Album: Word Of Mouth (1981)

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• Oh Mickey, you're so fine
  You're so fine you blow my mind, hey Mickey
  Hey Mickey
  
  Oh Mickey, you're so fine
  You're so fine you blow my mind, hey Mickey
  Hey Mickey
  
  Oh Mickey, you're so fine
  You're so fine you blow my mind, hey Mickey
  Hey Mickey
  
  Oh Mickey, you're so fine
  You're so fine you blow my mind, hey Mickey
  
  Hey Mickey
  You've been around all night and that's a little long
  You think you've got the right but I think you've got it wrong
  Why can't you say goodnight so you can take me home, Mickey?
  
  'Cause when you say you will, it always means you won't
  You're givin' me the chills, baby, please baby don't
  Every night you still leave me all alone, Mickey
  
  Oh Mickey, what a pity you don't understand
  You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand
  Oh Mickey, you're so pretty, can't you understand??
  It's guys like you Mickey
  Oh, what you do Mickey, do Mickey
  Don't break my heart, Mickey
  
  Hey Mickey
  Now when you take me by the hooves everyone's gonna know
  Every time you move I let a little more show
  There's somethin' we can use, so don't say no, Mickey
  
  So come on and give it to me any way you can
  Any way you wanna do it, I'll take it like a man
  Oh please, baby, please, don't leave me in a jam, Mickey
  
  Oh Mickey, what a pity you don't understand
  You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand
  Oh Mickey, you're so pretty, can't you understand?
  It's guys like you Mickey
  Oh, what you do Mickey, do Mickey
  Don't break my heart, Mickey
  
  Oh Mickey, you're so fine
  You're so fine you blow my mind, hey Mickey
  Hey Mickey
  
  Oh Mickey, you're so fine
  You're so fine you blow my mind, hey Mickey
  Hey Mickey
  
  Oh Mickey, you're so fine
  You're so fine you blow my mind, hey Mickey
  Hey Mickey
  
  Oh Mickey, you're so fine
  You're so fine you blow my mind, hey Mickey
  
  Oh Mickey, what a pity you don't understand
  You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand
  Oh Mickey, you're so pretty, can't you understand?
  It's guys like you Mickey
  Oh, what you do Mickey, do Mickey
  Don't break my heart, Mickey
  
  Oh Mickey, what a pity you don't understand
  You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand
  Oh Mickey, you're so pretty, can't you understand?
  It's guys like you Mickey
  Oh, what you do Mickey, do Mickey
  Don't break my heart, Mickey
  
  Oh Mickey, what a pity you don't understand
  You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand
  Oh Mickey, you're so pretty, can't you understand?
  It's guys like you Mickey
  Oh, what you do Mickey, do Mickey
  Don't break my heart, Mickey
  
  Oh Mickey, what a pity you don't understand
  You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand
  Oh Mickey, you're so pretty, can't you understand?
  It's guys like you Mickey Writer/s: Michael Donald Chapman, Nicholas Barry Chinn
  Publisher: Downtown Music Publishing
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 32

