![]() ![]() A subsequent civil lawsuit was settled out of court, with Van Halen receiving US$180,000 as settlement payment. They had no idea "Wild Thing" would become a major hit. Apparently, the sampling decision was made without consulting the band's original members (credited as co-authors of the song). Van Halen's management at the time asked for a flat fee (credited in some reports to be US$5,000) as payment to have the song sampled by Tone Lōc. ![]() The song uses an uncredited sample of Van Halen's " Jamie's Cryin'". In 2008, "Wild Thing" was ranked number 39 on Vh1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop. It also peaked at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart. It eventually sold over two million copies. ![]() It inspired at least two parodies (the Gilligan's Island-themed "Isle Thing" by "Weird Al" Yankovic, which was Yankovic's first rap parody and " Child King" by Christian band ApologetiX). Tone Lōc's song peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1989, only behind Paula Abdul's breakthrough hit " Straight Up". 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. The title is a reference to the phrase "doin' the wild thing," a euphemism for sex. ![]() " Wild Thing" is a single by American rapper Tone Lōc from his 1989 album Lōc-ed After Dark.
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