" — 3:25
  2. "Sports" — 3:23

12" Atlantic 0-89863[5]

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

Chart performance
Chart Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[2] 49
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[2] 13

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.[6]

References
  1. Wednesday lost and found: Jane Wiedlin and Sparks 'Cool Places'
  2. "Sparks Hot 100". billboard.com. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  3. Sparks|Billboard
  4. Lucky Me, Lucky You on SPARKS' official YouTube channel
  5. "Sparks And Jane Wiedlin - Cool Places (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
  6. "Cool Places performed live by the Go-Go's". YouTube.
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