Love Shack

Name: Love Shack
Duration: 5 min 22 s

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#	Title	Length	Track Artist	Release Title	Release Artist	Release Group Type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
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1.4	Love Shack	5:24	The B‐52’s	Cosmic Thing	The B‐52’s	Album	US1989-06-06	Reprise Records	9 25854-4
1.4	Love Shack	5:24	The B‐52’s	Cosmic Thing	The B‐52’s	Album	US1989-06-06	Reprise Records	R1-25854
1.4	Love Shack	5:24	The B‐52’s	Cosmic Thing	The B‐52’s	Album	US1989-06-06	Reprise Records	9 25854-2
1.4	Love Shack	5:21	The B-52’s	Cosmic Thing	The B-52’s	Album	AU1989-07	Reprise Records	25854-1
1.4	Love Shack	5:22	The B‐52’s	Cosmic Thing	The B‐52’s	Album	US1989	Columbia House (direct-mailing distributor of club editions of releases), Reprise Records	W2 25854
1.4	Love Shack	5:24	The B‐52’s	Cosmic Thing	The B‐52’s	Album	XE1989	Reprise Records	925 854-2
1.4	Love Shack	5:22	The B‐52’s	Cosmic Thing	The B‐52’s	Album	FR1989 DE1989	Reprise Records	7599-25854-2
1.4	Love Shack	5:22	The B‐52’s	Cosmic Thing	The B‐52’s	Album	US1989	Reprise Records	9 25854-2
1.4	Love Shack	5:21	The B‐52s	Cosmic Thing	The B‐52’s	Album	XE1989 GB1989	Reprise Records	WX 283
1.4	Love Shack	5:24	The B‐52’s	Cosmic Thing	The B‐52’s	Album	CA1989	Columbia House (direct-mailing distributor of club editions of releases), Reprise Records	775114T, W2 25854
1.4	Love Shack	5:22	The B‐52’s	Cosmic Thing	The B‐52’s	Album	CA1989	Reprise Records	CD 25854
1.2	Love Shack	5:20	The B‐52’s	Deadbeat Club	The B‐52’s	Single	GB1989
1.4	Love Shack	?:??	The B‐52’s	Love Shack	The B‐52’s	Single	GB1990-02	Reprise Records	543919917‐4, W9917C
1.1	Love Shack	?:??	The B‐52’s	Love Shack	The B‐52’s	Single	GB1990-02	Reprise Records	543919917‐4, W9917C
1.1	Love Shack	5:21	The B‐52s	Decade Of Hits: 80’s Greatest	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU1990	Dino Music (subsidiary of EMI Netherlands BV)	DIN869D
1.2	Love Shack	5:19	The B‐52s	Let's Do It 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU1990	WEA Records (imprint of Warner Records International: lower-case “wea” with “records” below)
2.1	Love Shack	5:21	The B‐52s	Beat of the 80’s, Volume 2: Trendsetter eines jahrzehnts	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1992	Eurostar (Romanian label)	398 1030 2
7.5	Love Shack	5:24	The B‐52’s	The Rolling Stone Collection: 25 Years of Essential Rock	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1993-01	Time–Life Music	OPCS-2692, OPCS-2693, OPCS-2694, PT-23707, PT-23708, PT-23709, PT-23710, R102-33
7.5	Love Shack	5:24	The B‐52’s	The Rolling Stone Collection: 25 Years of Essential Rock	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1993-01	Time–Life Music	A-23707/R102-34, A-23708/R102-34, A-23709/R102-34, A-23710/R102-34, OPCD-2692/R102-34, OPCD-2693/R102-34, OPCD-2694/R102-34, R102-34
1.3	Love Shack	5:23	The B‐52s	100 Solid Gold Hits 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU1993
2.9	Love Shack	5:23	The B‐52s	Metropol: En epok i radio 1982-1991	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	SE1993	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	474483-2
1.6	Love Shack	5:23	The B‐52’s	Pop & Wave, Volume 3: Lots More Hits of the 80’s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1993	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	COL 473862 2
1.11	Love Shack	5:24	The B‐52’s	Sounds of the Eighties: The Rockin' Eighties	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1994	Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music	OPCD-2733, R988-01
2.1	Love Shack	5:23	The B‐52s	25 Years: Greatest Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	KR1995-11-30
1.4	Love Shack	5:21	The B‐52s	100% Summer 95	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1995	Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations)	TCD 2777
1.10	Love Shack	5:24	The B‐52s	Decade of Number One Hits (1985-1995)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU1996
1.8	Love Shack	5:21	The B‐52s	The No. 1 Summer Album	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1996	PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.)	535 631-2
2.18	Love Shack	5:23	B‐52’s	The Best Summer Album in the World…Ever!	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1997-06-23	Virgin TV	VTDCD 140
1.4	Love Shack	5:24	The B‐52’s	Cosmic Thing	The B‐52’s	Album	US1997	Reprise Records, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)	9 25854-2, D 114742
1.9	Love Shack	5:22	The B‐52s	Time Capsule (Songs for a Future Generation)	The B‐52s	Album + Compilation	ZA1998-05-26	Reprise Records	WBCD 1915
1.13	Love Shack	5:22	The B‐52’s	Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation	The B‐52’s	Album + Compilation	US1998-05-26	Reprise Records	9 46920-2
1.13	Love Shack	5:22	The B‐52’s	Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation (club edition)	The B‐52’s	Album + Compilation	CA1998-05-26	Reprise Records	W2 46920
1.13	Love Shack	5:22	The B‐52’s	Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation	The B‐52s	Album + Compilation	US1998-05-26	Reprise Records, BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions)	9 46920-2, D125585
