💡 The song won Best Single at the 1986 Brit Awards and spent two weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

💡 It was actually written from a male perspective by Robert Hazard before Lauper tweaked the lyrics.

💡 The band meticulously crafted the backing loop using a marimba, congas, and a kalimba.

💡 Jon Bon Jovi initially didn't like the original recording and almost left it off the album.

💡 The band originally declined to record the song, as they preferred to write their own material.

💡 Eddie Van Halen wrote the synth line years earlier, but the band kept rejecting it until 1983.

💡 Decades after its release, the music video spawned the massive internet phenomenon known as 'Rickrolling'.

💡 It became the best-selling digital track from the 20th century, with over 7 million downloads.

💡 It held the Guinness World Record for the longest consecutive stay on the US Billboard Hot 100 (43 weeks).

💡 Slash created the famous intro riff as a string-skipping warm-up exercise during a jam session.

💡 The distinctive drum sound was created using a technique called 'gated reverb', which defined the sound of 80s drums.

💡 George Michael wrote it after seeing a note his bandmate Andrew Ridgeley had left for his parents with an accidental repeated 'go'.

💡 Sylvester Stallone commissioned the song for Rocky III after being denied permission to use Queen's 'Another One Bites the Dust'.

💡 It was the UK's biggest-selling single of the year in 1983.

💡 The tempo changes dramatically throughout the song, particularly in the bridge, which speeds up significantly.

💡 It was the very last song written for the album, completed in just a matter of days.

💡 Michael Jackson convinced the band to release it as a single after hearing it backstage at a concert.

💡 Toto and REO Speedwagon were both approached to perform the song before it was given to Loggins.

💡 Due to its energetic chorus, the song was widely misinterpreted as a blind patriotic anthem by politicians.

💡 The actual 'Love Shack' that inspired the song was a real cabin located near Athens, Georgia.

💡 The scorching guitar solo at the end of the track was played by a then-unknown Stevie Ray Vaughan.

💡 The song spent four weeks at number one and became the best-selling single of 1988 in the US.

💡 John Oates originally wrote it with a reggae feel, but Daryl Hall suggested changing it to a Motown groove.

💡 It was U2's first number-one hit in both the United States and Canada.

💡 The music video directly dramatized the collaboration, showing the two groups literally breaking through a wall between them.

💡 The song became one of the most played songs in radio history.

💡 The song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

💡 The album went multi-platinum and spawned numerous hits.

💡 One of Whitney's signature songs and a staple at parties and events.

💡 The music video won MTV Video Music Award and became highly influential.

💡 The song is notable for its use of a duet between male and female vocals.

💡 The song was featured in the film 'American Gigolo' and reached #1.

💡 The song won Grammy Award for Song of the Year.

💡 The music video's unique animation style made it a classic.

💡 One of the most recognizable songs of the 1980s.

💡 The iconic music video was the first to feature cheerleading choreography, designed by Basil herself.