Love Shack
~ Recording by The B‐52s
Appears on releases
| # | 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 |
| Reprise Records | 9 25854-4 |
| 1.4 | Love Shack | 5:24 | The B‐52’s | Cosmic Thing | The B‐52’s | Album |
| Reprise Records | 9 25854-2 |
| 1.4 | Love Shack | 5:24 | The B‐52’s | Cosmic Thing | The B‐52’s | Album |
| Reprise Records | R1-25854 |
| 1.4 | Love Shack | 5:21 | The B-52’s | Cosmic Thing | The B-52’s | Album |
| Reprise Records | 25854-1 |
| 1.4 | Love Shack | 5:22 | The B‐52’s | Cosmic Thing | The B‐52’s | Album |
| Columbia House (distributor, a division of CBS Records Canada Ltd.), Reprise Records | W2 25854 |
| 1.4 | Love Shack | 5:22 | The B‐52’s | Cosmic Thing | The B‐52’s | Album | Reprise Records | 7599-25854-2, WE 833 | |
| 1.4 | Love Shack | 5:22 | The B‐52’s | Cosmic Thing | The B‐52’s | Album |
| Reprise Records | 9 25854-2 |
| 1.4 | Love Shack | 5:21 | The B‐52s | Cosmic Thing | The B‐52’s | Album | Reprise Records | WX 283 | |
| 1.4 | Love Shack | 5:24 | The B‐52’s | Cosmic Thing | The B‐52’s | Album |
| Reprise Records | 925 854-2 |
| 1.4 | Love Shack | 5:24 | The B‐52’s | Cosmic Thing | The B‐52’s | Album |
| Columbia House (distributor, a division of CBS Records Canada Ltd.), Reprise Records | 775114T, W2 25854 |
| 1.4 | Love Shack | 5:22 | The B‐52’s | Cosmic Thing | The B‐52’s | Album |
| Reprise Records | CD 25854 |
| 1.1 | Love Shack | ?:?? | The B‐52’s | Love Shack | The B‐52’s | Single |
| Reprise Records | 543919917‐4, W9917C |
| 1.4 | Love Shack | ?:?? | The B‐52’s | Love Shack | The B‐52’s | Single |
| Reprise Records | 543919917‐4, W9917C |
| 1.2 | Love Shack | 5:20 | The B‐52’s | Deadbeat Club | The B‐52’s | Single |
| Reprise Records | W 9526 T |
| 1.1 | Love Shack | 5:21 | The B‐52s | Decade of Hits: 80’s Greatest | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 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 |
| WEA Records (imprint of Warner Records International: lower‐case “wea” with “records” below) | |
| 1.7 | Love Shack | 5:26 | The B‐52s | Pump Up the Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyTel | 845096-2 |
| 2.1 | Love Shack | 5:21 | The B‐52s | Beat of the 80’s, Volume 2: Trendsetter eines jahrzehnts | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7.5 | Love Shack | 5:24 | The B‐52’s | The Rolling Stone Collection: 25 Years of Essential Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | OPCS-2692, OPCS-2693, OPCS-2694, PT-23707, PT-23708, PT-23709, PT-23710, R102-33 |
| 1.3 | Love Shack | 5:23 | The B‐52s | 100 Solid Gold Hits 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.9 | Love Shack | 5:23 | The B‐52s | Metropol: En epok i radio 1982-1991 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 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 |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, 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 |
| Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music | OPCD-2733, R988-01 |
| 1.11 | Love Shack | 5:23 | The B‐52s | Les incontournables des années 80 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| wea music (“wea” logo with “music” below; mainly used in Europe and Brazil) | 9548-33361-2 |
| 2.1 | Love Shack | 5:23 | The B‐52s | 25 Years: Greatest Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.4 | Love Shack | 5:21 | The B‐52s | 100% Summer 95 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 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 |
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| 1.8 | Love Shack | 5:21 | The B‐52s | The No. 1 Summer Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 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 |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD 140 |
| 1.4 | Love Shack | 5:24 | The B‐52’s | Cosmic Thing | The B‐52’s | Album |
| Reprise Records, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions) | 9 25854-2, D 114742 |
| 2.4 | Love Shack | 5:24 | The B‐52’s | The B‐52’s / Cosmic Thing | The B‐52’s | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 9362467262 |
| 1.9 | Love Shack | 5:22 | The B‐52s | Time Capsule (Songs for a Future Generation) | The B‐52s | Album + Compilation |
| 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 |
| Reprise Records, BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions) | 9 46920-2, D125585 |
| 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 |
| Reprise Records | W2 46920 |
| 1.13 | Love Shack | 5:22 | The B‐52’s | Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation | The B‐52’s | Album + Compilation |
| Reprise Records | 9 46920-2 |
| 1.9 | Love Shack | 5:22 | The B‐52’s | Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation | The B‐52’s | Album + Compilation |
| Reprise Records | 9362-46995-2 |
| 2.3 | Love Shack | 5:22 | The B‐52s | Pop & Wave, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | SMM 473862 9 |
| 1.2 | Love Shack | 5:24 | The B‐52’s | Chorus Girl 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.4 | Love Shack | 5:24 | The B‐52’s | Cosmic Thing | The B‐52’s | Album |
| Reprise Records | 7599-25854-2 |
| 1.3 | Love Shack (album version) | 5:22 | The B‐52s | Love Shack 99 | The B‐52s | Single |
| Reprise Records | 9362 44575 2, W0461CD |
