Musica com Historia Love Shack is a single by pop-rock band The B-52s. Originally released in 1989 from their album Cosmic Thing, the single was the bands biggest hit song and first million-copy seller.[3] It was also the bands first song to reach the Billboard Top 40 charts, peaking at number 3,[4] also reaching number 2 on the UK Singles Chart, and was number 1 for eight weeks in Australia, number 1 in the Republic of Ireland and also number 1 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart. Produced by Don Was,[5] the songs inspiration was a cabin around Athens, Georgia, complete with tin roof, where the band conceived Rock Lobster, a single from their first album; it is often said to have been located off the Atlanta Highway, as the first verse implies. B-52s singer Kate Pierson lived in the cabin in the 1970s, and the cabin existed until 2004, when it burned down.[4] Tin roof...rusted, wailed by lead singer Cindy Wilson, was originally an outtake added to the track, and is perhaps the songs most memorable line. Fred Schneider also provides some memorable lines, including his notable boast of having a Chrysler that is as big as a whale and seats about twenty. It has come to mean many things to different listeners.[6] The drag queen RuPaul can be seen dancing in the music video that was directed by Adam Bernstein and shot at the home and studio of ceramic artists Philip Maberry and Scott Walker.[7] The song was a comeback of sorts following the bands decline in popularity in the early 1980s coupled with the death of their guitarist, Ricky Wilson, in 1985.[8] The song received a number of accolades following its release. Named as one of the 365 Songs of the Century in 2001,[9] 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.[3] Additionally, it was ranked #246 in Rolling Stones list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. youtu.be/9SOryJvTAGs
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