Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "\"Wild Thing\" is a single by rapper Tone Lōc from his 1989 album Lōc-ed After Dark. The title is a reference to the phrase \"doin' the wild thing,\" a euphemism for sex, unlike The Troggs' hit song, \"Wild Thing\", (later covered by Jimi Hendrix) in which the \"wild thing\" was a girl. According to producer Mario Caldato, Jr., who engineered and mixed the song, producer Matt Dike was inspired by an utterance of \"wild thing\" in Spike Lee's She's Gotta Have It, and asked Young MC to write the lyrics.Tone Lōc's song peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1989, only behind \"Straight Up\" by Paula Abdul, and it spawned at least two parody (by \"Weird Al\" Yankovic, called \"Isle Thing\", about Gilligan's Island and was Yankovic's first rap parody, and by Christian band ApologetiX, called \"Child King\"). It eventually sold over two million copies. It also peaked at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart.The song caused some controversy for sampling Van Halen for a very low cost. The band was later given a larger payment after a court case. The song was remixed in 2007 with additional production and vocals from Peaches."@en }
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- Wild_Thing_(Tone_Lōc_song) abstract "\"Wild Thing\" is a single by rapper Tone Lōc from his 1989 album Lōc-ed After Dark. The title is a reference to the phrase \"doin' the wild thing,\" a euphemism for sex, unlike The Troggs' hit song, \"Wild Thing\", (later covered by Jimi Hendrix) in which the \"wild thing\" was a girl. According to producer Mario Caldato, Jr., who engineered and mixed the song, producer Matt Dike was inspired by an utterance of \"wild thing\" in Spike Lee's She's Gotta Have It, and asked Young MC to write the lyrics.Tone Lōc's song peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1989, only behind \"Straight Up\" by Paula Abdul, and it spawned at least two parody (by \"Weird Al\" Yankovic, called \"Isle Thing\", about Gilligan's Island and was Yankovic's first rap parody, and by Christian band ApologetiX, called \"Child King\"). It eventually sold over two million copies. It also peaked at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart.The song caused some controversy for sampling Van Halen for a very low cost. The band was later given a larger payment after a court case. The song was remixed in 2007 with additional production and vocals from Peaches.".