Good to Go Lover is a 1986 studio album by American singer Gwen Guthrie. The album was produced by Guthrie, with musicians performing on the album including Larry Levan, two Surface members and Bernie Worrell, a Parliament-Funkadelic keyboardist.

The album spawned one big hit single, "Ain't Nothin' Goin' On but the Rent", reaching number 1 on both the US Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles and Hot Black Singles charts and number 42 on the pop chart.Good to Go Lover at Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-10-12.Joel Whitburn (2004). Hot Dance/Disco 1974–2003, (Record Research Inc.) "Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent" was also a big hit in the UK, where it reached number 5 in the UK Singles Chart. The second single released from the album, a cover of "(They Long To Be) Close To You", reached number 25 in the UK.

Track listing

Personnel Musicians Michael Clark – keyboards David Conley – drum programming, keyboards, Moog Bass, synthesizer Sly Dunbar – drum programming Steve Ferrone – drums Gwen Guthrie – vocal arrangement, background vocals, vocals Bill Hagans – drum programming, keyboards Gary Henry – keyboards Brian Morgan – performer Onaje Allan Gumbs – performer Ira Siegel – guitar David Townsend – keyboards Bernie Worrell – keyboards

Production Dave Conley, Gregg Mann, Harvey Goldberg, Larry Levan, Matthew "Krash" Kasha – mixing Gregg Mann – engineer Steve Khan – engineer Scott James – engineer Julian Robertson – engineer Tom Zepp – engineer Kendal Stubbs – engineer Bill Wylie – photography Jack Skinner – mastering Dave Conley – associate producer Ernestine Bell – production assistant Jerome Gasper – mixing, executive producer Gwen Guthrie – producer, mixing

Chart performance Charts (1986)PeakpositionU.S. Billboard R&B20U.S. Billboard 20089 Australia (Kent Music Report)99UK Albums Chart42

Singles YearTitleChart positions U.S. Hot 100 U.S. R&B U.S. Club Play U.S. Dance Sales AUS UK 1986 "Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent"42113755 1986 "Outside the Rain" — 51 — — — — 1987 "(They Long to Be) Close to You" — 69 — — — 26

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