Legal Tender (song)

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“Legal Tender”
“Legal Tender” cover
Single by The B-52's
from the album Whammy!
Released 1983
Format 7", 12"
Recorded 1982
Genre New Wave
Length 3:40
Label Warner Bros. Records
Writer(s) The B-52's, Keith Strickland, Robert Waldrop
Producer Steven Stanley
The B-52's singles chronology
"Give Me Back My Man"
(1980)
"Legal Tender"
(1983)
"Whammy Kiss"
(1983)

"Legal Tender" is the first single released by The B-52's from their 1983 album Whammy!.

The single was their third Billboard Hot 100 chart entry, at #81. The song also peaked at #9 on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart, along with album tracks "Whammy Kiss" and "Song for a Future Generation".

[edit] Chart positions

Charts Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 81
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 9