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
Leave a Light On (Belinda Carlisle song) Leave a Light On (Belinda Carlisle song) "Leave a Light On" is a pop song written by Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley, produced by Nowels for Belinda Carlisle's third solo album "Runaway Horses" (1989). The single narrowly missed the top ten in the US peaking at number 11. It fared much better elsewhere, reaching the top five in several countries, including Australia, Austria, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Released as the album's first single at the end of 1989 - as a CD single, 7" single and a 12" single - "Leave a Light On" became a top-ten hit in