Editing Whammy! (section)

{{About|the 1983 album by The B-52's|other uses of the word|Whammy (disambiguation){{!}}Whammy||||}}
{{Infobox album
| name         = Whammy!
| type         = [[Studio album]]
| artist       = [[the B-52's]]
| cover        = The_B-52's_-_Whammy!.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = April 27, 1983<ref name="NudeLiners">{{cite AV media notes |author=The B-52's |author-link=The B-52s |title=Nude on the Moon: The B-52's Anthology |type=CD liner notes |publisher=[[Rhino Entertainment]] |year=2002 |id=R2 78357}}</ref>
| recorded     = December 1982
| studio       = [[Compass Point Studios|Compass Point]] ([[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]], Bahamas)
| genre        = * [[New wave music|New wave]]
* [[synth-pop]]
| length       = {{duration|m=37|s=17}} (first pressing)<br />{{duration|m=37|s=29}} (second pressing)
| label        = 
*[[Warner Records|Warner Bros.]]
*[[Island Records|Island]]
| producer     = [[Steven Stanley]]
| prev_title   = [[Mesopotamia (EP)|Mesopotamia]]
| prev_year    = 1982
| next_title   = [[Bouncing Off the Satellites]]
| next_year    = 1986
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Whammy!
 | type        = [[Studio album]]
 | single1     = [[Legal Tender (song)|Legal Tender]] / Moon 83
 | single1date = 1983
 | single2     = [[Whammy Kiss]]
 | single2date = 1983 (Germany)
 | single3     = [[Song for a Future Generation]] / Trism
 | single3date = 1983
}}
}}
'''''Whammy!''''' is the third [[studio album]] by American [[New wave music|new wave]] band [[the B-52's]], released on April 27, 1983, by [[Warner Records|Warner Bros.]] (US) and [[Island Records]] (Europe, Japan). It was recorded at [[Compass Point Studios]] in [[Nassau, Bahamas]], in December 1982 and produced by [[Steven Stanley]]. The album spawned three singles: "[[Legal Tender (song)|Legal Tender]]", "[[Whammy Kiss]]", and "[[Song for a Future Generation]]". 

The album entered the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] twice in 1983, reaching both number 29 and 171 throughout the year, while "Legal Tender" reached the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart, as well as the [[Dance Club Songs|''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play Singles]] chart alongside its two respective singles.

The band's goal with ''Whammy!'' was to update their signature sound with [[drum machine]]s and [[synthesizer]]s. The album was also the first to feature vocal performances by all five members of the band, as exemplified in "Song for a Future Generation". This was the final album the B-52s released before guitarist and founding member [[Ricky Wilson (guitarist)|Ricky Wilson]] died of [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]] in 1985, although he appears posthumously on their next studio album, ''[[Bouncing Off the Satellites]]'' (1986).