Rock Lobster

~ Recording by The B‐52’s

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.17Rock Lobster4:54The B‐52sThe Best Punk Album in the World… Ever! 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 8 41537 2 4
1.17Rock Lobster4:54The B‐52sLost PropertyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)52056, CDEMTVD122
1.6Rock Lobster4:56The B‐52s'80's RetroVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Special ProductsOPCD-3536
1.6Rock Lobster4:56The B‐52sPunkVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Starland MusicOPCD-3536
1.11Rock Lobster4:52The B‐52sUltimate New Wave Party 1998Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1997-08-26
Arista07822-18985-2
1.18Rock Lobster4:53The B‐52s18 New Wave Classics, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
JCIJCD-3181, OPCD-1780
1.2Rock Lobster4:56The B‐52sTime Capsule (Songs for a Future Generation)The B‐52sAlbum + Compilation
  • ZA1998-05-26
Reprise RecordsWBCD 1915
1.3Rock Lobster4:54The B‐52’sTime Capsule: Songs for a Future GenerationThe B‐52’sAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-05-26
Reprise Records9 46920-2
1.3Rock Lobster4:54The B‐52’sTime Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation (club edition)The B‐52’sAlbum + Compilation
  • CA1998-05-26
Reprise RecordsW2 46920
1.3Rock Lobster4:54The B‐52’sTime Capsule: Songs for a Future GenerationThe B‐52sAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-05-26
Reprise Records, BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions)9 46920-2, D125585
1.2Rock Lobster4:56The B‐52’sTime Capsule: Songs for a Future GenerationThe B‐52’sAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records9362-46995-2
1.2Rock Lobster4:56The B‐52s70's New RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-09-01
Essex Records4021
1.3Rock Lobster4:54The B‐52’sTime Capsule: Songs for a Future GenerationThe B‐52’sAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records4692027
1.2Rock Lobster4:54The B‐52sTime Capsule: Songs for a Future GenerationThe B‐52sAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)
1.2Rock Lobster4:56The B‐52’sTime Capsule: Songs for a Future GenerationThe B‐52’sAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records9362469952
1.8Rock Lobster4:52The B‐52sPoptronica: Sci-FiVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-08-10
7446599611 2
1.3Rock Lobster4:55The B‐52sFrosh TwoVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • CA1999-08-24
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)740 143-2
1.1Rock Lobster4:54The B‐52sMillennium '80s New Wave PartyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-10-05
Rhino (reissue label)R2 75923
1.10Rock Lobster4:56The B‐52sClassic Rock 80’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music Special Markets, EMI‐Capitol Music Special Markets, Warner Special Products3145600252, 72435-27663-21, OPCD 1899
2.10Rock Lobster4:54The B‐52sTeenage KicksVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2002-05-27
Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)583 264-2
1.5Rock Lobster4:56The B‐52sGeneration 80's Classics From The 80's Alternative SceneVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
OchoOCHOCD014
3.11Rock Lobster4:56The B‐52sAll the 80’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Strategic Marketing Australia0927487192
1.3Rock Lobster4:54The B‐52’sGreatest HitsThe B‐52’sAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records9 46920-2
1.11Rock Lobster4:55The B‐52sAll That AlternativeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2005-02-28
Warner Strategic Marketing Australia5046760322
2.14Rock Lobster4:56The B‐52sAll That PunkVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2005-11-29
Warner Strategic Marketing Australia5046784202
3.10Rock Lobster4:54The B‐52sAbsolute Very Best of the World's Best Ever Beer Songs, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2006-10-31
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)0946 3 69497 2 7
2.5Rock Lobster4:56B‐52’sSimply the Best 1980sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2007-08-20
Rhino (reissue label)
1.7Rock Lobster (single version)4:56The B‐52’s15 of the Best: The 80’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2008-07-26
Warner Music Australia (AU subsidiary of Warner Music International since 1988)
1.5Rock Lobster4:55The B‐52sThe Edge of the SeventiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2008-09-22
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008)88697372412
1.5Rock Lobster4:53The B‐52’s101 80s HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2008-10-25
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)50999 264685 2 5
1.2Rock Lobster4:56The B‐52sTime Capsule: Songs for a Future GenerationThe B‐52sAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records8122798259
1.5Rock Lobster4:55The B‐52sBoneshakers: 20 Monster Halloween HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)SPEC2052
2.8Rock Lobster4:54The B‐52sGoing Underground: 66 Smash New Wave HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2011-05-30
Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)5334050
2.3Rock Lobster4:55The B‐52sCountdown: 40th AnniversaryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music Australia535 5771
3.13Rock Lobster4:55The B‐52sMollyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
  • AU2015-11-27
Liberation Music (Australian, big L logo or "Liberation" on one line)LMCD0281
1.6Rock Lobster (single version)4:56The B‐52’s80 Hits of the ’80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2016-11-04
Warner Music Australia (AU subsidiary of Warner Music International since 1988)
1.32Rock Lobster (45 version)4:55The B‐52s100 Greatest Guilty Pleasures: Cheesy Pop HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2020-02-07
Rhino (reissue label)
1.13Rock Lobster (single version)4:56The B‐52’sClassic New WaveVarious ArtistsAlbum
  • XW2020-07-24
X5 Music Group
1.1Rock Lobster4:55The B‐52sMastermix Classic Cuts 24: AlternativeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985)CC024
1.3Rock Lobster4:54The B‐52’sTime CapsuleThe B‐52’sAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)
Promotion
1.1Rock Lobster (stereo)4:52The B‐52’sRock LobsterThe B‐52’sSingle
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)WBS 49173
1.9Rock Lobster4:56The B‐52sNew Wave Classics, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI‐Capitol Music Special MarketsEMSP 39297
(unknown)
1.3Rock Lobster4:54The B‐52’sTime CapsuleThe B‐52’sAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-05-26
Reprise Records

Relationships

producer:Chris Blackwell (Island Records)
edit of:Rock Lobster by The B-52’s
part of:Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 146) (order: 146)
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 300) (order: 300)
recording of:Rock Lobster

Related works

Rock Lobster

writer:Kate Pierson
Fred Schneider
Keith Strickland
Cindy Wilson
Ricky Wilson (The B‐52’s)
publisher:Boo-fant Tunes, Inc. (publisher)