Belinda Carlisle radio, and becoming the first all-female band who wrote their own music and played their own instruments to ever achieve a No. 1 album, "Beauty and the Beat", which featured the hits "We Got the Beat" and "Our Lips Are Sealed". The Go-Go's recorded two more studio albums on I.R.S. Records, including 1982's "Vacation", which went gold. "Head over Heels", from their 1984 album "Talk Show", made it to No. 11. In 1984, Carlisle made a foray into acting in the movie "Swing Shift", starring alongside Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell. The Go-Go's disbanded in 1985 and Carlisle embarked on
The Collection (Belinda Carlisle album) release of The Collection entitled "The Anthology" was released a week later and includes these tracks along with all other omitted singles of Carlisle. A television advert was released to promote the album and Belinda made a number of appearances on TV shows including BBC Breakfast and The Alan Titchmarsh show to promote the album. To tie in with the release of "The Collection" an expanded edition entitled "The Anthology" was released in a 3 CD and 2 DVD format in a 12"x12" hardback release. The first two CDs include all of Carlisle's singles, including all the tracks from "The