"Private Idaho" is a single released by the B-52's from their second studio album Wild Planet (1980).

In preparation of the event, the Idaho Statesman interviewed Fred Schneider about the song's meaning.

"I know it's a beautiful state, but then I know there's also a lot of crazy right-wingers and all that stuff.

"[5] Cash Box called it "a contagious rock dancer" with a "rumbling big beat and surf guitar, with alien vocals.

[6] The single also peaked at #5 on the US Hot Dance Club Play, along with previous single "Give Me Back My Man" and "Party out of Bounds", both from Wild Planet.