Isle Thing

Infobox Single
Name = Isle Thing


Artist = "Weird Al" Yankovic
from Album = UHF
Released = August 22, 1989
B-side = "The Hot Rocks Polka"
Format = CD
Recorded = May 25, 1989
Genre = Comedy
Length = 3:38
Label = Scotti Brothers
[ Writer = ]
Producer = "Weird Al" Yankovic
Chart position = none
Last single = "Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*"
(1989)
This single = "Isle Thing"
(1989)
Next single = "Smells Like Nirvana"
(1992)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = UHF
Type = studio
Tracks =
# "Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*"
# "Gandhi II"
# "Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters from a Planet near Mars"
# "Isle Thing"
# "The Hot Rocks Polka"
# "UHF"
# "Let Me Be Your Hog"
# "She Drives Like Crazy"
# "Generic Blues"
# "Spatula City"
# "Fun Zone"
# "Spam"
# "The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota"

"Isle Thing" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Wild Thing" by Tone Lōc.

Track listing

The following tracks are on the promo single:
# "Isle Thing" – 3:38
# "The Hot Rocks Polka" – 4:51

Lyrics

The song involves a fictional account of a rapper meeting a girl who introduces him to the television program "Gilligan's Island". The rapper ponders some of the fallacies of the series, such as how well-supplied the characters were, considering that they were only supposed to be on "a three-hour tour" when they became shipwrecked, or how the Professor, despite apparently having knowledge of multiple scientific disciplines, was unable to create a way to escape the island (the song asks "if he's so fly, then tell me why he couldn't build a lousy raft"). In the end, the rapper and the girl form a successful relationship based on their mutual love of "Gilligan's Island".

ee also

* List of singles by "Weird Al" Yankovic
* List of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic