Wild Thing (Tone Loc song)

Did You Know?

• The music video, directed by Tamra Davis, cost $500 and copied the style of Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love."
• The leading lady in the video is actress Tracy Camilla Johns.
• A remix featuring Peaches was made for Delicious Vinyl's 20th anniversary and peaked at number four on the US Billboard Dance Singles Sales chart.

Sampling controversy

The song uses an uncredited sample of Van Halen's "Jamie's Cryin'". Van Halen's management requested a flat fee, reported as US$50,000, for the sample, but the band members were not consulted. After the song became a hit, a civil lawsuit was settled out of court for US$280,000.

Uses in popular culture

The song appeared in the 1989 film Uncle Buck during a school scene. Figure skater Tonya Harding used the track in her free skate to win the 1991 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. It was featured in the 2000 film Bedazzled when Brendan Fraser's character meets the Devil, and in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle during a mechanical bull scene. In Taxi (2004), it introduces Gisele Bündchen's character. The song was used in the trailer for Garfield: The Movie and in an edited form in The Angry Birds Movie. On television, it appeared in the 1989 episodes "The Fall" of Midnight Caller and the pilot of Doogie Howser, M.D.. It is briefly heard in the 2012 video game The Darkness II. Bob Sinclar and Snoop Dogg released an electro house cover in 2012.