Funky Cold Medina

Infobox Single
Name = Funky Cold Medina


Artist = Tone Lōc
from Album = Lōc-ed After Dark
Released = March 18, 1989
Format = 7" single; CD single
Recorded = 1987
Genre = Rap
Length = 4:08
Label = Delicious Vinyl
Writer = Young MC
Producer =
Certification = Gold (RIAA CD Singles)
Chart position =

#3 (United States)

#13 (United Kingdom)
Last single = "Wild Thing" (1989)
This single = "Funky Cold Medina" (1989)
Next single = "I Got It Goin' On" (1990)

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

The song title refers to a type of peach and cranberry vodka cocktail, which is presented in the accompanying video as a steaming love potion. The lyrics tell the tale of Tone Lōc's initially unsuccessful attempts to attract women. At the suggestion of a barman, he plies his intended with "that medina thing". He first tests the drink on his dog, who immediately latches onto his leg and attempts to have sex with him. Tone's subsequent encounters with women also backfire on him; first he attracts a transgendered womancite web | title = Lyrics |url = http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palace/2009/Funky.html | accessdate = 04-26-2008] , and then a woman intent on marriage from the very first date (recounting his experiences on the game show "Love Connection").

ong facts

This song contains samples from six songs, "Honky Tonk Women" by The Rolling Stones, "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).

The funky cold medina cocktail

'Funky Cold Medina' is also the name of an alcoholic beverage which consists of 1 oz Absolut® vodka, 1 oz Southern Comfort® peach liqueur, 1 oz Blue Curacao liqueur per serving, topped with cranberry juice and dry ice.

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