"Our Lips Are Sealed" is a song written by Go-Go's guitarist Jane Wiedlin and Specials and Fun Boy Three singer Terry Hall. It was first recorded by The Go-Go's as the lead-off song on their 1981 album Beauty and the Beat (see 1981 in music) and served as their debut American single. In 2000 Rolling Stone named it one of the 100 Greatest Pop Songs of all time.
Go-Go's and Fun Boy Three versions
Although originally written and performed with three verses, it is an abbreviated version of the song which appears on Beauty and the Beat. This version of the song was released as a single in June 1981 (see 1981 in music) and peaked at number twenty on Billboard's Billboard Pop Singles chart, and fifteen on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart. A song of unusual longevity, it remained on the Billboard charts for much of 1982 as well, long after its peak.
The accompanying video was an early favorite of the fledgling MTV channel, and helped establish the Go-Go's energetic persona. It features sequences of the band members in carefree tableaux (riding around in a convertible, stopping at a lingerie shop and splashing around in a city fountain) interspersed with footage of the band playing a club booking.
The following year, co-writer Terry Hall re-recorded the song with his own band, Fun Boy Three; it was a major hit, reaching no. 7 on the UK Singles Chart.
Hilary and Haylie Duff version
Sisters Hilary and Haylie Duff covered the song for the soundtrack to the 2004 film A Cinderella Story, in which Hilary starred. The cover, recorded as a duet with Duff's sister Haylie and produced by John Shanks, was released as a single in the United States in June 2004 . The Duff sisters said in an interview that they had wanted to record together, and Hilary chose "Our Lips Are Sealed" because the "secretive" theme of the song relates to the film A Cinderella Story.[1]
The single's music video was directed by Chris Applebaum and filmed in Toronto, Canada in May 2004.[1] It was released in June 2004 and received medium airplay on MuchMusic in Canada and MTV in the U.S. Similar to the video for the Go-Go's single, it depicts the Duff sisters driving around town in a car and goofing about, and is intercut with clips from A Cinderella Story. Though the video was popular on the MTV video chart show Total Request Live, the single itself was less successful than the original Go-Go's song in the U.S., failing to chart on the Hot 100. In Australia it reached number eight. The song was the first song ever to be played on the UK show B4[citation needed]. The song was later included on Duff's compilation album, Most Wanted (2005).
This version was also included in the Japanese and Australian editions of Hilary Duff's second compilation album Best of Hilary Duff.
Single
- "Our Lips Our Sealed" [Album Version]
- "Our Lips Our Sealed" [Music Video]
- Cinderella Story Trailer
Charts
- 1 Go-Go's.
- 2 Fun Boy Three.
- 3 Hilary Duff and Haylie Duff.
Other cover versions
In popular culture
- The popular Canadian teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation, which is known for having named each episode after a 1980s hit song, named a two-part episode after this song.
- The song was made available for download on November 24, 2009 for the Rock Band video games, and is a playable track for the music video game Band Hero.
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