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| "Legal Tender" | ||||
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| Single by the B-52's | ||||
| from the album Whammy! | ||||
| B-side | "Moon 83" | |||
| Released | 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Studio | Compass Point (Nassau) | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:40 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Composer(s) | ||||
| Lyricist(s) | Robert Waldrop | |||
| Producer(s) | Steven Stanley | |||
| The B-52's singles chronology | ||||
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| "Legal Tender" on YouTube | ||||
"Legal Tender" is the first single released by American new wave band the B-52's from their third studio album Whammy! (1983).
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Pierson and Wilson sing about counterfeiting cash in the basement, using it as a feminist metaphor for outsmarting the patriarchy. (New Wave girls love to sing about stealing.)
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