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Toni Basil

Antonia Christina Basilotta , better known by her stage name Toni Basil, is an American singer-songwriter, actress, filmmaker, film director, choreographer, and dancer, best known for her multi-million-selling worldwide #1 hit "Mickey" from 1982.-Early life:Basil was born Antonia Christina...

's debut album. It was released in 1982. It was certified Gold by RIAA. It featured the #1 worldwide hit "Mickey". The album also contains 3 covers of songs by the band Devo

Devo

Devo is an American band formed in 1973 consisting of members from Kent and Akron, Ohio. The classic line-up of the band includes two sets of brothers, the Mothersbaughs and the Casales . The band had a #14 Billboard chart hit in 1980 with the single "Whip It", and has maintained a cult...

 who also performed on the songs. The UK version of the album reordered the songs, added "Hangin' Around", and removed "Rock On" and "Shopping From A To Z".

US LP Track Listing

1. "Mickey
   Mickey (song)
   "Mickey" is a 1982 U.S. new wave song recorded by singer and choreographer Toni Basil. Written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn as "Kitty", it was first recorded by UK popular music group Racey during 1979...
   
   " (Mike Chapman
   Mike Chapman (record producer)
   Mike Chapman is an Australian born record producer and songwriter who was a major force in the British pop music industry in the 1970s...
   
   , Nicky Chinn
   Nicky Chinn
   Nicky Chinn born Nicholas Barry Chinn, 16 May 1945, London, UK) is a British songwriter and record producer. Together with Mike Chapman he had a long string of hit singles in the UK and US in the 1970s and early 1980s, including several number-one records...
   
   ) 4:12
2. "Rock On" (Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn) 4:04
3. "Shopping From A To Z" (Willis, Roberts, Basil) 4:08
4. "You Gotta Problem" (Mark Mothersbaugh
   Mark Mothersbaugh
   Mark Allen Mothersbaugh is an American musician, composer, singer and painter. He is the co-founder of the new wave band Devo and has been its lead singer since 1972. His other musical projects include work for television series, films, and video games....
   
   ) 4:34
5. "Be Stiff" (Gerald V. Casale, Robert Lewis) 3:22
6. "Nobody" (Paul Delph
   Paul Delph
   Paul Delph was a Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, producer, engineer, and studio musician whose catalog includes work with many well-known recording artists from the late 1970s through the mid-1990s. Delph died from complications of HIV/AIDS at his parents home in Cincinnati, Ohio. His ashes...
   
   ) 4:00
7. "Little Red Book" (Burt Bacharach
   Burt Bacharach
   Burt F. Bacharach is an American pianist, composer and music producer. He is known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the mid-1950s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David. Many of their hits were produced specifically for, and performed by, Dionne Warwick...
   
   , Hal David
   Hal David
   Harold Lane "Hal" David is an American lyricist. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York. David is best known for his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach.-Career:...
   
   ) 4:04
8. "Space Girls" (Gerald V. Casale) 2:56
9. "Thief On The Loose" (Basil, Mathieson) 3:50
10. "Time After Time" (Gilder, McCullough) 4:18

UK LP Track Listing

Side A

1. "Nobody"
2. "Hangin' Around"
3. "Thief On The Loose"
4. "Time After Time"

Side B

1. "Mickey"
2. "Little Red Book"
3. "Be Stiff"
4. "Space Girls"
5. "You Gotta Problem"

International Cassette Track Listing

1. "Mickey"
2. "Nobody"
3. "Hangin' Around"
4. "Thief On The Loose"
5. "Little Red Book"
6. "Time After Time"
7. "Be Stiff"
8. "Space Girls"
9. "You Gotta Problem"

Personnel

• Drums: Rick Parnell
  Ric Parnell
  Richard "Ric" J. Parnell is an English rock drummer. Although notable for his work in the band Atomic Rooster, he probably best known for his role as the ill-fated drummer Mick Shrimpton in the film This is Spinal Tap....
  
