I remember Noel Edmonds introducing the video to this song on a Saturday morning episode of ‘Swap Shop’ in what was to be the last series before we got ‘Saturday Superstore’.
I can’t quite remember what Noel was saying but the idea was that this was going to be a ‘Smash Hit’ and that this was a great video. I remember watching it and thinking how right Noel was and so rushed out to get my copy which had a nice picture of Toni Basis dressed as a cheerleader on the sleeve!
The song is a cover version and the original song (by Racey) called ‘Kitty’ was changed by Toni Basil to ‘Mickey’ and with the addition of Toni’s chant ‘Oh Mickey you’re so fine……you blow my mind’ and was a massive hit for her back in 1982 at a time when the charts were full of new romantic synthesiser music made by the likes of The Human League and Duran Duran.
This a fun song with a fun video and deserved to be as massive as it was. It was kept off the number one spot in the UK by ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’ by Tight Fit which while equally fun was not quite as good as this song….
Now listen to the song and watch the video!
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