Wild Thing (Tone-Lōc-Lied)
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Wild Thing is a song by the rapper Tone Lōc from 1988. It appeared on his album Lōc-ed After Dark .
history
The title of the song is an allusion to the phrase "doin 'the wild thing," a euphemism for male sex, unlike in The Troggs ' Wild Thing of the same name (which was later covered in a psychedelic version by Jimi Hendrix ), where that "Wild thing" was a girl.
After its release in 1988, Tone Locs song reached number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was made even more popular by a parody of the song by Weird Al Yankovic entitled Isle Thing . The song sold over two million copies in the United States and was twice awarded platinum records . In the UK , the song reached number 21 on the charts.
The song uses a sample from Van Halen's Jamie’s Cryin ' . Van Halen's management spoke to Tone Loc, and management allowed him to use the sample for a payout of $ 5,000. This decision was made by the management, although the band themselves did not know about this agreement. The band members were eventually registered as co-writers of Wild Thing and didn't expect the song to be a hit. When the song later became successful, the band received an additional $ 180,000. Alex Van Halen stated that he first heard the song on the radio and didn't realize that this song uses a sample from a song by his band. Only later did he notice the resemblance to one of his songs. He said: "We did our part and got paid, but Tone Loc and his people made millions out of it ..."
In 2000 the song was remixed by the singer Peaches .
Music video
The production of the music video only cost $ 500. In the music video, the style was adopted from Robert Palmer's music video for Addicted to Love , with scantily clad women playing the guitars alongside Tone Lōc. The actress Tracy Camilla Johns took on the leading role of the many women in the music video.
use
The song was widely used in feature films:
- 1989 in the movie Uncle Buck
- 1989 in the series Doogie Howser, MD (pilot episode).
- 2000 in the film Bedazzled
- 2001 in the movie The Animal
- 2002 in the movie Dark Blue
- 2003 in the movie Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
- 2004 in the movie Taxi
- 2006 parody in the movie Totally Awesome (as "Crazy Stuff")
- 2011 in the trailer for The Smurfs
- 2011 in the movie Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Peaches Remix
Wild Thing (Peaches Remix) is a remixed version of Tone Lōcs Wild Thing . The remix contains vocals and rap by Tone Lōc and Peaches himself. This remix celebrated the 20th anniversary of Delicious Vinyl. The remix version reached number 4 on the American dance charts in 2008.
Music video
In the music video for the Wild Thing Remix , Peaches and Tone Lōc sing the remix version Live at Avalon during Delicious Vinyl's 20th birthday.