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Antonia Christina Basilotta (born September 22, 1943), [2] better known by her stage name Toni Basil, is an American singer, choreographer, dancer, actress, and director. Her cover of the song " Mickey " topped the charts in the US, Canada and Australia and hit the top ten in several other countries.
Toni Basil is the second studio album by Toni Basil, released in December 1983 on Chrysalis Records. Despite the success of her previous album Word of Mouth and the single " Mickey ", the album was less successful and did not enter the Billboard album chart. [ 3 ]
"Over My Head" was the second single from Toni Basil's 1983 album Toni Basil. [1] [3] The song was released as a 12" record by Chrysalis and Virgin Records. [4]The song was also featured on her 1994 greatest hits compilation The Best of Toni Basil: Mickey & Other Love Songs.
Toni Basil was already a 38-year-old showbiz veteran when her bouncy hit “Mickey” was released in the U.S. in May 1982, and in many ways the song was just a blip on her dizzyingly lengthy ...
However, Basil has adamantly denied that the song is about anal sex, stating: "NO! That's ridiculous." [7] The single reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for one week and number two on the UK Singles Chart. It is Basil's only top 40 success. [13] [14] The song was ranked at number 6 on VH1's "100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s ...
Toni Basil – vocals; Rick Parnell, Alan Myers, Ed Greene, Mike Baird – drums; Doug Lunn, Gerald Casale (credited as Jerry Casale) – bass; Mike Chapman – synthesizer and keyboards on "Mickey" Dorsey High Cheerleaders, classes of 1980–81 – stomping and chanting on "Mickey"
The United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit Court granted a victory to Toni Basil last week, affirming a lower court decision. In the 8-page opinion issued by the Ninth Circuit last ...
The last five volumes were issued on 20 June 1995, and featured songs covering 1983 to 1985. Additional themed volumes—New Wave Dance Hits, [2] New Wave Women, [3] New Wave Halloween, [4] and New Wave Christmas [5] —came out in subsequent years. Rhino Records discontinued the series, due to rights issues and with no plans to re-release them.