In 1985 "Go Insane" was nominated in four categories at the MTV video awards. However, it lost in all categories to Don Henley's "The Boys of Summer".
Used in the episode "Evan" of Miami Vice.
Buckingham now performs the track in a stripped back acoustic style. However, it was played in it's original form on the tour for his "Gift of Screws" album and the Unleashed Tour with Fleetwood Mac.