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" ...

Austin Butler heads into Oscars 95 with a good chance of winning the Best Actor category for portraying Elvis Presley in the feature film Elvis. Much ado has been made about the actor’s physical ...

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 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 ...