  , Alan Myers, Ed Greene
  Ed Greene (musician)
  Ed Greene is an American drummer and session musician.An early recording in 1971 has him as a member of the Donald Byrd Group, together with Thurman Green Harold Land Bobby Hutcherson Joe Sample and Wilton Felder , among others....
  
  , Mike Baird
• Bass: Doug Lunn, Gerald Casale
  Gerald Casale
  Gerald Vincent Casale , often known as Jerry Casale, is a vocalist, bass guitar/synthesizer player, and a founding member of the new wave band Devo...
  
   (credited as Jerry Casale)
• Synthesizers: Greg Mathieson, Michael Boddicker
  Michael Boddicker
  Michael J. Boddicker , is an American film composer and session musician, specializing in electronic music. Three times N.A.R.A.S. Most Valuable Player "Synthesizer" and MVP Emeritus, he was awarded a Grammy as a songwriter for Imagination from Flashdance in 1984...
  
  , Mark Mothersbaugh
  Mark Mothersbaugh
  Mark Allen Mothersbaugh is an American musician, composer, singer and painter. He is the co-founder of the new wave band Devo and has been its lead singer since 1972. His other musical projects include work for television series, films, and video games....
  
  , Paul Delph
  Paul Delph
  Paul Delph was a Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, producer, engineer, and studio musician whose catalog includes work with many well-known recording artists from the late 1970s through the mid-1990s. Delph died from complications of HIV/AIDS at his parents home in Cincinnati, Ohio. His ashes...
  
  
• Guitars: Bob Mothersbaugh
  Bob Mothersbaugh
  Robert Leroy "Bob" Mothersbaugh, Jr.,, or "Bob 1", is the lead guitar player and occasional vocalist for Devo and younger brother of lead vocalist Mark Mothersbaugh...
  
  , John Goodsall
  John Goodsall
  John Goodsall is a progressive rock & jazz fusion guitarist most noted for his work with Brand X, Atomic Rooster and Fire Merchants.Goodsall was born in Pennsylvania and has lived in Los Angeles, England, Milan and Minnesota. He began playing guitar at age 7...
  
  , Robert Casale (credited as Bob Casale), Richie Zito
  Richie Zito
  Richie Zito is a session guitarist and record producer from Los Angeles.He has worked with Poison, Neil Sedaka, Yvonne Elliman, Eric Carmen, Art Garfunkel, Leo Sayer, Diana Ross, Marc Tanner, Elton John, the Motels, as well as The Cult, White Lion, Eddie Money, Heart, and Bad English...
  
  , Trevor Veitch
  Trevor Veitch
  Trevor Veitch is a Canadian musician/record producer who has worked behind the scenes on many pop trends from the 1960s to the present. He is mostly known for his involvement in the popular 60s folk rock group, 3's a Crowd...
  
  
• Violin: Richard Greene
• Synthesizer Programming: Dan Wyman
• Additional Vocals: Allee Willis, Bruce Roberts, Bob Esty
• Vocoder
  Vocoder
  A vocoder is an analysis/synthesis system, mostly used for speech. In the encoder, the input is passed through a multiband filter, each band is passed through an envelope follower, and the control signals from the envelope followers are communicated to the decoder...
  
  : Ed Greene

Production

• Produced By Greg Mathieson & Trevor Veitch
• Assistant Engineer and 2-Track Editing: John Michael Weaver

Chart performance

The lead single "Mickey

Mickey (song)

"Mickey" is a 1982 U.S. new wave song recorded by singer and choreographer Toni Basil. Written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn as "Kitty", it was first recorded by UK popular music group Racey during 1979...

" became an international hit, which led to further success. It received double platinum certification. The album, which was released shortly after, was also a success, peaking at just #22 but receiving a Gold certification. However, the following singles ("Nobody" in the UK and "Shoppin' From A To Z" in the US) both flopped, which cut the album's success short. It also reached #27 on the New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 albums chart.

Chart (1982)	Peak position
Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	22
New Zealand Albums Chart	27