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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox song | name = I Go | cover = Peggy Gou - I Go.png | alt = | type = single | artist = Peggy Gou | album = I Hear You | released = {{start date|2021|07|09|df=y}} | recorded =  | genre = * House * techno<ref name="EDM">{{cite web|url=https://edm.com/music-releases/peggy-gou-i-go|title=Peggy Gou Heats Things Up With Latest Single, "I Go"|website=EDM.com|last=Kupfer|first=Rachel|date=11 July 2021|access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref> | length = * 5:58 (single version) * 5:32 (album version) | language = {{hlist|Korean|English}} | label = Gudu | writer = Peggy Gou | producer = Peggy Gou | prev_title = Nabi | prev_year = 2021 | next_title = (It Goes Like) Nanana | next_year = 2023 | misc = }} "'''I Go'''" is a song by South Korean DJ and producer Peggy Gou, released as a standalone single on 9 July 2021 through Gou's imprint Gudu Records.<ref name="EDM"/> It was included on her 2024 debut album ''I Hear You''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/peggy-gou-announces-debut-album-i-hear-you-shares-new-song-and-video-watch/|title=Peggy Gou Announces Debut Album ''I Hear You'', Shares New Song and Video: Watch|website=Pitchfork|last=Monroe|first=Jazz|date=4 April 2024|access-date=7 April 2024}}</ref>

==Background== When speaking on the song's inspiration, Gou stated that it was inspired by her years as a teenager in Korea and was meant to "a tribute to that era" and her "own reimagination of the sounds I grew up loving". She wrote the Korean lyrics on her phone in 2019, "staring at [her]self in the mirror of an airport toilet" as a way to motivate herself.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/peggy-gou-returns-with-childhood-inspired-single-i-go-2990584|title=Peggy Gou returns with childhood-inspired single 'I Go'|website=NME|last=Richards|first=Will|date=9 July 2021|access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref>

==Critical reception== ''EDM.com'' described "I Go" as a "scintillating blend of house and techno, with elements of disco and synthwave folded in along the way".<ref name="EDM"/> Peter Helman of ''Stereogum'' called it "a shimmering, propulsive electronic dance track inspired by Gou's love of '90s club music".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2153594/peggy-gou-i-go/music/|title=Peggy Gou – 'I Go'|website=Stereogum|last=Helman|first=Peter|date=9 July 2021|access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref> Lars Gotrich of NPR felt that it "vibrates like a glitter-pink Walkman on a summer day, its melody effervescent, backed by swagger-jacked synth-funk that turbocharges in the last minute".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/now-playing/2021/07/09/1014635523/peggy-gou-i-go|title=Peggy Gou, 'I Go': #NowPlaying|website=NPR|last=Gotrich|first=Lars|date=9 July 2021|access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref> Chase McMullen of ''Beats Per Minute'' wrote that it "is both nostalgic and futuristic at once, recalling the sounds [Gou] grew up loving, with echoes of rave culture and (yep) even Haddaway, it's one of the most instantly lovable, endearing tracks she's recorded to date".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://beatsperminute.com/peggy-gou-shares-nostalgia-tinged-delightfully-playful-new-single-i-go/|title=Peggy Gou shares nostalgia-tinged, delightfully playful new single, 'I Go'|website=Beats Per Minute|last=McMullen|first=Chase|date=9 July 2021|access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref> In a review of the Soulwax remix, Andrew Ryce of ''Resident Advisor'' felt the original was "sweet and nostalgic" but the remix "dial[ed] it up to 11", with Soulwax "laying down a frisky beat" and writing that the "remix hinges on a grubby, addictive bassline".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ra.co/reviews/34790|title=Peggy Gou – I Go (Soulwax Remix)|website=Resident Advisor|last=Ryce|first=Andrew|date=1 April 2022|access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref>

''Pitchfork'' ranked it as the 17th best song of 2021, with Evan Minsker calling it "engineered to motivate" and writing that Gou's "vocals are gentle, but her promise of persistence ('I go I go, I go I go') feels powerful. Throbbing drum machines further bolster her energizing message, turning a personal pep talk into a lull-crushing banger". He concluded that it is "a six-minute '90s dance megamix that feels 10 minutes too short".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-songs-2021/|title=The 100 Best Songs of 2021|website=Pitchfork|last=Minsker|first=Evan|date=6 December 2021|access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = Digital single

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{{Track listing | headline = I Go (Remixes) | title1 = I Go | note1 = Soulwax Remix | length1 = 6:50 | title2 = I Go | note2 = DJ Koze Remix | length2 = 5:29 | title3 = I Go | note3 = Maurice Fulton Remix | length3 = 6:18 | total_length = 18:39 }}

==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for "I Go" ! scope="col"| Chart (2021) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| UK Physical Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/physical-singles-chart/20211015/1/|title=Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=16 June 2024}}</ref> | 15 |- {{single chart|Billboarddanceelectronic|39|artist=Peggy Gou|rowheader=true|access-date=19 June 2023}} |}

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Category:2021 singles Category:2021 songs Category:House music songs Category:Songs in Korean Category:Peggy Gou songs Category:Songs written by Peggy Gou