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"Roam" is a song by American new wave band the B-52s released as the fourth single from their fifth studio album, Cosmic Thing (1989). The vocals are sung by Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson . The B-52's worked with a co-writer, Robert Waldrop, who penned the lyrics. [ 3 ]
The B-52s, originally presented as the B-52's (with an errant apostrophe; used until 2008), are an American new wave band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976. [8] The original lineup consisted of Fred Schneider (vocals, percussion), Kate Pierson (vocals, keyboards, synth bass), Cindy Wilson (vocals, percussion), Ricky Wilson (guitar, vocals), and Keith Strickland (drums, guitar, keyboards, vocals).
The genesis of the song came from B-52's frontman Fred Schneider, and was inspired by a club outside of Athens, Georgia, called the Hawaiian Ha-Le: "It was an African-American club that had a lot of good shows. It looked like a shack, you wouldn't expect it to be what it was, and when you opened the door, it was a wild band playing."
The 2004 soundtrack album for the film Trekkies 2 features Schneider's collaboration with B-52's part-time keyboardist Pat Irwin, "Beam Me Up". He worked with Sophie Ellis-Bextor on some songs for her 2007 album Trip the Light Fantastic. The song "Supersonic", which he co-wrote and provided backing vocals for, appeared as a bonus track on the ...
The song's music video won the award for Best Group Video at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards. [ 11 ] Aided by the further success of singles such as the transatlantic top 20 hit " Roam " and the US top 30 hit "Deadbeat Club", [ 10 ] the album continued to sell strongly, particularly in the US, where it spent 22 weeks inside the Billboard 200 ...
The B-52's completed the album Funplex in 2007, and it was released in March 2008. Wilson co-wrote every song on the album with the three other band members. In all, she has co-written much of the band's catalog, including "Dance This Mess Around", "Private Idaho" and all of the Cosmic Thing album, including hit singles "Love Shack" and "Roam".
List of non-single songs by The B-52's from non-B-52's releases, showing year released and album name Title Year Album "Quiche Lorraine" (Live) 1991 Tame Yourself "The Bedrock Twitch" (as The BC-52's) 1994 The Flintstones: Music From Bedrock "The Chosen One" 2000 Pokémon 2000: The Power Of One (Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture)
Live! 8-24-1979 is the second official live album by American new wave band The B-52s. [1] The concert was recorded on August 24, 1979 at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston, Massachusetts, before the release of their second album. The show recorded was part of their B-52's Tour.