1.9	Love Shack	5:22	The B‐52’s	Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation	The B‐52’s	Album + Compilation	XE1998-05	Reprise Records	9362-46995-2
2.3	Love Shack	5:22	The B‐52s	Pop & Wave, Volume 3	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1998-10-26	Sony Music Media	SMM 473862 9
1.2	Love Shack	5:24	The B‐52’s	Chorus Girl 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1998
1.4	Love Shack	5:24	The B‐52’s	Cosmic Thing	The B‐52’s	Album	XE1998	Reprise Records	7599-25854-2
1.3	Love Shack (album version)	5:22	The B‐52s	Love Shack 99	The B‐52s	Single	XE1998	Reprise Records	9362 44575 2, W0461CD
1.15	Love Shack	5:22	The B‐52s	Tijdloze honderd, Volume 4	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	BE1998	PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Nederland B.V.)	565.667-2
1.9	Love Shack	5:22	The B‐52’s	Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation	The B‐52’s	Album + Compilation	AU1998	Reprise Records	9362469952
1.13	Love Shack	5:22	The B‐52’s	Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation	The B‐52’s	Album + Compilation	MX1998	Reprise Records	4692027
1.13	Love Shack	5:22	The B‐52s	Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation	The B‐52s	Album + Compilation	GB1998	Rhino (reissue label)
1.4	Love Shack (album version)	5:21	The B‐52’s	(At the) Love Shack	The B‐52’s meet DJ Tonka	Single	DE1999-03-08	Warner Music Germany (Don't use this as release label!)	9362-44583-2
1.15	Love Shack	5:20	The B‐52s	Instant Party Disc: Regular Strength	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1999-04-06	Rhino (reissue label)	R2 75706
1.14	Love Shack	5:22	The B‐52s	The All Time Greatest Pop Album	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1999-06-28
1.17	Love Shack	5:24	The B‐52s	All Time Greatest Pub Anthems	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU1999	Startel Entertainment	STELCD0094
2.1	Love Shack	5:24	The B‐52s	Greatest Hits of the 80’s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1999	Disky	CB 249932
1.1	Love Shack	5:22	The B‐52s	The Ultimate Retro Collection, Part 3	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU1999	Warner Special Projects	9548375092
2.6	Love Shack	5:25	The B‐52s	Modern Rock: Dance	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2001-08-21	Time–Life Music	R828-05
1.15	Love Shack	5:22	The B‐52s	Les Années New Wave	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	FR2001	Warner Music France
2.7	Love Shack	5:23	The B‐52s	Super 80	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	FR2001	Warner Music France	8573862302
2.9	Love Shack	5:23	The B‐52’s	Nude on the Moon: The B‐52’s Anthology	The B‐52’s	Album + Compilation	US2002-01-15	Rhino (reissue label)	R2 78357
1.19	Love Shack	5:21	The B‐52s	The Ultimate Hen Night Party Album	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2002-08-12	Warner Strategic Marketing	WSMCD103
2.1	Love Shack	5:23	The B‐52s	Best Ever Bonking Songs	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2002-08-15	EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)	7243 5 22281 2 6
1.10	Love Shack	5:21	The B‐52s	Party Animal	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2002-12-02	Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom	WSMCD 114
2.4	Love Shack	5:23	B‐52s	Girls Night Out	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2002	EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)	724353849429
3.12	Love Shack	5:21	The B‐52’s	Media Markt Collection: Party Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2002	EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)	580556 2
1.17	Love Shack	5:22	The B‐52s	The Best Summer Album 2002	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2002	Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom	WSMCD084
2.11	Love Shack	5:21	The B‐52s	Hairbrush Divas	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2003-10-13	Warner Strategic Marketing	WSMCD152
2.14	Love Shack	5:23	The B‐52s	The World's Absolute Best Ever Beer Songs, Volume 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2003-10-31	EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)
1.1	Love Shack	5:23	The B‐52s	The 80's: 14 Greatest Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2003		c90eba0e
1.12	Love Shack	5:22	The B‐52s	Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed: The Album	Various Artists	Album + Soundtrack	US2004-03-23	Warner Sunset Records	48684-2
1.14	Love Shack	5:21	The B‐52s	Vh1: I Love the 80s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2004-06-29
2.14	Love Shack	5:21	The B‐52s	Ultimate Girls Night In	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2004-10-18	Sony Music TV	82876652652
1.6	Love Shack	5:23	The B‐52s	School Reunion: The Disco	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2004-11-08	Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)	VTDCD 657
2.7	Love Shack	5:23	The B‐52s	Big Shiny '80s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	CA2004-12-07	EMI Music Canada	7243 8 63738 2 3
1.12	Love Shack	5:23	The B‐52s	Les Incontournables des années 80	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	FR2004-12-27	Warner Music France	5046765382
