Cosmic Thing
Album by The B-52's
Released	June 1989
Recorded	1988
Genre	New Wave
Length	47:03
Label	Reprise
Producer(s)	Nile Rodgers, Don Was
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
The B-52's chronology
Bouncing Off the Satellites (1986)	Cosmic Thing (1989)	Good Stuff (1992)

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Track listing

1. "Cosmic Thing" (The B-52's) - 3:50
2. "Dry County" (The B-52's) - 4:54
3. "Deadbeat Club" (The B-52's) - 4:45
4. "Love Shack" (Pierson, Schneider, Strickland, Wilson) - 5:21
5. "Junebug" (The B-52's) - 5:04
6. "Roam" (Pierson, Schneider, Strickland, Waldrop, Wilson) - 4:54
7. "Bushfire" (The B-52's) - 4:58
8. "Channel Z" (The B-52's) - 4:49
9. "Topaz" (The B-52's) - 4:20
10. "Follow Your Bliss" (The B-52's) - 4:08

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Personnel

• Carl Beatty - horn
• Chris Cioe - horn
• Leroy Clouden - drums
• Charlie Drayton - drums
• Sonny Emory - drums
• Steve Ferrone - drums
• Bob Funk - horn
• Arno Hecht - horn
• Richard Hilton - keyboards
• Sara Lee - bass, keyboards, background vocals
• Paul Literal - horn
• Tom Mandel - keyboards
• Tommy Mandell - keyboards
• Kate Pierson - keyboards, vocals, background vocals
• Nile Rodgers guitar
• Philippe Saisse - keyboards
• Fred Schneider - percussion, vocals, background vocals
• Keith Strickland - guitar, keyboards, vocals, background vocals
• Cindy Wilson - vocals

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Production

• Producer: Nile Rodgers, Don Was
• Engineer: David Cook, Tom Durack
• Second Engineer: Ed Brooks, Patrick Dillett, Keith Freedman
• Assistant Engineer: Martin Kunitz
• Mastering: Bob Ludwig
• Mixing: Tom Durack
• Production Manager: Budd Tunick
• Clothing/Wardrobe: Alpana Bawa
• Programming: Richard Hilton

Charts

Album

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The Modern Rock Tracks chart is a music chart that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. ... Billboards Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart is a weekly national survey of what songs are most popular in U.S. dance clubs. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the main singles chart used by Billboard magazine. ...

In the media

• Played in an episode of I Love The 90s