Love Shack - The B52's (1989)

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[1985-1989 Best Songs]

Billboard Top 100, 1989, #47  



My first thought of the B52's was "what exactly is this skinny, awkward, high-pitched-sounding nerd doing with these two gorgeous girls who sing like angels?"

But somehow this strange combination works. Fred Schneider, in all his screechy geeky-ness, makes the ladies seem that much more fun and accessible. And what are the B52's about, if not fun?

Love Shack was the song that solidified The B52's at the top of everyone's "if I could have a giant party in my back yard, who would I want on stage?" list. It's as lively a party song as you'll ever hear, but it's also a force to be reckoned with, musically. The uninhibited mix of horns, percussion, guitar, and vocals (geeky and angelic alike) are pure joy. The song comes on, you have to turn up, you have to dance, or sing along, or both.

If only I could be a geeky, high-pitched... anyway, moving along...