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LavaThe B-52's

Released: July 6, 1979

Songwriter: Fred Schneider Kate Pierson Ricky Wilson (B-52's) Cindy Wilson Keith Strickland

Producer: Chris Blackwell

My body's burning like a lava from a Mauna Loa
My heart is breaking like a Krakatoa
Oh, Krakatoa, east of Java, molten bodies, fiery lava

Fire, fire, burning bright
Turn on your love lava
Turn on your lava light
Fire, oh volcano, over you
Don't let your lava love turn to stone
Keep it burning
Keep it burning here at home

Hot Lava
Hot Lava

My love may be as high as the highest volcano
But the altitude is way too high
Well, it gets so cold when you look at me that way, yeah
I just wanna have that hot lava
Loving me away

My love's mountin'
My love's erupting like a red hot volcano
Fire, oh volcano, over you
I gotta lotta lava love locked up inside me

My love's a lava bomb
Knock you in the head
Knock you in the head
Kick you in the bed
(Over you)
Hot lava
Don't let your lava love turn to stone
Keep in burning
Keep it burning here at home

Oh it's so hot
Oh, it's burnin' up in here
Oh look out, it's about to erupt
Oh, my body's burning like a lava from a Mauna Loa
Let it flow!
My heart is breaking like a Krakatoa

Hot fire, red hot fire
Lava, oh oh oh oh oh, hot lava
Hot lava, red hot lava
Hot lava, red, hot lava
Oh hot lava

I'm gonna let it go
Let it flow like Pompeii or Herculaneum
Let it sizzle, let it rise
Don't let your lava love flow turn to stone
Keep it burning
Keep it burning here at home

I'm gonna jump in a crater
See ya later
Oh hot lava
Oh hot lava
Hot lava
Oh, hot lava
Hot lava
Red hot lava
Yeah

The B-52's

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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