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"Legal Tender" is the first single released by The B-52's from their 1983 album Whammy!.
Lyrically, "Legal Tender" is an adventure in the counterfeiting of American dollars. The lyrics describe outfitting a basement with "heavy equipment", and learning to print bills because of rising prices. A music video was made to accompany "Legal Tender" for promotion on television, featuring many different coloured and shaped wigs (which were habitually worn by Wilson and Pierson in the band's early years) that received a good amount of play on MTV in 1983.
Musically, "Legal Tender" is an upbeat synthesizer-fuelled track with a drum machine and hand-clap rhythm. The lead vocals are shared by Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson. The opening track on the band's third record, Whammy!, it was a sign that the band had altered their sound quite significantly for this album.
The single was the band's third Billboard Hot 100 chart entry, peaking at #81. The song also reached #9 on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart, along with album tracks "Whammy Kiss" and "Song for a Future Generation."
The song was an airplay and club hit in Brazil in 1984, and was performed during the band's set at the 1985 Rock in Rio music festival. When the band toured Brazil in 2009 and omitted the song from their live set, fans chanted for them to play it. Because of the song's popularity in Brazil, it appeared on the Brazilian version of Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation, on which it replaced "52 Girls." It was also included on the Nude on the Moon compilation some years later.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_Tender_(song)

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