"Legal Tender" is the first single released by American new wave band the B-52s from their third studio album Whammy!

A companion music video was produced featuring Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson, in wigs of many shapes and colors.

Hot Dance Club Play chart, along with album tracks "Whammy Kiss" and "Song for a Future Generation."

The song was a 1984 airplay and club hit in Brazil, and was included in the band's performance at the 1985 Rock in Rio festival.

When the band toured Brazil in 2009, omitting the song from the live set, fans chanted for them to play it.