| 1.15 | Love Shack | 5:22 | The B‐52s | Tijdloze honderd, Volume 4 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Reprise Records | 4692027 |
| 1.13 | Love Shack | 5:22 | The B‐52s | Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation | The B‐52s | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.4 | Love Shack (album version) | 5:22 | The B‐52’s | (At the) Love Shack | The B‐52’s | Single |
| Warner Music Germany | 9362-44583-2 |
| 1.15 | Love Shack | 5:20 | The B‐52s | Instant Party Disc: Regular Strength | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 75706 |
| 1.14 | Love Shack | 5:22 | The B‐52s | The All Time Greatest Pop Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music TV | SONYTV68CD |
| 1.17 | Love Shack | 5:24 | The B‐52s | All Time Greatest Pub Anthems | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Startel Entertainment | STELCD0094 |
| 2.3 | Love Shack | 5:23 | The B‐52s | The Ultimate Party Album II | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Shock (Australian independent) | SMECD013 |
| 1.1 | Love Shack | 5:22 | The B‐52s | The Ultimate Retro Collection, Part 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Projects | 9548375092 |
| 2.6 | Love Shack | 5:25 | The B‐52s | Modern Rock: Dance | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | R828-05 |
| 1.9 | Love Shack | 5:23 | The B‐52s | '90's Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Metacom Music | |
| 1.15 | Love Shack | 5:22 | The B‐52s | Les Années New Wave | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music France | 8 0927 41722 2 |
| 2.7 | Love Shack | 5:23 | The B‐52s | Super 80 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 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 |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 78357 |
| 1.19 | Love Shack | 5:21 | The B‐52s | The Ultimate Hen Night Party Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing | WSMCD103 |
| 2.1 | Love Shack | 5:23 | The B‐52s | Best Ever Bonking Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 7243 5 22281 2 6 |
| 1.10 | Love Shack | 5:21 | The B‐52s | Party Animal | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom | WSMCD 114 |
| 2.4 | Love Shack | 5:23 | B‐52s | Girls Night Out | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 724353849429 |
| 3.12 | Love Shack | 5:21 | The B‐52’s | Media Markt Collection: Party Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 580556 2 |
| 1.17 | Love Shack | 5:22 | The B‐52s | The Best Summer Album 2002 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom | WSMCD084 |
| 2.11 | Love Shack | 5:21 | The B‐52s | Hairbrush Divas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 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 |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | |
| 1.1 | Love Shack | 5:23 | The B‐52s | The 80's: 14 Greatest Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Compass Productions (budget compilations), EMI Music Special Markets | 72435-92913-2-1 |
| 1.12 | Love Shack | 5:22 | The B‐52s | Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed: The Album | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Warner Sunset Records | 48684-2 |
| 1.14 | Love Shack | 5:21 | The B‐52s | Vh1: I Love the 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.14 | Love Shack | 5:21 | The B‐52s | Ultimate Girls Night In | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music TV | 82876652652 |
| 1.6 | Love Shack | 5:23 | The B‐52s | School Reunion: The Disco | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Warner Music France | 5046765382 |
| 1.1 | Love Shack | 5:23 | B‐52s | Edge of the 80s: Late 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL PRA/06 |
| 2.2 | Love Shack | 5:22 | The B‐52s | Eighties. Simply Irresistable | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music New Zealand | 5959532 |
| 1.13 | Love Shack | 5:22 | The B‐52’s | Greatest Hits | The B‐52’s | Album + Compilation |
| Reprise Records | 9 46920-2 |
| 1.9 | Love Shack | 5:23 | The B‐52s | Happy Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), 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 |
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| 3.8 | Love Shack | 5:21 | The B‐52s | Drivetime | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom | WSMCD215 |
| 1.19 | Love Shack | 5:24 | The B‐52s | My Generation - The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Part One | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 0946 3 44062 2 2, 3440622 |
| 2.7 | Love Shack | 5:23 | The B‐52s | Dance 'til You Drop 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (2004–2008) | 0828767471822 |
| 3.13 | Love Shack | 5:21 | The B‐52s | Magic: The Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Marketing (Germany) | WSMCD231 |
| 1.6 | Love Shack | 5:22 | The B‐52s | Office Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music New Zealand | 5101-11511-2 |
| 1.1 | Love Shack | 5:24 | The B‐52s | Welcome Back 1990 – 1993 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Shock (Australian independent) | BM0018 |
| 1.1 | Love Shack | 5:23 | The B‐52s | Driving Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD785 |
