Toni Basil was already a 38-year-old showbiz veteran when her bouncy hit "Mickey" was released in the U.S. in May 1982, and in many ways the song was just a blip on her dizzyingly lengthy résumé. The ...
Toni Basil, the one-hit wonder behind “Mickey,” filed suit in L.A. Superior Court on Thursday alleging that the song has been used without her permission for decades. According to the suit, Basil ...
Toni Basil is so not so fine with JibJab using the video for her signature song “Mickey” for one of its e-cards — and she’s suing-mad over it, claiming that she’s “experienced sleep deprivation, ...
Toni Basil's claims arising from the use of her 80s hit "Mickey" in a South Park episode and in connection with a line of Disney clothing at Forever 21 have been rejected by a California appeals court ...
While Basil’s “Mickey” is famous, it wasn’t the original version of the song. According to Medium, “Mickey” was initially a track called “Kitty” by the British band Racey. When Basil performed the ...
She's the 'Goddess of Go-Go' who topped the charts in 1982 with her smash hit Mickey. While more than four decades have passed since the release of Mickey, Toni Basil is still just as fierce and ...
Basil no longer wears the cheerleading outfit from the video of the 1980s hit, which shot to No. 1 on the Billboard charts in December 1982 thanks to exposure on MTV, but Basil is being cheered by ...
Turns out Mickey can say goodnight after all, despite what the massive 1982 Toni Basil hit declares. Or at least the federal trademark lawsuit over the song that ex-So You Think You Can Dance guest ...
It likely won’t totally blow your mind, to paraphrase Toni Basil’s 1982 hit “Mickey,” but today the ex-So You Think You Can Dance guest judge is going after the Walt Disney Company, Viacom, South Park ...
Toni Basil may be 82 on paper, but fans swear that she hasn't aged a day since her 1982 smash hit "Mickey." In recent months, Basil has posted several videos and photos of herself on Instagram.