Editing Go-go (section)

{{Short description|Subgenre of funk music}}
{{About||the dance|Go-go dancing||Go go (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox music genre
| name              = Go-go
| stylistic_origins = {{hlist|[[Funk]]|[[latin music]]<ref>[https://holacultura.com/the-latin-influences-of-go-go-music/ latin influences of go-go] Retrieved 15 March 2023</ref>|[[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]|[[soul music]]}}
| cultural_origins  = Mid 1960s - late 1970s; [[Washington, D.C.]], United States
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| regional_scenes   = {{hlist|[[Washington metropolitan area]]|[[Mid-Atlantic states|Mid-Atlantic region]]}}
| other_topics      = {{hlist|[[Music of Washington, D.C.]]|[[list of funk musicians]]}}
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'''Go-go''' is a [[music subgenre|subgenre]] of [[funk music]] with an emphasis on specific rhythmic patterns, and live audience [[Call and response (music)|call and response]].

Go-go was originated by [[African-American]] musicians in [[Washington, D.C.]], during the mid-1960s to late-1970s. Go-go has limited popularity in other areas, but maintains a devoted audience in the [[Washington metropolitan area]] as a uniquely regional music style and was named the official music of Washington, D.C., in February 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/its-official-go-go-music-signed-into-law-as-the-designated-music-of-dc/2020/02/19/42a4ef62-52a1-11ea-b119-4faabac6674f_story.html|title=Go-go is signed into law as the official music of D.C.|first=Marissa J.|last=Lang|access-date=February 25, 2021|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204193118/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/its-official-go-go-music-signed-into-law-as-the-designated-music-of-dc/2020/02/19/42a4ef62-52a1-11ea-b119-4faabac6674f_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Performers associated with the development of the style include [[Rare Essence]], [[Experience Unlimited|EU]], [[Trouble Funk]], and singer-guitarist [[Chuck Brown]].<ref>"'Godfather of Go-Go,' Chuck Brown Dies". The Washington Informer. May 16, 2012. Archived from the original on May 20, 2012.</ref> 
Modern artists like Charles "Shorty Corleone" Garris continue the go-go tradition in D.C.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wartofsky |first=Alona |date=2021-01-14 |title=Crank Radio Will Give Go-Go a National Platform |url=http://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/506004/crank-radio-will-give-go-go-a-national-platform/ |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=Washington City Paper |language=en-US}}</ref>