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"Love Shack" is a song by American new wave band the B-52's from their fifth studio album, Cosmic Thing (1989). It was released on June 20, 1989, and was produced by Don Was. The song was a comeback for the band following their decline in popularity in the mid-1980s and the death of guitarist Ricky Wilson in 1985.[4]

"Love Shack"
Cover art for US editions
Single by the B-52's
from the album Cosmic Thing
B-side	"Channel Z"
Released	June 20, 1989 (1989-06-20)[1]
Studio	Dreamland Recording (West Hurley, New York)
Genre	Pop rock[2] dance-rock[3]
Length	5:21 (album version) 4:15 (single edit)
Label	Reprise
Songwriter(s)	Kate Pierson Fred Schneider Keith Strickland Cindy Wilson
Producer(s)	Don Was
The B-52's singles chronology
"Channel Z" (1989) "Love Shack" (1989) "Roam" (1989)
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"Love Shack" on YouTube

"Love Shack" is considered the band's signature song and has been a concert staple since its release. Commercially, the single topped the charts in Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand and reached number two on the UK Singles Chart, number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 (becoming their first top-40 hit), and number five on the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart. Rolling Stone named "Love Shack" the best single of 1989[5] and ranked it 246th on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[6] The song was also named one of the 365 Songs of the Century in 2001.[7]

Background

The inspiration for the song was "a cabin around Athens, Georgia," with a tin roof, where the band conceived "Rock Lobster", a single from their debut album. The cabin was said to have been located off the Atlanta Highway near Athens. B-52's singer Kate Pierson lived in the cabin in the 1970s, and it burned down in December 2004.[8] Cindy Wilson's line "tin roof rusted" was originally an outtake from a jamming session, where Wilson continued her line while the tape had stopped.[9] While there has been speculation about the meaning of the line, according to Kate Pierson, it literally means a rusted tin roof. [10]

Critical reception

Matthew Hocter from Albumism noted the band's "own unique brand of upbeat, lyrically positive and infectious dance grooves", like on "Love Shack".[11] Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic described it as "an irresistible dance number with delightfully silly lyrics and hooks as big as a whale that unbelievably gave the group a long-awaited Top Ten hit."[12] The Daily Vault's Denise Henderson commented, "The celebration of life in dance and music is demonstrated by the repetitive chorus 'Everybody's movin/everybody's groovin baby!' Well, when in doubt, dancing and drinking and having a little fun always worked for me!"[13] Pan-European magazine Music & Media said it is the best track from the disappointing Cosmic Thing. "Good clean fun from some of the US' most productive eccentrics."[14] David Giles from Music Week wrote, "The B-52's deserve a hit after their fine return to form last summer with the Cosmic Thing LP, but I'd be surprised if this is the track to do it." He added, "Like Party Out of Bounds, it tries to conjure up a wild, chaotic celebration, but unlike that particular track it is neither inventive nor melodic enough."[15] A reviewer from People magazine noted "the wild abandon" of the song.[16]

Music video

The accompanying music video for "Love Shack" was directed by American film director, music video director and television director Adam Bernstein and shot at the home and studio of ceramic artists Philip Maberry and Scott Walker in Highland, New York.[17][18] The video features a cameo from a pre-fame RuPaul in his first mainstream appearance.[19] The video won the award for Best Group Video at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards.

Commercial performance

The single was the band's biggest hit song as well as their first million-copy seller.[5] It was the band's first song to reach the top 40 on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number three in November 1989.[20] It also reached number five in Canada,[21] number two in the United Kingdom,[22] and number one in Australia (eight weeks),[1] Ireland (one week)[23] and New Zealand (four weeks),[24] as well as on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart (four weeks).[25]

Track listings

The single release contained different tracks in different countries of release. Some countries, including the United States, had singles backed with "Channel Z", while other releases included live versions of "Planet Claire" and "Rock Lobster" as the B-side. In 1999, the single was released again with a number of remixes, including one by DJ Tonka. Although the re-release did not chart in the United States, it did enter the UK Singles Chart.[26]

Charts and certifications

In popular culture

• "Love Shack" was played in the third-season finale of Full House, where Stephanie danced to the song at the "We Love Our Children" telethon. The scene was also recreated by Jimmy Gibbler in the final season of Fuller House.[52]
• In the Step by Step episode "The Kissing Game," the song can be heard on the radio in the background during the party that JT is throwing at Carol's salon.
• The song was covered in Glee's third-season episode "Heart." The episode, broadcast on Valentines Day, used the song to close the show. The cover, primarily performed by Darren Criss and Chris Colfer, was cited as the highlight of the episode by several critics, and a "rousing" end to the episode.[53][54]
• The song was lip synced in 2016 on the television show Lip Sync Battle by American basketball player Shaquille O'Neal.[55] Because O'Neal commonly goes by the nickname Shaq, host LL Cool J pointed out that O'Neal was singing a "love song to himself."[55]
• This song was featured at the start of the 21 Jump Street Season 4 episode "Say It Ain't So, Pete" where Hanson and Penhall go undercover at a bar off-campus.
• The B-52's were guest judges on the ninth season of the drag reality television show RuPaul's Drag Race, where this song was performed in a "Lip Sync For Your Life" by drag queens Jaymes Mansfield and Kimora Blac.
• The B-52's guest-starred in the episode "E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)" of The Simpsons. In it they sang a parody of the song, titled "Glove Slap".
• "Love Shack" was the developmental code name given by Apple Computer for their first Mac OS-compatible portable computer - the "Mac Portable."
• "Take me to your love shack, Mama's always got to backtrack," from the song "Everybody Talks" (2011) by Neon Trees, briefly references the song.
• It has been joked by some, primarily on TikTok,[56] but also making a notable appearance on Twitter[57] and Tumblr,[58][59][60] that singer Fred Schneider sounds like American comedian John Mulaney.

See also

• List of Billboard number-one alternative singles of the 1980s
• List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1980s
• List of number-one singles of 1990 (Ireland)
• List of number-one singles from the 1990s (New Zealand)

References

На других языках

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[de] Love Shack (Lied)

Love Shack (dt. Liebesnest, wörtl. Liebeshütte) ist ein Lied der US-amerikanischen Band The B-52’s. Es erschien im September 1989 als Single aus ihrem Album Cosmic Thing. Das Stück war der erste Millionenseller der Band.[1] Es wurde vom Musikmagazin Rolling Stone auf Platz 243 der 500 besten Songs aller Zeiten gesetzt.

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- [en] Love Shack

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[es] Love Shack

«Love Shack» es una canción de la banda de rock The B-52's. Originalmente lanzada en 1989 en su álbum Cosmic Thing, el sencillo fue el mayor éxito musical de la banda y el primero del que se vendieron un millón de copias. También fue la primera canción de la banda en ingresar en el Billboard Top 40, alcanzando el número 3, consiguiendo también el número 2 en la lista de sencillos del Reino Unido, y siendo el número 1 durante ocho semanas en Australia, así como el número 1 en la lista US Modern Rock Tracks.

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[ru] Love Shack

«Love Shack» — песня американской группы B-52’s с их альбома 1989 года Cosmic Thing. Вскоре после выхода альбома был издан отдельным синглом. (Это был второй сингл с этого альбома, после «Channel Z»).

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