“Go Now!” (adding an exclamation mark) was made popular internationally later in 1964 when an English beat group from Birmingham named The Moody Blues recorded it, with Denny Laine on guitar and lead vocals. When Denny Laine first heard Bessie Banks’s version, he immediately told the rest of the band that they needed to record the song.

In contrast to other songs from their debut album The Magnificent Moodies, “Go Now!” contained many early elements of what later would become progressive rock, such as the lush instrumentation, the innovative variations of the Fifties Progression, as well as strong baroque elements that would later become hallmarks of progressive rock.

The song reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in late January 1965.[6] In the US, “Go Now!” did not enter the Billboard Hot 100 until mid-February 1965; it peaked at No. 10.[7] The next chart successes for The Moody Blues were “Nights in White Satin” and “Tuesday Afternoon” in 1968.