Funky Cold Medina

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Funky Cold Medina
Tone Lōc
publication March 21, 1989
length 4:11
Genre (s) Hip hop
Author (s) Young MC , Matt Dike, Michael Ross
album Lōc'ed After Dark
Cover versions
2000 KiEw
2001 Molotov

Funky Cold Medina is a song of the American hip-hop - musician Tone Loc . It was released in 1989.

background

The piece was written by Young MC , Matt Dike and Michael Ross, Ross and Dike also produced the recording by Tone Lōc. Samples of the following pieces by other musicians were used for the song : Honky Tonk Woman ( The Rolling Stones ), Hot Blooded ( Foreigner ), Christine Sixteen ( Kiss ), All Right Now ( Free) , You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet ( Bachman- Turner Overdrive ) and Jamie's Cryin ( Van Halen ). It was released on March 21, 1989 as the second single from the album Lōc'ed After Dark .

reception

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Funky Cold Medina
  DE 7th 15.051989 (22 weeks)
  UK 13 05/20/1989 (9 weeks)
  US 3 04/29/1989 (18 weeks)

Funky Cold Medina reached number 7 on the music charts in Germany , number 13 on the British charts and number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 . It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance in 1990, but did not win the award.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Charts UK
  2. Charts DE
  3. Charts US
  4. Grammy Awards: Best Rap Performance ( English ) Rock on the Net. Retrieved September 4, 2014.