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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]
Anthony Terrell Smith (born March 3, 1966), best known by his stage name Tone Lōc (/ t oʊ n l oʊ k /), is an American rapper. [1] He is known for his raspy voice, his hit songs "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina", for which he was nominated for a Grammy Award, and for being featured in "We're All in the Same Gang", a collaborative single by the West Coast Rap All-Stars.
Funky Cold Medina" is a hip hop song written by Young MC, Matt Dike and Michael Ross, [1] and first performed by American rapper, actor and producer Tone Lōc. It was the second single from Lōc's debut album, Lōc-ed After Dark (1989).
Jon Voight vividly remembers the first time he heard the song “Wild Thing.” “I was so excited!” he recalls. “I thought, ‘Oh, my God!’ And I fell on the floor!” The year was 1965 ...
Lōc-ed After Dark was the first album by a Black rap musician to top the chart. [5] It featured three singles: "Wild Thing", "Funky Cold Medina", and "I Got It Goin' On". [6] The album's cover is based on Donald Byrd's 1963 album A New Perspective [7] and also features the headlight of a Jaguar e-type sports car.
Fancy's song "Feel Good" from the album Wild Thing has been sampled over one hundred times, most notably by the Beastie Boys on the song "3-Minute Rule" off their album Paul's Boutique (1989). Les Binks, later of Judas Priest, played drums on Fancy's releases. [5]
For the uninitiated, Young MC is the pen behind the Grammy Award-winning hip-hop classic “Bust a Move” from his 1989 Stone Cold Rhymin’ album as well as two of Tone Lōc’s biggest hits ...
The song blends elements of country and hip hop music. It uses a hip-hop beat including jangly acoustic guitar samples. In the choruses and her verse, Jessie Murph talks about the type of people she finds attractive and describes them as "wild ones" that would have “a .45 on ‘em” and be driving recklessly at 102 mph. Jelly Roll combines singing and rapping while his lyrics focus on his ...