Go West

**Go West** is an English pop duo. They were formed in 1982 by lead singer and drummer Peter Cox (born 17 November 1955, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England) and guitarist and singer Richard Drummie (born 20 March 1959, Twickenham, Middlesex, England). While they have had many successful singles in the United Kingdom, they are generally best known in the United States for their hits "King of Wishful Thinking" and "Faithful".

On 16 October 2009, Cox was announced as the new lead singer of Manfred Mann's Earth Band.

### Albums

|Year|Title|width="40"|UK|width="40"|US|Label|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1985|_Go West_|align="center"|8|align="center"|60|Chrysalis Records|
|1986|_Bangs and Crashes_|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|Chrysalis Records|
|1987|_Dancing on the Couch_|align="center"|19|align="center"|172|Chrysalis Records|
|1992|_Indian Summer_|align="center"|13|align="center"|154|Chrysalis Records|
|2008|_futurenow_|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|Blueprint Records|
|2010|_3D_|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|Townsend Records|

### Singles

|Year|Title|width="40"|UK|width="40"|NZ|width="40"|US|width="40"|US dance|Album|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|1984|"We Close Our Eyes"|align="center"|5|align="center"|1|align="center"|41|align="center"|5|rowspan="5"|_Go West_|
|"Call Me"|align="center"|12|align="center"|2|align="center"|54|align="center"|25|||||
|rowspan="3"|1985|"Goodbye Girl"|align="center"|25|align="center"|15|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|||
|"Eye to Eye"|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|73|align="center"|32|||||
|"Don't Look Down"|align="center"|13|align="center"|10|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|||||
|rowspan="2"|1986|"One Way Street"|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|_Bangs and Crashes_||
|"True Colours"|align="center"|48|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|rowspan="6"|_Dancing on the Couch_|||
|rowspan="3"|1987|"I Want to Hear It from You"|align="center"|43|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|||
|"Don't Look Down - The Sequel"|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|39|align="center"|-|||||
|"From Baltimore To Paris"|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|||||
|rowspan="2"|1987|"The King Is Dead"|align="center"|67|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|||
|"Let's Build A Boat"|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|||||
|1990|"King of Wishful Thinking"|align="center"|18|align="center"|4|align="center"|8|align="center"|-|rowspan="1"|_Pretty Woman Soundtrack_ / _Indian Summer_||
|rowspan="2"|1992|"Faithful"|align="center"|13|align="center"|12|align="center"|14|align="center"|-|rowspan="3"|_Indian Summer_|
|"What You Won't Do for Love"|align="center"|15|align="center"|-|align="center"|55|align="center"|-|||||
|rowspan="3"|1993|"Still in Love"|align="center"|43|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|||
|"Tracks of My Tears"|align="center"|16|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|rowspan="2"|_Aces and Kings - The Best of Go West_|||
|"We Close Our Eyes" _(remix)_|align="center"|40|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|align="center"|-|||||

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Go West
- **img**: Go-west-san-francisco-np.png
- **img capt**: Richard Drummie and Peter Cox in 1985
- **background**: group_or_band
- **origin**: London, England
- **genre**: Sophisti-pop, Dance music, Dance, Blue-eyed soul
- **years active**: 1982–present
- **label**: Chrysalis Records, Chrysalis
EMI
- **associated acts**: Level 42
- **url**: [http://www.gowest.org.uk/ Go West.org]
- **current members**: Peter Cox (musician), Peter Cox
Richard Drummie