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The title is a reference to the phrase "doin' the wild thing," a euphemism for sex. According to producer Mario Caldato Jr., who engineered and mixed the song, producer Michael Ross was inspired by an utterance of Fab 5 Freddy "Come on baby let's do the wild thing" in Spike Lee's She's Gotta Have It, and asked Young MC to write the lyrics. [2]
Tone Lōc's debut album, Lōc-ed After Dark, was released in January 1989. The video for the first single, "Wild Thing," became a staple on MTV in the US. The song rose to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the top twenty in Australia. The second single, "Funky Cold Medina," also became a hit. It reached the top 5 in the US, peaking at No. 3 ...
Lōc-ed After Dark is the debut studio album by American rapper Tone Lōc. [2] [3] It was released on January 23, 1989, via Delicious Vinyl. [4]The album was produced by Matt Dike, Michael Ross, and the Dust Brothers.
So, a November release at the latest. The copyright registration for the "Wild Thing" record lists October 11 as the publication date, which is usually a little before it is actually released to the public. I'm going to change the release date from January 1989 to October 1988. PatConolly 05:07, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
It was the second single from Tone Lōc's debut album, Lōc-ed After Dark (1989). The single was released on March 18, 1989, and rose to number three on the Billboard Hot 100 the following month where it went platinum, selling over one million copies and becoming the second ever platinum-certified rap single (after " Wild Thing " from the same ...
"Jamie's Cryin'" is a song written by the band Van Halen that was first released on the band's 1978 debut album. It was subsequently released as the third single from the album but did not chart. It has also been released on a Van Halen compilation album and was sampled for Tone Loc's 1988 song "Wild Thing".
In 1989, Young collaborated with Tone Lōc on the songs "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina". [3] Young gained fame with the release of his single "Bust a Move", which reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance. [1]
Wild Thing (Tone Lōc song) This page was last edited on 13 December 2024, at 11:03 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...