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Bouncing Off the Satellites by The B-52's
Bouncing Off the Satellites is an album by The B-52's, released in 1986. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 31 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Summer of Love”, on 24 lists with a best position of #8.
Bouncing Off the Satellites, the B-52's fourth album, came out on Warner Bros. in September 1986, but it was made in the summer of 1985, with Tony Mansfield producing, and it carries a heavy shadow. Guitarist Ricky Wilson died of AIDS after most of the work was done, a year before the album was released, and by the time it came out the band from Athens, Georgia, had gone quiet.
You would hardly know it from the grooves. Fred Schneider's camp, half-spoken barking still bounces off Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson's harmonies, and the songs keep their thrift-shop sparkle: "Summer of Love" shimmies, "Wig" is a goofy dance-floor romp, and "Girl From Ipanema Goes to Greenland" tells you everything about their sense of humor. It was their last record as a five-piece. Keith Strickland moved from drums to guitar, and it took three years for them to come back with Cosmic Thing.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Bouncing Off the Satellites on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Summer of Love | 24 | #8 | – | 1986–2014 | |
| 2 | She Brakes For Rainbows | 2 | #7 | – | 1986–2002 | |
| 3 | Wig | 3 | #18 | – | 1986–2003 | |
| 4 | Girl From Ipanema Goes to Greenland | 2 | #564 | – | 2002–2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.