1.1	Love Shack	5:23	B‐52s	Edge Of The 80s Late 80s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2004	Time–Life Music	TL PRA/06
1.13	Love Shack	5:22	The B‐52’s	Greatest Hits	The B‐52’s	Album + Compilation	US2004	Reprise Records	9 46920-2
1.9	Love Shack	5:23	The B‐52s	Happy Songs	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2005-04-18	EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)	VTDCD 712
1.1	Love Shack	5:21	The B‐52’s	Hi Five	The B‐52’s	EP + Compilation	US2005-04-19
3.8	Love Shack	5:21	The B‐52s	Drivetime	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2005-09-26	Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom	WSMCD215
1.19	Love Shack	5:24	The B‐52s	My Generation: The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Part 1	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2005-10	EMI Music Australia (not for release label use!)
2.7	Love Shack	5:23	The B‐52s	Dance 'til You Drop 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2005-11-20	Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008)	0828767471822
3.13	Love Shack	5:21	The B‐52s	Magic: The Album	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2005-11-28	Warner Special Marketing (Germany)	WSMCD231
1.6	Love Shack	5:22	The B‐52s	Office Party	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NZ2005	Warner Music New Zealand	5101-11511-2
1.1	Love Shack	5:23	The B‐52s	Driving Songs	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2006-09-04	Virgin TV	VTDCD785
1.2	Love Shack	5:21	The B‐52s	Dad Dancing: The Ultimate Party Album	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2006-11-27	Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)	9844762
1.16	Love Shack	5:21	The B‐52s	Floorfillers: The Ultimate Party Album	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2006	EMI Music Argentina (not an imprint, and may actually refer to EMI-Odeon S.A.I.C.)	0946 3572402 8
1.5	Love Shack	5:23	The B‐52s	Take No Crap: Alle Tiders 90'er Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DK2006	Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)	UMD 984 287 3
5.5	Love Shack	5:22	The B‐52s	Never Forget: The Ultimate 90s Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2007-11-12	EMI TV	88697202602
1.7	Love Shack	5:23	The B‐52s	Housework Songs (EMI Music Australia not Virgin)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2007	EMI Music Australia (not for release label use!)	0946030694760204
1.11	Love Shack	5:18	The B‐52s	Kong 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	FR2007	naïve (French independent label)	NS 91558
2.5	Love Shack	5:24	The B‐52’s	One Shot 1990	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	IT2007	Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)	984 740-7
1.14	Love Shack	5:22	The B‐52s	Driving Anthems: The Ultimate Driving Album	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2008-05-19	Warner Music Entertainment (a video production and distribution unit)	5051442801620
1.11	Love Shack	5:23	The B‐52s	15 of the Best: BBQ & Beer Songs	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2008-06-12
1.8	Love Shack	5:23	The B‐52s	XXL - Super Long Versions	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2008-06-20	Ganser & Hanke Media
3.9	Love Shack	5:20	B‐52’s	Nostalgie classiques 80 : L’integrale	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	FR2008-09-22	wea music (“wea” logo with “music” below)	5051865017028
1.222	Love Shack	5:22	The B‐52s	Revolutions in Sound: Warner Bros. Records - The First Fifty Years	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2008-12-09	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	8-431548
2.9	Love Shack	5:24	The B‐52s	O melhor dos anos 80	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	PT2008	Farol Música
1.8	Love Shack	5:22	The B‐52s	Mum Rocks!	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2009-03-09	Virgin TV	VTDCD 950
5.1	Love Shack	5:21	The B‐52’s	Rock: 118 Original Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-2009-03-30	Parlophone
5.1	Love Shack	5:22	The B‐52s	Rock: 120 Original Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2009-03-30	EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)	50999 6 94396 2 9, 694 3962
2.17	Love Shack	5:24	The B‐52’s	The Ultimate Collection: Dad: 100 Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2009-05-05	Union Square Music	ULTIMBX 018
Promotion
1.13	Love Shack	5:22	The B‐52s	Sun and Summer	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2001	Warner Strategic Marketing Australia	DS012
1.4	Love Shack	5:23	The B‐52s	Summergroove	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2003	News of the World (UK newspaper), Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom	WSMSPCD020
Bootleg
1.18	Love Shack	5:22	The B‐52s	YTMND Soundtrack, Volume 16	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XW2007-06-09	YTMND
(unknown)
1.11	Love Shack	5:23	The B‐52s	Les incontournables des années 80, Volume 1	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-1995-02-23
1.13	Love Shack	5:22	The B‐52’s	Time Capsule	The B‐52’s	Album + Compilation	US1998-05-26	Reprise Records
1.9	Love Shack	5:23	The B‐52s	Best of Summer	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DK2007

