But despite all those impressive credits, many fans will forever know Basil for “Mickey,” one of the greatest one-hit-wonders of the ‘80s, or possibly of all time. “Mickey” was actually a remake of ...

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 ...

Toni Basil thinks that JibJab's use of her No. 1 hit "Mickey" is not so fine. The singer-choreographer, whose one-hit wonder "Mickey" has been a staple on music video channels since it debuted in 1982 ...

It took a little while, but the arrival of MTV wreaked absolute fucking bedlam on the pop charts. At the dawn of the '80s, most of the acts who hit #1 were established stars of one sort or another -- ...

The United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit Court granted a victory to Toni Basil last week, affirming a lower court decision. In the 8-page opinion issued by the Ninth Circuit last ...

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 ...

She is not a one-hit wonder, thank you very much. She's an incredibly fit, 72-year-old woman who dances like the wind, but she's not stranger to the spotlight. Toni Basil, whose 1982 hit song "Mickey" ...

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 ...