Love Shack - B52s
Song Lyrics, Chart History, Song Information
- Love Shack was written & originally performed by
the new wave 80s band The B52s
- The band debuted in their hometown of Athens Georgia on Valentine's Day
1977, ironically the same day the band "The Romantics" was
formed
- The band consisted of Fred Schneider (vocals), Kate
Pierson (vocals, organ), Cindy Wilson (vocals, guitar), & Keith
Strickland (guitar)
- The band's name comes from the hairstyle worn by Kate
& Cindy
- The song was inspired by a 70s era Temptations song
called "Psychedelic Shack," which contained the lyric
"Psychedelic Shack, that's where it's at"
- It was included on the album "Cosmic Thing"
- The song was voted to the Rolling Stone Magazine's
list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" at # 243
- On 12/13/04 the shack on Jefferson Road in Athens
Georgia most commonly associated with "the love shack"
burned to the ground. Kate Pierson had lived there from '73 to
'79. It had no running water, no appliances, and yes, it had a
rusted tin roof
- Pierson was renting the shack for $15 a month
- However, in the official statement from the band they
state that "the song 'Love Shack'...is not
based upon a specific place but rather a series of down-home,
throw-down, disco juke joints that you would find in the rural
South. It's any place where you can let your hair down - or
throw a wig on - and just be yourself."
- A major party song, it hit #3 on Billboard Top 40 charts in 1989.
It also was #7 on the US dance chart and #1 on the modern rock chart
- It was a #2 hit in the UK, & in Australia &
New Zealand it was a #1 hit for 8 weeks
- The album "Cosmic Thing" peaked at #4 on
the Billboard 200 album chart
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Song Lyrics - Love Shack
If you see a faded sign on the side of the
road that says,
Fifteen miles to the...LOVE SHACK! Love shack yea.
I'm headin' down the Atlanta highway,
Lookin' for the love getaway,
Headed for the love getaway
I got me a car, it's as big as a whale and
we're headed on down to the love shack.
I got me a Chrysler, it seats about twenty, so hurry up and bring your jukebox
money!
The love shack is a little old place where, we
can get together.
Love shack baby. (A love shack bay-hay-bee)
Love shack, baby love shack
Love shack, baby love shack
Love shack, baby love shack (Love baby, that's where its at)
Love shack, baby love shack (Love baby, that's where its at)
Sign says, (wooo!) Stay away fools,
'Cause love
rules at the love shack,
Well it's set way back in the middle of a field,
Just a funky old shack and I gotta get back.
Glitter on the mattress,
Glitter on the
highway
Glitter on the front porch,
Glitter on the hallway
The love shack is a little old place where,
We
can get together
Love shack bay-ay-bee. Love shack baby!
Love sha-a-ack, that's where it's at
Love sha-a-ack, that's where it's at
Huggin' and a kissin', dancin' and a lovin',
Wearin' next to nothin' 'cause it's hot as an oven.
The whole shack shimmies when everybody's movin'
Around and around and around and around!
Everybody's movin', everybody's groovin' baby.
(Folks linin' up outside just to get down)!
Everybody's movin', everybody's groovin' baby.
(Funky little shack, funky little shack)!
Hop in my Chrysler it's as big as a whale and
we're about to set sail!
I got me a car, it seats about 20 so hurry up and bring your jukebox money!
The love shack is a little old place where,
We
can get together
Love shack bay-ay-bee. Love shack baby!
Love sha-a-ack, that's where it's at
Love sha-a-ack, that's where it's at
Bang, bang, bang, on the door baby, (Knock a
little louder baby)
Bang, bang, bang, on the door baby, (I can't hear you)
Bang bang! (On the door baby) Bang bang! (On the door!)
Bang bang! (On the door baby) Bang bang! (On the door!)
You're what???
Tin roof...rusted!
Love shack, baby love shack
Love shack, baby love shack
Love shack, baby love shack (Love baby that's
where it's at!)
Love shack, baby love shack (Love baby that's
where it's at!)
At the love shack
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