Love Shack

Love Shack appeared on The B-52’s fifth studio album, Cosmic Thing, in 1989. It brings the band’s distinctive group-vocal approach into an exuberant dance-rock recording.

Spoken calls, sung responses and interlocking voices make the arrangement feel like a shared party. The rhythm section holds a direct, repeating groove while the singers keep changing the emphasis and character of the phrases above it.

This page presents the original studio version. Continue with The B-52’s catalogue to hear how this approach connects with the earlier, more angular Rock Lobster.