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assistant engineer:	Martin Kunitz
engineer:	Dave Cook (US engineer and producer)
producer:	Nile Rodgers Don Was
mixer:	Tom Durack
guest bass guitar:	Sara Lee (UK bassist, singer & songwriter)
guest drums (drum set):	Charley Drayton
guest horn:	Uptown Horns
guitar:	Keith Strickland
keyboard:	Kate Pierson
vocals:	Kate Pierson Fred Schneider Cindy Wilson

recorded at:	Dreamland Studios in Hurley, New York, United States
mixed at:	Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States Skyline Studios in New York, United States

karaoke versions:	Love Shack by [unknown]
has remixes:	Jungle Love Shack by Agent Graves Love Shack (DJ Tonka remix) Love Shack (Vivada remix)
sampled by:	2gether by Far East Movement & Roger Sanchez ft. Kanobby Mehr davon (Hahnstudios Gute-Laune-Mix) by Lotte
mash-ups:	Come Out and Play at the Love Shack (The Offspring vs. The B-52's) by Tim G Galactic Love Shack (B-52's vs. The World Domination vs. Adam Sky) by ElectroSound Shaxicula (Rob Zombie vs. The B‐52’s vs. Britney Spears) by DJ Cummerbund

part of:	Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 243) (order: 242)

stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/track/4W4wYHtsrgDiivRASVOINL [info]

recording of:	Love Shack

Love Shack

writer:	Kate Pierson Fred Schneider Keith Strickland Cindy Wilson

referred to in medleys:	Polka Your Eyes Out (order: 3)
later parody versions:	(Lick My) Nut Sack (parody recorded for Robin Quivers) Hunchback Meshach

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