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"Deadbeat Club" 
Single by The B-52's from the album Cosmic Thing Released 1990 Genre New Wave Writer(s) The B-52's Producer Nile Rodgers
Don WasThe B-52's singles chronology "Roam"
(1990)"Deadbeat Club"
(1990)"Good Stuff"
(1992)"Deadbeat Club" was the fifth and last single released from The B-52's' album Cosmic Thing. It peaked at #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990. Based on chart performance, "Deadbeat Club" falls behind only the singles, "Love Shack", "Roam" and "Good Stuff" as their biggest hit. The song is about the band's early days in Athens when they would hang around in cafes drinking coffee. Because they didn't work or do anything, their parents nicknamed them "Deadbeats." [1] Allen's, mentioned in the nostalgic song, is a real-life place in Athens, Georgia. Normaltown is a neighborhood of Athens. The music video featured R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe.
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Kate Pierson · Fred Schneider · Keith Strickland · Cindy Wilson
Ricky WilsonStudio albums Extended plays (EPs) Compilation albums Singles "Rock Lobster" · "Planet Claire" · "Dance This Mess Around" · "Private Idaho" · "Party Out of Bounds" · "Give Me Back My Man" · "Legal Tender" · "Whammy Kiss" · "Song for a Future Generation" · "Summer of Love" · "Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland" · "Wig" · "(Shake That) Cosmic Thing" · "Channel Z" · "Love Shack" · "Roam" · "Deadbeat Club" · "Good Stuff" · "Is That You Mo-Dean?" · "Tell It Like It T-I-Is" · "Revolution Earth" · "Hot Pants Explosion" · "(Meet) The Flintstones" · "Debbie" · "Love Shack '99" · "Funplex" · "Juliet of the Spirits"DVDs The B-52's 1979–1989 · The B-52's Time Capsule: Videos for a Future Generation 1979–1998Related articles DiscographyCategories:- 1990 singles
- The B-52's songs
- Songs produced by Don Was
- Songs written by Fred Schneider
- Songs written by Kate Pierson
- Songs written by Keith Strickland
- Songs written by Cindy Wilson
- 1990s single stubs
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