Love Shack

Infobox Single
Name = Love Shack


Artist = The B-52's
from Album = Cosmic Thing
B-side =
Released = 1989
Format =
Recorded =
Genre = Rock/Dance
Length = 5:20
Label = Warner Brothers
Writer = Kate Pierson, Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland, Cindy Wilson
Producer = Don Was
Certification = Gold (RIAA)
Last single = "Channel Z" (1989)
This single = "Love Shack" (1989)
Next single = "Roam" (1990)Extra chronology 2
Last single = "Debbie"
(1998)
This single = "Love Shack '99"
(1999)
Next single = "Funplex"
(2008)

"Love Shack" is a single by rock band The B-52's. Originally released in 1989 from their album "Cosmic Thing", the single was the band's biggest hit song and first million-copy seller.David Mansour, "From Abba to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th Century." Andrews McNeel Publishing, 2005.] It was also the band's first song to reach the "Billboard" Top 40 charts, peaking at number three,MSNBC: " [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6725743/ B-52's 'Love Shack' burns down.] " December 16 2004. URL accessed January 24 2007.] also reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart, and was number one for eight weeks in Australia and also number one on the Modern Rock Tracks.

Produced by Don Was, [Fred Bronson. "Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits". Watson-Guptill, 2003.] the song's inspiration was a cabin around Athens, Georgia, complete with tin roof, where the band conceived "Rock Lobster," a single from their first album. B-52's singer Kate Pierson lived in the cabin in the 1970s, and the cabin existed until 2004, when it burned down in a fire. The song acted as a comeback of sorts following the band's decline in popularity in the 1980s coupled with the death of their guitarist, Ricky Wilson, in 1985.Richie Unterberger, Samb Hicks, Jennifer Dempsey. "Music USA: The Rough Guide". Rough Guides, 1989.]

The song received a number of accolades following its release. Named one of the 365 Songs of the Century in a report by the United States Senate Subcommittee on the Department of the Interior,Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2002] the video for the song received an award from MTV as the Best Group Video, and was named the Best Single of 1989 by "Rolling Stone". Additionally, it was ranked #243 in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

The song received additional notoriety in 2005 when United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Judge William H. Pryor, Jr. quoted the song in his majority opinion in a case regarding an ordinance blocking an Atlanta-area adult entertainment business named "Love Shack" from acquiring business permits. Judge Pryor referenced the lyrics of the song, "Huggin' and a kissin', dancin' and a lovin', wearin' next to nothing," in his description of the adult business involved with the case."The Decatur Daily": " [http://web.archive.org/web/20060808043623/http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/050615/pryor.shtml Pryor quotes B-52s in decision.] " June 15 2005. URL accessed August 8 2006 by the Internet Archive; the court case itself is [http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/200315685.pdf Zibtluda LLC v. Gwinnett County, Georgia] , 411 F.3d 1278 (11th Cir. 2005). URL accessed January 31 2007.]

Track listing

The single release contained various tracks depending on the country it was released in. The United States had a b-side of "Roam," a song that would later reach number three as well, and other countries had singles with either "Channel Z" or a live version of "Rock Lobster" as the b-side.The B-52s Unofficial Discography: " [http://www.theb52s.de/seiten/sing24.htm Love Shack.] " URL accessed January 24 2007.] In 1998 and 1999, the single was released again with a number of remixes, including one by DJ Tonka, but the re-release did not chart in the United States, although it did enter the United Kingdom charts.The B-52s Unofficial Discography: " [http://www.theb52s.de/seiten/sing41.htm Love Shack 99.] " URL accessed January 24 2007.]

UK Single

# "Love Shack" (Edit) – 4:03
# "Love Shack" (LP Version) – 5:21

US 12" Single

# "Love Shack" (12" Remix) – 8:00
# "Love Shack" (Remix/Edit) – 4:07
# "Channel Z" (12" Rock Mix) – 6:24
# "Love Shack" (12" Mix) – 6:10
# "Love Shack" (A Capella) – 3:56
# "Love Shack" (Big Radio Mix) – 5:31

Parodies and in popular culture

* In the show "Bill Nye the Science Guy", there is a parody called "Bloodstream".
* "Radio Shack," performed by Guns & Moses, has been featured on "The Dr. Demento Show.
* The Troughters made a version called "Drugstore."
*"The Simpsons" episode "E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)" features the B-52's performing "Glove Slap".
* Alvin and the Chipmunks (and the Chipettes) performed a redux of the song in one of their later albums.
* A christmas song called "Toy Sack" by Bob Rivers.
* The Christian parody band, "ApologetiX", released a version of this song called "Meshach" about the character in the Bible.
* 'Weird Al' Yankovic used part of the song in the polka medley for his album "Off the Deep End".
* Professional wrestler Mick Foley took his trademark phrase "Bang Bang!" from "Love Shack".
* During the "Our Very First Telethon" episode of Full House, Stephanie Tanner is shown dancing to "Love Shack".
* The song is on the video game Karaoke Revolution Volume 3.

References

External links

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