Released on August 27, 1980, Wild Planet was well received by critics. It reached number 18 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1980 and was certified gold; ” Private Idaho ” became the band’s second Hot 100 entry. The B-52s performed on Saturday Night Live on January 26, 1980, and at the Heatwave festival (promoted as the “New Wave Woodstock”) near Toronto, Canada, in August 1980. The band also appeared in the Paul Simon film One-Trick Pony . In July 1981, Party Mix! was released, a six-song collection containing songs from the first two albums remixed and sequenced to form two long tracks, one on each side.
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