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 ...

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 ...

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'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 ...

You’ve taken her by the heart and the hand for the last time: Toni Basil, of “Mickey” one-hit-wonder acclaim, is suing just about everyone who’s ever used her totally pure and innocent 1981 ...

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, Variety is reporting. According ...

This is the second entry in Vulture’s occasional series: Pop Culture Mysteries. See our previous piece, about the Red Hot Chili Peppers song “Under the Bridge,” here. Few things stoke the prurient ...

“Mickey” singer Toni Basil has sued Disney and Viacom over the unauthorized use of her 1982 hit in shows like South Park and RuPaul’s Drag Race. In the lawsuit, filed Thursday at Los Angeles County ...

Hey Mickey, you’re so mine! The one-hit-wonder who sang the 80s bubblegum hit “Mickey” is suing Disney and Viacom, claiming they used her tune without permission, according to a report Friday. Toni ...

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 -- ...