This article is about the song by the B-52's. For the crustacean, see Spiny lobster. For other uses, see Rock Lobster (disambiguation).
"Rock Lobster"
Warner Bros. vinyl rerelease
Single by The B-52's
from the album The B-52's
B-side
"52 Girls" (DB)
"6060-842" (Warner Bros.)
"Private Idaho" (Warner Bros.)
"Runnin' Around" (Island)
"Planet Claire" (Island)
Released
April 1978
December 1979 (Re-release)
Recorded
February 1978
Genre
New wave[1]
dance-rock[2]
surf rock[3]
punk rock[4]
psychedelic rock[5]
Length
3:57 (radio edit) 4:52 (single) 6:49 (album)
Label
DB
Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Fred Schneider
Ricky Wilson
Producer(s)
Kevin Dunn (single)
Chris Blackwell (album)
The B-52's singles chronology
"Rock Lobster" (1978)
"Planet Claire" (1979)
Music video
"Rock Lobster" on YouTube
"Rock Lobster" is a song written by Fred Schneider and Ricky Wilson, two members of the B-52's. It was twice recorded and released as a single, first by DB Records as their debut release in April 1978, and again the following year for the band's self-titled debut album on Warner Bros. Records.[6][7]
The song launched the band's career and became one of their signature tunes.[8] "Rock Lobster" was well-received by critics, and went on to place at No. 147 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time[9] list in December 2004.
^Echols, Alice (2010). Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 218. ISBN 978-0-3930-7701-8. The B-52s' "Rock Lobster," another of the first new wave tracks to be played on disco dance floors, did not quite mock disco.
^Talevski, Nick (2006). Rock Obituaries – Knocking on Heaven's Door. Omnibus Press. p. 725. ISBN 978-1-8460-9091-2. Featuring the quirky lead vocals of Fred Schneider, the group's début album, The B-52's (1979), became an instant classic with upbeat, lyrically amusing dance rock numbers such as 'Rock Lobster',...
^Jackson, Josh (September 8, 2016). "The 50 Best New Wave Albums". Paste. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
^Pitchfork Staff (August 22, 2016). "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 13, 2022. Amazingly, the song reaches a type of punk intensity, and Schneider yelling "Let's rock!" as the band clicks into a reckless frug-groove is one of the most thrilling moments of the '70s.
^Rolling Stone Staff (June 25, 2022). "The Best Summer Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 10, 2023. Fred Schneider's brilliant Jacques Cousteau-gone-bonkers lyrics...made it a psychedelic beach rocker for the ages.
^"Lyrics: Rock Lobster by the B-52s". Top40db.net. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
^Clark, Jeff (August 2003). "Making It Up as You Go: How DB Recs Chronicled the South in the '80s". Stomp and Stammer. Vol. 8, no. 10. p. 30.
^Cite error: The named reference ALM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 147 – The B-52's, 'Rock Lobster'". Rolling Stone. December 11, 2003. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
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