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In spring 1980, John Lennon, whose post-Beatles music career had been on hiatus for nearly five years while he helped raise his son Sean, was prompted to record again after hearing "Rock Lobster"; according to Lennon, "it sounds just like Ono's music, so I said to meself, 'It's time to get out the old axe and wake the wife up!'" His return to the studio led to the release of Double Fantasy. At a 2002 B-52's concert in New York, Yoko Ono joined them onstage for the performance of this song "to warble and screech with the rest of the band for the show's finale".
The song appears in the Family Guy episodes "The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire" (where Peter plays it on guitar) and "Screams of Silence: The Story of Brenda Q " (as "Iraq Lobster"),and (as "Rock Monster") in The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie. This song is also playable in the videogames Rock Band 3, Donkey Konga, and the upcoming Just Dance 4; for all of these, the single version is used.
Early Commodore Amiga 500 units had "B52/ROCK LOBSTER" etched on the main circuit board.
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