Rock Lobster

Rock Lobster

:"This article is about the song; for the animal, see Southern rock lobster." Infobox Single
Name = Rock Lobster


Artist = The B-52's
from Album = The B-52's
B-side = "52 Girls"
Released = 1978
Format = 7" single
Recorded = 1978
Genre = Rock/New wave
Length = 4:54 (single version)
6:52 (album version)
Label = Boo-Fant Records
Writer = Fred Schneider and Ricky Wilson
Producer = Chris Blackwell
Certification =
Last single = -
This single = "Rock Lobster" (1978)
Next single = "Planet Claire" (1979)
Misc =

"Rock Lobster" is The B-52's' first single, released in 1978 and in a longer version placed on the band's self-titled debut album, "The B-52's", one year later. It has become one of their signature tunes, and it helped launch the band's success. "Rock Lobster" was the band's first single to appear on Billboard's Hot 100.Instruments used in the music include a twangy, baritone surf-style electric guitar, (a Mosrite), a Farfisa, Vox or Gibson organ, and drums. Unlike most pop and rock songs, no bass guitar was present. Instead, Kate Pierson played the bass line on keyboards.

The album version of "Rock Lobster" (released in 1979) clocks in at about seven minutes and contains superficially nonsensical lyrics about a beach party and excited rants about real or imagined marine animals ("There goes a dog-fish, chased by a cat-fish, in flew a sea robin, watch out for that piranha, there goes a narwhal, here comes a bikini whale!"), accompanied by absurd, fictional noises attributed to them; the chorus consists of the words "Rock lobster!" repeated over and over. RRHF500|Rock Lobster The song remains a part of pop culture, with other versions of "Rock Lobster" appearing in a 2005 episode of "Family Guy" [ [http://www.tv.com/family-guy/the-cleveland-loretta-quagmire/episode/365974/summary.html Usage in Family Guy] ] [ [http://tviv.org/Family_Guy/The_Cleveland-Loretta_Quagmire Usage in Family Guy] ] and in "" [ [http://espanol.hollywood.com/review/Pirates_Who_Dont_Do_Anything/5041165 Usage in Veggie Tales Movie] ] [ [http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2008/pirateswhodontdoanything.html Usage in Veggie Tales Movie] ] .

"Rock Lobster" appears at number 146 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of greatest songs.

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