Funky Cold Medina

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"Funky Cold Medina"

Single by Tone Lōc
from the album Lōc'ed After Dark
Released	March 18, 1989
Format	7" single; CD single
Recorded	1988
Genre	Rap
Length	4:08
Label	Delicious Vinyl
Writer(s)	Young MC
Certification	Gold (RIAA CD Singles)
Chart positions
#3 (United States) #13 (United Kingdom)
Tone Lōc singles chronology
"Wild Thing" (1989)	"Funky Cold Medina" (1989)	"I Got it Goin' On" (1989)

"Funky Cold Medina" is a hip hop song written by Young MC and performed by Tone Lōc, and was the second single from his album Loc'ed After Dark (1989). The single was released on March 18, 1989 and rose to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1989. It peaked on the UK Singles Chart at #13 the next month.

The song is about the adventures of Tone Loc after he receives a love potion called Funky Cold Medina from a friend. In the song, he first tests the potion on his dog, who immediately latches onto his leg and attempts sex with him. Tone's encounters with people were also not what he intended; first he attracts a transvestite, then a woman intent on marriage from the very first date.

[edit] Trivia

This song contains samples from five songs, "Hot Blooded" by Foreigner (whose guitar riff dominates the song), "Christine Sixteen" by KISS, "All Right Now" by Free, "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" by Bachman-Turner Overdrive, and the introduction to "Get Off Your Ass and Jam" by Funkadelic (from which the drum break during the song's bridge is derived).
A Funky Cold Medina is a peach and cranberry vodka cocktail.
The song was parodied on the Canadian comedy show Buzz as Funky Cold Spadina, after Spadina Avenue in Toronto, and also by Nescafe coffee in the UK for a commercial "Hairy Old Cortina".
Was played in the film You, Me, and Dupree.
Funky Cold Medina is mentioned in the "Weird Al" Yankovic song Isle Thing, a parody of another Tone Lōc song, Wild Thing.
Funky Cold Medina is also mentioned in the Sammy Hagar song Mas Tequila.
In the Cheers episode "For Real Men Only," (season 8, airdate November 16, 1989), Rebecca Howe laments her bad luck in coordinating a party, and considers stripping naked and gyrating to "Funky Cold Medina" just to liven things up.
In the Will & Grace episode "Dolls and Dolls," (season 5, airdate April 24, 2003), Grace and Jack take part in a "good old-fashioned folding party" in which they fold Grace's clothes while listening to the song.
Was in the episode "My Mirror Image" of the NBC show, Scrubs where J.D.'s girlfriend Kim remarks, "my brother was killed by a Funky Cold Medina".
Was used in the 17th episode of the second season of My Name is Earl at Earl's birthday party in the motel room.
Referred to several times by vocalist Flavor Flav in recordings of Public Enemy.