Song artist 451 - The B52s

This page lists the song chart entries of The B52s.A list of the hit albums by The B52s is also available. The songs are listed with the most widely successful first.

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	The B52s	Love Shack	1989	Eire 1 for 1 week - Mar 1990, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks - Jan 1990, Australia 1 for 8 weeks - Dec 1989, POP 1 of 1989, UK 2 - Mar 1990 (13 weeks), KROQ 2 of 1989, US Billboard 3 - Sep 1989 (26 weeks), France 4 - Oct 1989 (2 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Nov 1989), Japan (Tokyo) 5 - Oct 1989 (21 weeks), Belgium 9 - Jan 1990 (2 weeks), ARC 10 of 1989 (peak 2 16 weeks), Australia 16 of 1990, Holland 18 - Dec 1989 (6 weeks), Sweden 20 - Mar 1990 (1 week), Brazil 36 of 1989, US BB 47 of 1989, Holland free40 54 of 1989, US Radio 58 of 1989 (peak 5 8 weeks), Scrobulate 61 of 80s, nuTsie 68 of 1980s, Canada 76 of 1989, TheQ 238, Rolling Stone 243, RIAA 243, OzNet 311, WXPN 498, Acclaimed 662 (1989), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Mar 1990), RYM 37 of 1989, Party 3 of 2007
2	The B52s	Roam	1990	US Billboard 3 - Dec 1989 (19 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Apr 1990), Japan (Tokyo) 5 - Jan 1990 (17 weeks), UK 17 - May 1990 (7 weeks), US CashBox 36 of 1990, ARC 37 of 1990 (peak 1 13 weeks), Brazil 37 of 1990, KROQ 39 of 1990, US BB 40 of 1990, US Radio 40 of 1990 (peak 2 9 weeks), ODK Germany 40 - Apr 1990 (10 weeks), Canada 45 of 1990, Japan (Osaku) 94 of 1990 (peak 21 13 weeks), RYM 46 of 1989
3	The B52s	(Meet) the Flintstones	1994	Belgium 2 - Jul 1994 (12 weeks), UK 3 - Jul 1994 (12 weeks), Holland 4 - Jun 1994 (10 weeks), France 5 - Jul 1994 (1 week), Norway 8 - Aug 1994 (1 week), ODK Germany 9 - Jul 1994 (15 weeks) (1 week in top 10), Japan (Tokyo) 11 - Jun 1994 (15 weeks), Austria 11 - Jul 1994 (2 months), Switzerland 12 - Aug 1994 (9 weeks), Germany 12 - Aug 1994 (2 months), Sweden 14 - Aug 1994 (1 week), Poland 18 - Jul 1994 (10 weeks), US Billboard 33 - May 1994 (8 weeks), Italy 76 of 1994, Brazil 87 of 1994
4	The B52s	Rock Lobster	1980	Canada 1 - Apr 1980 (13 weeks), Canada RPM 1 for 1 week - May 1980, France 2 - Sep 1979 (3 weeks), Canada 20 of 1980, UK 37 - Aug 1979 (5 weeks), POP 40 of 1980, US Billboard 56 - Apr 1980 (8 weeks), Rolling Stone 146, Acclaimed 305 (1978), RYM 26 of 1978, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500
5	The B52s	Good Stuff	1992	Japan (Tokyo) 2 - Jun 1992 (16 weeks), Belgium 17 - Jul 1992 (3 weeks), UK 21 - Jun 1992 (6 weeks), Holland 27 - Jul 1992 (4 weeks), US Billboard 28 - Jun 1992 (13 weeks), ODK Germany 37 - Jul 1992 (11 weeks), Japan (Osaku) 44 of 1992 (peak 6 16 weeks), US Radio 98 of 1992 (peak 10 5 weeks)
6	The B52s	Channel Z	1989	France 1 - Sep 1989 (2 weeks), KROQ 24 of 1989, UK 61 - Aug 1990 (3 weeks)
7	The B52s	Give Me Back My Man	1980	France 3 - Oct 1980 (2 weeks), KROQ 5 of 1980, UK 61 - Aug 1980 (3 weeks)
8	The B52s	Deadbeat Club	1990	US Billboard 30 - Apr 1990 (11 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 30 - May 1990 (10 weeks), POP 66 of 1990
9	The B52s	Legal Tender	1983	France 9 - Sep 1983 (1 week), KROQ 65 of 1983, US Billboard 81 - Jul 1983 (4 weeks)
10	The B52s	Private Idaho	1980	KROQ 31 of 1980, US Billboard 74 - Oct 1980 (5 weeks), POP 75 of 1980, RYM 158 of 1980
11	The B52s	Summer of Love	1986	France 1 - Mar 1987 (5 weeks), KROQ 32 of 1986
12	The B52s	Planet Claire	1979	France 1 - Nov 1979 (4 weeks)
13	The B52s	Wig	1987	France 3 - Jan 1987 (2 weeks), UK 79 - Jul 1987 (4 weeks)
14	The B52s	Song For A Future Generation	1983	France 9 - Jun 1983 (1 week), UK 63 - May 1983 (3 weeks)
15	The B52s	She Brakes for Rainbows	1986	KROQ 7 of 1986
16	The B52s	Whammy Kiss	1983	KROQ 42 of 1983
17	The B52s	Nip It In The Bud	1982	KROQ 22 of 1982
18	The B52s	Tell It Like It T-i-is	1992	UK 61 - Sep 1992 (3 weeks)
19	The B52s	Love Land	1982	KROQ 78 of 1982
20	The B52s	Dance The Mess Around	1982	France 3 - Feb 1982 (1 week)
21	The B52s	Cosmic Thing	1989	KROQ 82 of 1989
22	The B52s	Love Shack 99	1999	UK 66 - Jan 1999 (1 week)
23	The B52s	Strobe Light	1980	KROQ 58 of 1980
24	The B52s	Rock Lobster/Planet Claire	1986	UK 12 - May 1986 (9 weeks)
25	The B52s	Running Around	1979	RYM 89 of 1979
26	The B52s	Party Out of Bounds	1980	RYM 158 of 1980

Previous Comments

Previous Comments (newest first)

27 Aug 2019

Wrong title

#20, Dance This Mess Around, is spelled incorrectly.

See the FAQ about the name of songs and artists

28 Jun 2019

1986 reissue of Rock Lobster & Planet Claire

I'm confused on two counts;

1. Wouldn't the relative success of this double A-side be better reflected by sharing the points upgrade between those original songs? 2. ... but, if a stand-alone entry has to exist, why should its nine-week UK chart run, almost to the Top Ten, rate lower than a paltry one week at no.66 by the (rather lame) Love Shack remix?

Question 1: No, adding the double A sides weeks to the other entries would make it harder for readers to track what happened.

Question 2: You are correct, that is a little odd. The reason is that 1986 has many more charts than 1999, and a position of 12th is low enough that it has little effect. If the double A side was really higher than the 1999 song it should have an entry in another chart as well.

In reality the relative rankings of the bottom 10 songs on this list should not be taken seriously.

22 Dec 2017

Double Listing - Future Generation

#24 & #25 are the same.

Data fixed, thanks

18 Jul 2010

The B52s (New Wave)+

It been cool listening to "The B52s" since 1979 until 2010. My first recordwas the yellow color album of "The B52s", and then second the yellow colored eight track of "The B52s". The eight track was stolen from me back in 1997, and is probably now a collectors piece by now. All these songs are hip, and wild to listen to!

First Led Zeppelin then The B52s are my favorite tunes to listen to still!

Age 45 now!