"Go Square Go!" is a song by Scottish

Scotland

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 Indie rock

Indie rock

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 band Glasvegas

Glasvegas

Glasvegas are a Scottish indie rock band from Glasgow. The band consists of James Allan , Rab Allan , Paul Donoghue and Jonna Löfgren . The band received critical acclaim for their debut album Glasvegas which was released in September 2008, reaching No...

. The song was written by the band's singer and guitarist James Allan

James Allan

James Noble Allan was a Canadian politician.After serving as mayor of Dunnville and warden of Haldimand County along with various other municipal posts, Allan was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1951 provincial election as the Progressive Conservative Member of...

. It was released as the band's debut 7"

Gramophone record

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 single through WaKS on October 30, 2006, as well as a download

Digital distribution

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.

The band re-recorded the song and included it on their self-titled debut album

Glasvegas (album)

Glasvegas is the debut studio album by the Scottish Indie rock band Glasvegas, first released in the UK on 8 September 2008 by Columbia Records . The album was produced by lead singer James Allan and Rich Costey . The album sold copies in its first week of release and reached number 2 on the UK...

 in 2008. The song was recorded at Central Sound Studios in Glasgow

Glasgow

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, Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. The song was produced by James Allan, and Kevin Burleigh.

Track listings

Songs and lyrics by James Allan. Music by Glasvegas.

7" (WaKS003S); download

1. "Go Square Go!" – 3:02
2. "Legs 'n' Show" – 2:54

Promo CD-R (released October 2008)

1. "Go Square Go" (Badlands Remix by Does It Offend You, Yeah?
   Does It Offend You, Yeah?
   Does It Offend You, Yeah? are a British electronic rock band from Reading, Berkshire.-History:Does It Offend You, Yeah? were formed in 2006 in Reading, UK by James Rushent and Dan Coop and soon joined by Rob Bloomfield and Morgan Quaintance....
   
   ) – 4:13

Personnel

• James Allan – electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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  , vocals
  Singing
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  , producer
  Record producer
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• Rab Allan – electric guitar
• Paul Donoghue – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Caroline McKay – drum kit
  Drum kit
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• Kevin Burleigh – producer
• Jimmy Neilson – engineer
  Audio engineering
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Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue #
United Kingdom	October 30, 2006	WaKS	7" Gramophone record A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove... , download Digital distribution Online distribution, digital distribution, or electronic software distribution is the practice of delivering content without the use of physical media, typically by downloading via the internet directly to a consumer's device. Online distribution bypasses conventional physical distribution media,...	WAKS003S

External links

• "Go Square Go" lyrics