Rock Lobster

"Rock Lobster" is The B-52's' first single, released in 1978 and in a longer version placed on the band's self-titled debut album, The B-52's, one year later. It has become one of their signature tunes, and it helped launch the band's success. "Rock Lobster" was the band's first single to appear on Billboard's Hot 100. Instruments used in the music include a twangy, baritone surf-style electric guitar (a Mosrite), a Farfisa, Vox or Gibson organ, and drums. Unlike most pop and rock songs, no bass guitar was present. Instead, Kate Pierson played the bass line on keyboards. The album version of "Rock Lobster" (released in 1979) clocks in at about seven minutes and contains superficially nonsensical lyrics about a beach party and excited rants about real or imagined marine animals ("There goes a dog-fish, chased by a cat-fish, in flew a sea robin, watch out for that piranha, there goes a narwhal, here comes a bikini whale!"), accompanied by absurd, fictional noises attributed to them (provided by Pierson and Cindy Wilson, Pierson provided the higher-pitched noises and Wilson the lower-pitched ones); the chorus consists of the words "Rock lobster!" repeated over and over. The song "Rock Lobster" is part of the The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list. The song remains a part of pop culture, with other versions of "Rock Lobster" appearing in a 2005 episode of Family Guy and in The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A Veggie Tales Movie. The song was also featured in the 2007 movie Knocked Up. "Rock Lobster" appears at number 146 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of greatest songs. The Amiga 500 was Commodore’s best-selling Amiga model. Early units, at least, had the words "B52/ROCK LOBSTER" silk-screen printed onto their printed circuit board, a reference to the popular song "Rock Lobster" by the rock band The B-52's.

[Verse 1] Sca-do-ba-da, eww Sca-do-ba-da, eww (Sca-do-ba-da) We were at a party (Eww) (Sca-do-ba-da) His ear lobe fell in the deep (Eww) (Sca-do-ba-da) Someone reached in and grabbed it (Eww) (Sca-do-ba-da) It was a rock lobster (Eww) [Chorus] (Ah-ah-ah-ah) Rock lobster (Ah-ah-ah-ah) Rock lobster [Verse 2] Eww Eww We were at the beach (Eww) Everybody had matching towels (Eww) Somebody went under a dock (Eww) And there they saw a rock (Eww) It wasn't a rock (Eww) It was a rock lobster (Eww) [Chorus] (Ah-ah-ah-ah) Rock lobster (Ah-ah-ah-ah) Rock lobster [Verse 3] Rock lobster, rock lobster Motion in the ocean (Hoorah) His air hose broke (Hoorah) Lots of trouble (Hoorah) Lots of bubble (Hoorah) He was in a jam (Hoorah) He's in a giant clam! (Hoorah) [Bridge] Rock, rock, rock lobster! (Ah-ah-ah-ah) Down, down... Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah [Verse 4] Sca-do-ba-da, eww Sca-do-ba-da, eww (Sca-do-ba-da) Underneath the waves (Eww) (Sca-do-ba-da) Mermaids wavin' (Eww) (Sca-do-ba-da) Wavin' to mermen (Eww) (Sca-do-ba-da) Wavin' sea fans (Eww) (Sca-do-ba-da) Sea horses sailing (Eww) (Sca-do-ba-da) Dolphins wailing (Eww) [Chorus] (Ah-ah-ah-ah) Rock lobster (Ah-ah-ah-ah) Rock lobster [Verse 5] Rock lobster, rock lobster Hoorah, hoorah Red snappers snappin' (Hoorah) Clam shells clappin' (Hoorah) Mussels flexin' (Hoorah) Flippers flippin' (Hoorah) Rock, rock [Bridge] Rock, rock, rock lobster! (Ah-ah-ah-ah) Down, down... Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah Lobster! Rock! Lobster! Rock! Let's rock! [Breakdown] Boys in bikinis Girls in surfboards Everybody's rockin' Everybody's frugin' Twistin' 'round the fire, havin' fun Bakin' potatoes, bakin' in the sun Put on your nose guard Put on the lifeguard Pass the tanning butter Here comes a stingray There goes a manta ray In walked a jellyfish There goes a dogfish Chased by a catfish In flew a sea robin Watch out for that piranha There goes a narwhal Here comes a bikini whale! [Outro] Rock lobster (Lobster, rock lobster) Rock lobster (Lobster, ah-ah-ah-ah) Rock lobster (Lobster, rock lobster) Rock lobster (Lobster, ah-ah-ah-ah-ah) Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah-ah