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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>