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Written by: Kate Pierson, Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland, Cindy Wilson
Produced by: Don Was, Nile Rodgers
Released: June '89 on Reprise
Charts: 27 weeks
Top spot: No. 3

The B-52's had few reasons to party in 1989: Guitarist Ricky Wilson had died; their previous album had flopped. But with production by dance-rock master Don Was, they slapped smiles and Dixie New Wave glitter all over this bouncing beauty. With the help of a backwoods-boogaloo video (with a cameo by future drag star RuPaul), the B's had a Top Ten hit.

Appears on: Cosmic Thing (Reprise)

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