Editing Cosmic Thing (section)

{{Infobox album
| name         = Cosmic Thing
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[the B-52's]]
| cover        = The_B-52%27s_-_Cosmic_Thing.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = June 27, 1989
| recorded     = 1988–1989
| studio       = *Skyline (New York City)
*[[Electric Lady Studios|Electric Lady]] (New York City)
*Dreamland Recording ([[West Hurley, New York|West Hurley, NY]])
*[[Bearsville Studios|Bearsville]] ([[Bearsville, New York|Bearsville, NY]])
| genre        = [[Pop rock]]
| length       = 47:03
| label        = [[Reprise Records|Reprise]]
| producer     = {{hlist|[[Nile Rodgers]] (tracks 1–3, 6, 9–10)|[[Don Was]] (tracks 4–5, 7–8)}}
| prev_title   = [[Bouncing Off the Satellites]]
| prev_year    = 1986
| next_title   = [[Good Stuff]]
| next_year    = 1992
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Cosmic Thing
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Channel Z (song)|Channel Z]]
 | single1date = 1989
 | single2     = [[Love Shack]]
 | single2date = June 20, 1989
 | single3     = [[Roam]]
 | single3date = 1989
 | single4     = [[(Shake That) Cosmic Thing|Cosmic Thing]]
 | single4date = 1989 (Spain, Philippines, and Mexico)
 | single5     = [[Deadbeat Club]]
 | single5date = 1990
}}
}}

'''''Cosmic Thing''''' is the fifth [[studio album]] by American [[New wave music|new wave]] band [[the B-52's]], released in 1989 by [[Reprise Records]]. It contains the hit singles "[[Love Shack]]", "[[Roam]]" and "[[Deadbeat Club]]". The music video for "Love Shack" won the award for [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video|Best Group Video]] at the [[1990 MTV Video Music Awards]]. Six of the album's songs were produced by [[Nile Rodgers]] in New York City, and the remaining four by [[Don Was]] in upstate New York.

''Cosmic Thing'' was the ninth best-selling album of 1990 in the US, peaking at No. 4 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], and was an international success as well, charting in the Top 10 in the UK, and reaching No. 1 in Australia and New Zealand. The album eventually achieved 4× Platinum status in the US and Platinum status in the UK. Its success served as a comeback for the band, following the death of guitarist, songwriter and founding member [[Ricky Wilson (guitarist)|Ricky Wilson]] in 1985. The band also embarked on the worldwide Cosmic Tour to promote the album.