Song · The B-52's
“Cosmic Thing” by The B-52's
From the album Cosmic Thing (1989)
“Cosmic Thing” by The B-52's appears on 5 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1989 and 2003. It was first released in 1989 on the album Cosmic Thing. Its best result is #36 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1989. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #73 alternative song of 1989 and #4,149 alternative song of all time.
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"Cosmic Thing", sometimes billed in full as "(Shake That) Cosmic Thing", did double duty for the B-52's in 1989: it turned up on the soundtrack to Earth Girls Are Easy and gave its name to the band's fifth album. Nile Rodgers produced it and mixed it with Tom Durack, and Pierson, Schneider, Strickland and Wilson share the writing credit.
Kate Pierson, Fred Schneider and Cindy Wilson handle the vocals, Keith Strickland plays guitar, and Steve Ferrone on drums and Tommy Mandel on keyboards help keep the party airborne. It went out as a promotional single, and the video skipped the soundstage altogether, cutting together live footage from the band's August 17, 1990 show at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 82 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1989 | 107 |
| 1989 | 36 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1989 | 105 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 214 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) | 495 |
| 2002 | 1241 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1987 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
Also listed as: Cosmic thing.
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