"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)
Peak 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. Image File history File links Nocover. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Tone Loc redirects here. ... March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In music, a single is a short (usually ten minutes or less) record, usually featuring one or two tracks as A-sides, often accompanied by several B-sides—usually remixes or other songs. ... A CD single is a music single in the form of a compact disc. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... RAP may mean: the IATA airport code for Rapid City Regional Airport Rassemblement pour lalternative progressiste, a Québecois political party. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Delicious Vinyl is an American independent record label founded in 1987 by Matt Dike and Michael Ross. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Young MC (born Marvin Young on 10 May 1967 in London, England) was a rapper most known for his 1989 hit, Bust a Move, which won the first-ever Grammy Award for Best Rap Recording. ... Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has sold a certain number of copies. ... A Gold Single is a single that has passed a milestone in official sales. ... The RIAA Logo. ... A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... Tone Loc redirects here. ... Wild Thing is the name of rapper Tone Lōcs 1989 hit single from the album Loced After Dark. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... Young MC (born Marvin Young on 10 May 1967 in London, England) was a rapper most known for his 1989 hit, Bust a Move, which won the first-ever Grammy Award for Best Rap Recording. ... Tone Loc redirects here. ... March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ...

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. For a discussion of the history and current usage of the term transvestite, see transvestism. ... This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ...

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 Ford 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.
• The track is sampled in the classic acid techno track Funky Old Cortina
• Jeremy Roenick sang this song on Off the Record
• It was parodied by Irish puppet Dustin the Turkey as Funky Ford Cortina
• This song was parodied as "Flaming C Arena" by a Calgary Radio Station (AM 106/ Rick Sadler) for the Calgary Flames Playoffs in the 1980s.