Cosmic Thing

Cosmic Thing
Studio album by the B-52s
Released	June 27, 1989
Recorded	1988–1989
Studio	Skyline (New York City) Electric Lady (New York City) Dreamland Recording (West Hurley, NY) Bearsville (Bearsville, NY)
Genre	Pop rock
Length	47:03
Label	Reprise
Producer	Nile Rodgers (tracks 1–3, 6, 9–10) Don Was (tracks 4–5, 7–8)
The B-52s chronology
Bouncing Off the Satellites (1986) Cosmic Thing (1989) Good Stuff (1992)
Singles from Cosmic Thing
"Channel Z" Released: 1989 "Love Shack" Released: June 20, 1989 "Roam" Released: 1989 "Cosmic Thing" Released: 1989 (Spain, Philippines, and Mexico) "Deadbeat Club" Released: 1990

Cosmic Thing is the fifth studio album by American new wave band the B-52s, released in 1989 by Reprise Records. It contains the hit singles "Love Shack", "Roam" and "Deadbeat Club". The music video for "Love Shack" won the award for Best Group Video at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards. Six of the album's songs were produced by Nile Rodgers in New York City, and the remaining four by Don Was in upstate New York.

Cosmic Thing was the ninth best-selling album of 1990 in the US, peaking at No. 4 on the Billboard 200, and was an international success as well, charting in the Top 10 in the UK, and reaching No. 1 in Australia and New Zealand. The album eventually achieved 4× Platinum status in the US and Platinum status in the UK. Its success served as a comeback for the band, following the death of guitarist, songwriter and founding member Ricky Wilson in 1985. The band also embarked on the worldwide Cosmic Tour to promote the album.