• Jim HarmonDreadfully bad song. One of the worst of all time.
• PopAnyone else here because of Ricky from boys plant?
• Melissa Layton from Fairborn, OhioIt was used in the Time Warner Cable commerical where they sanged Time Warner Time Warner which it was the same as hey mickey hey mickey.
• Stukka63 from St.augustine,fla.That dance.
  Such attitude n sarcasm at the same time.
  Brilliant.
• Stukka63 from St.augustine, Fla.Blast from the past.
  Is Mickey a bi pedal primate or a chemical?
• David from GlasgowIt was also used and covered in the Netflix show "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina".
• Johnny from Carmel Valley, Ca.Toni Basil had a fairly big part in the legendary film, "Easy Rider", starring Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper with Jack Nicholson. She was one of the two groovy babes that dropped ACID with Fonda and Hopper in New Orleans.
• Rob from Detroit, MiThe song had the name Mickey 61 times.
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn November 13th 1982, Toni Basil performed "Mickey" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'....
  At the time the song was at #13 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; twenty-two days later on December 5th, 1982 it would reach #1 {for 1 week}...
  {See the next post below}.
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn August 29th 1982, "Mickey" by Toni Basil entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #83; and on December 5th, 1982 it peaked at #1 {for 1 week} and spent over a half-year on the Top 100 {27 weeks}...
  "Mickey" prevented "Gloria" by Laura Branigan from reaching #1; it stalled at #2 and was in its 23rd week on the Top 100 the week "Mickey" was #1...
  Toni Basil was a regular staff dancer on ABC-TV's "Shindig!' in 1964...
  Ms. Basil, born Antonia Christina Basilotta, will celebrate her 71st birthday in twenty four days on September 22nd {2014}.
• James from Minneapolis, MnOlivia Newton-John did a crazy fun dance version of "Mickey" in 2012 for the movie soundtrack to Aussie comedy "A Few Best Men."
• Camille from Toronto, OhLove it or not, the song's chorus and cheerleader hand clapping stick in your head long after you've heard it. I like it as it was one of those songs that ushered in the music video era.
• Charles Hollingswort from Leeds, AlIn the "Laverne and Shirley" episode "A Chorus Line" Toni Basil's character's name was Mickie!
• Annie from Lombard, IlI saw a cover of "OVER MY HEAD" in the Candy Apple Primus single. I heard "KITTY" in the single too.
• James from Indianapolis, InThis was on a King of the Hill episode when the kids were "Powder Puff Girls" and were cheerleading.
• Cyberpope from Richmond, CanadaOne of the top "one hit wonders" of the '80s!
• Linc from Beaumont, TxI don't think your body ages as much when you are as active as Toni is - she's a dancer. And she has on SOOO much make-up in this video she could have looked 80 and I doubt anyone would have noticed!
• Brendon from Oklahoma City, OkToni definitely did make the song about a gay man. In some of her performances of the song, when she says "I'll take it like a man" she points her hands over her shoulders to her back, leaving little question as to what she was referring to with that line. You can see this in her performance on Solid Gold. Check it out on youtube.
• Greg from Fayetteville, NcAccording to Wikipedia, Toni Basil was almost 40 years old when Mickey became a hit....I haven't seen the video in years, but I don't remember her looking that old!
• Caitlin from Upper Township, Njb*witched did a cover of this. i think it was cute, but after a while, annoying.
• Mike from Germantown, MdThe Weird Al version is better!
• Terry from Northampton, EnglandFantastic song about a Gay man named Mickey.This song remains in my top 3 favourites of all time by a female solo singer.Its a great sing-a-long and dance number with a brilliant video to go with it.Anybody who refuses to give it to Toni Basil must surely be Gay.
• Mickey from Nashville, TnI hate this song. If I ever run into Toni Basil, I will punch her in the mouth. Good thing I will never run into her.
• David from Chicago, IlToni Basil also choreographed and appeared in the Daddy's Song segment of the Monkees feature film "HEAD" in 1968
• Jammie from Deckerville, MiThis is a cool song!
• Alicia from Conway, NhI believe Dan is right, that she did change the song appropriately to what she wanted it to sound like.
  That's my 2 cents
  
• Dave from Cardiff, WalesToni Basil declined to have a Paul Oakenfold remix version of this song released in 1999 - a decision she must surely have regretted later in the year when teenager Lolly went to No.4 in the UK with a cover often referred to as the worst remake in history.
• Schuyler from Clearfield, PaMickey is not gay, sorry. If you listen to the original by Racey, entitled "Kitty", this male group sings about a girl, Toni Basil merely changes all female references to male, and didn't bother to change the lyric about taking it like a man, as taking it like a woman most likely didn't sound as good. Mickey is not Gay.
• Pete from Nowra, Australiathe 2nd cheerleader from the right in the video clip isn't wearing any underwear!!!!!!!
• Erik from Davis, CaDan's comments actually make sense. Now I'll never hear that song the same way ever again!
• M from Merrill, WiHoly COW!!!! I think Dan hit the nail on the head on this one. I never thought about it that way.
• Dan from Chicago, IlThe singer is complaining because Mickey won't give it to her. I contend that it's because Mickey is GAY and she knows it. Listen to the lyrics and tell me I'm wrong!
  
  "Oh Mickey, what a pity you don't understand-You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand-Oh Mickey, you're so pretty, can't you understand-It's guys like you Mickey-Oh, what you do Mickey, do Mickey-Don't break my heart, Mickey"
  
  ...you're so pretty...guys like you...
  
  Now just think about this line:
  
  "So come on and give it to me anyway you can-Anyway you want to do it, I'll take it like a man"
  
  I'll leave that to your imagination.

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