| 1.2 | Love Shack | 5:21 | The B‐52s | Dad Dancing: The Ultimate Party Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 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 |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 0946 3572402 8 |
| 1.5 | Love Shack | 5:23 | The B‐52s | Take No Crap: Alle Tiders 90'er Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | UMD 984 287 3 |
| 2.15 | Love Shack | 5:23 | The B‐52s | The Wedding Party: From Ceremony to Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment Australia | 82876851002 |
| 1.1 | Love Shack | 5:24 | The B‐52s | The New Year’s Party! Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Crimson (UK budget comps; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.) | CRIMCD508 |
| 5.5 | Love Shack | 5:22 | The B‐52s | Never Forget: The Ultimate 90s Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI TV | 88697202602 |
| 1.7 | Love Shack | 5:23 | The B‐52s | Housework Songs (EMI Music Australia not Virgin) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Australia (defunct holding company, not for release label use!) | 0946030694760204 |
| 2.5 | Love Shack | 5:24 | The B‐52’s | One Shot 1990 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 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 |
| Warner Music Entertainment (a video production and distribution unit) | 5051442801620 |
| 2.15 | Love Shack | 5:21 | The B‐52s | 100 Tubes 80 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing | 5051442848724 |
| 1.11 | Love Shack | 5:23 | The B‐52s | 15 of the Best: BBQ & Beer Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.8 | Love Shack | 5:23 | The B‐52s | XXL - Super Long Versions | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ganser & Hanke Media | |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.13 | Love Shack | 5:22 | The B‐52s | Sun and Summer | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Avon Cosmetics, Warner Strategic Marketing Australia | AV73872052, DS012 |
| 1.4 | Love Shack | 5:23 | The B‐52s | Summergroove | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 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 + Soundtrack |
| YTMND | |
| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.13 | Love Shack | 5:22 | The B‐52s | Time Capsule | The B‐52s | Album + Compilation |
| Reprise Records | |
| 1.9 | Love Shack | 5:23 | The B‐52s | Best of Summer | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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Relationships
| assistant engineer: | Martin Kunitz |
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| engineer: | Dave Cook (US engineer and producer) |
| producer: | Don Was |
| mixer: | Tom Durack |
| guest bass guitar: | Sara Lee (UK bassist, singer & songwriter) |
| guest drums (drum set): | Charley Drayton |
| guest horn: | Uptown Horns (US horn section, formed in 1980) |
| guitar: | Keith Strickland |
| keyboard: | Kate Pierson |
| vocals: | Kate Pierson Fred Schneider (US singer‐songwriter, frontman of The B‐52s) Cindy Wilson |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Reprise Records (in 1989) |
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| recorded at: | Dreamland Studios in Hurley, New York, United States |
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| mixed at: | Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States |
| additionally produced at: | Bearsville Studios in Bearsville, New York, United States |
| karaoke versions: | Love Shack by [unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) |
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| DJ-mixes: | Christmas Party by Kenny Jaymes (order: 4) |
| has remixes: | (At the) Love Shack (DJ Tonka mix) by The B‐52’s Jungle Love Shack by Agent Graves Love Shack (12″ remix) by The B‐52’s 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 (Charlotte Rezbach) |
| 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 (French mash-up artist) My Neck, My Shack by Ultimazone Shaxicula (Rob Zombie vs. The B‐52’s vs. Britney Spears) by DJ Cummerbund Material Shack by The B‐52s vs. Madonna (“Queen of Pop”) (order: 2) |
| edits: | (At the) Love Shack (DJ Tonka radio edit) by The B‐52’s Love Shack (single version) |
| music videos: | Love Shack by The B‐52’s |
| part of: | VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (compiled in 2006) (number: 40) (order: 40) Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 41) (order: 41) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 243) (order: 243) |
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| recording of: | Love Shack |
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Related works
Love Shack
| writer: | Kate Pierson Fred Schneider (US singer‐songwriter, frontman of The B‐52s) Keith Strickland Cindy Wilson |
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| publisher: | Man-Woman Together, Now! |
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| referred to in medleys: | Polka Your Eyes Out (order: 3) |
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| later parody versions: | (Lick My) Nut Sack (parody recorded for Robin Quivers) Glove Slap Hunchback Meshach |
| is the basis for: | Donkey Kong's Luv Shack |
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