The B-52's

I look at you and I'm ready to pump
Luminous heartthrob ready to jump

Mama's dancin' with jellybone
You better watch out
Take you to the freak zone

Pump it up – give it up – turn up the track
Hard kiss – love chain
Pump it up – give it up – turn up the track
Pump it up – pump it up – pump it up – yeah

Pump it up – give it up – turn up the track
Pump – I'm a runaway train
Pump it up – give it up – turn up the track
Pump it up – pump it up – pump it up

Get serious get off the phone
Talk to me and make me moan
I said baby lose that phone
Rock me down to the jellybone

Motor runnin' double time
Machine is hummin'
Your body's mine
Dancin' in the street and we're havin' fun
Don't drop the beat
Electric drum

Chartreuse glow is maxin' out
Electric love – electric luau
I'm bustin' loose – pumpin' the music
Let's dance, baby
Let's dance – jellybone

Pump it up – give it up – turn up the track
Hard kiss – love chain
Pump it up – give it up – turn up the track
Pump it up – pump it up – pump it up – yeah

Pump it up – give it up – turn up the track
Pump – I'm a runaway train
Pump it up – give it up – turn up the track
Pump it up – pump it up – pump it up

Mama's dancin' - electric luau
Barefootin' – and kahootin'
With a wild crowd
Well, wild crowd

Electric eel, that's the feeling
Lines cross, lips heating
Lick my belly – turn to jelly
Spread me thin – I'm in!

I'm in it
I'm on it
I'm in it
I'm on it
I'm out
I'm in
I'm out
I'm in

Shake that jelly - rattle them bones
Dance to the rhythm that will make you moan

Pump it up – give it up – turn up the track
Hard kiss – love chain
Pump it up – give it up – turn up the track
Pump it up – pump it up – pump it up – yeah

Pump it up – give it up – turn up the track
Pump – I'm a runaway train
Pump it up – give it up – turn up the track
Pump it up – pump it up – pump it up

The B-52’s, (now stylized as The B-52s) are an internationally successful New Wave band also known for their campy fashion. The group’s original line-up consisted of Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson, Keith Strickland, Cindy Wilson and Ricky Wilson. Originally, all members of the band played multiple instruments. However, after Ricky Wilson’s tragic AIDS-related death in 1985, instead of hiring a full-time replacement, Strickland transitioned to primarily playing guitar, and the band has used various other musicians for recording and touring purposes.

Their self-titled first album The B-52’s was released to critical acclaim in 1979, spawning the Canadian chart-topping hit “Rock Lobster”, which was also successful in Australia, New Zealand, the US and the UK. Rolling Stone magazine later placed the album at #152 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Their second album, Wild Planet, released in 1980, spawned another minor US hit with “Private Idaho”. Whammy! followed in 1983, giving the band a third minor US hit with “Legal Tender”. Their fourth album, Bouncing Off the Satellites, was recorded and mixed but not yet released when Ricky Wilson died in October 1985. It was nearly a year before the album was released, in September 1986. It is the band’s only album that does not feature a picture of its members on the cover.

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