B-52s had their biggest hit and first million-copy seller with this song… their first song to reach the Billboard Top 40 charts… peaking at number 3… also reaching number 2 on the UK Singles Chart… and number 1 for eight weeks in Australia… number 1 for 4 weeks in New Zealand… number 1 in the Republic of Ireland… number 1 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart… named as one of the 365 Songs of the Century in 2001… named the Best Single of 1989 by Rolling Stone… ranked #246 in Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Bob Rivers gets on board with “Toy Sack.”
As do The Mistletones with–ahem–“Toy Sack.” They’re lyrically diffie, i swear (mostly).