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Wild Planet by The B-52's
Wild Planet is an album by The B-52's, released in 1980. 6 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 112 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Private Idaho”, on 58 lists with a best position of #25.
Wild Planet, the B-52's' second album, landed in August 1980 on Warner Bros., and it's a party record with a nervous twitch in its hips. They went back to Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas, where they'd cut the debut, with Rhett Davies producing.
A lot of these songs were not new at all. Several had been live favourites since 1978; there simply wasn't room for them on the first LP. So Wild Planet plays like the other half of the band's early set, tight and road-tested: "Private Idaho" rides a jittery surf-guitar twang, "Party Out of Bounds" sounds exactly like its title, "Strobe Light" throbs and giggles, "Quiche Lorraine" hops along on pure camp, and "Give Me Back My Man" is the rare B-52's song that aches rather than winks. It's all new wave nerve with a post-punk edge, wiry and wired.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Wild Planet on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Private Idaho | 58 | #25 | – | 1980–2026 | |
| 2 | Party Out of Bounds | 25 | #91 | – | 1988–2014 | |
| 3 | Strobe Light | 15 | #58 | – | 1980–2014 | |
| 4 | Give Me Back My Man | 5 | #5 | – | 1980–2026 | |
| 5 | Quiche Lorraine | 7 | #219 | – | 1989–2003 | |
| 6 | Devil In My Car | 2 | #606 | – | 2010–2022 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.