It's Tricky
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| Single by Run-D.M.C. | ||||
| from the album Raising Hell | ||||
| B-side | Proud to Be Black | |||
| Released | February 8, 1987 | |||
| Format | Vinyl, Cassette | |||
| Recorded | 1986 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop, rap rock | |||
| Length | 3:03 | |||
| Label | Profile Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels | |||
| Producer | Rick Rubin, Run-D.M.C. | |||
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"It's Tricky" is the final single released from Run-D.M.C.'s third album, Raising Hell. It was released late in 1986 through Profile Records and was co-produced by Rick Rubin and the group themselves. The song peaked at No. 57 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 21 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Two decades after the song's release, The Knack sued Run-D.M.C. on the grounds "It's Tricky" sampled their song "My Sharona" without permission.[1]
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[edit] Single track listing
[edit] A-Side
- "It's Tricky"- 3:02
[edit] B-Side
- "Proud to Be Black"- 3:14
[edit] Music video
The music video features Penn and Teller who are hustling a group of people with a game of three-card Monte. Run DMC are called and shut their business down by winning every hand they play. Penn then asks the group if they can teach them to dance, to which they oblige after insisting that they first change their clothes. The video ends with Run DMC showing up to a gig in Japan six months later, where they find the duo impersonating them; unable to tell the difference, the concert promoters deny Run DMC the chance to perform.
[edit] Cover versions
The Bloodhound Gang covered the song on their second album One Fierce Beer Coaster.
Alvin and the Chipmunks covered the song for their 2007 video game Alvin and the Chipmunks. In this version, they changed the lyric "coke and lots of dope" to "sweets and lots of treats."
The German punk band Itchy Poopzkid covered the song on their fourth album Lights out London. And released it as the third single from the album.
[edit] In popular culture
The song is featured in the 1998 film Can't Hardly Wait, the 2000 film Road Trip, the 2002 film The Hot Chick, the 2003 film Malibu's Most Wanted, the 2004 film White Chicks, the 2004 film Friday Night Lights and the 2010 film The Bounty Hunter.
The video game SSX Tricky takes its name from the song as well as using it as its theme music, also having a small clip of the song played if an Über Trick is successfully landed. The song reappears in SSX.
Many arenas play the song in the NHL from the first chorus onward when a player scores a hat trick.
It has been in the TV shows, Family Guy, The Simpsons, King Of The Hill, Glee, and American Idol.
[edit] References
- ^ ""My Sharona" Writers Sue Run DMC For Sampling "It's Tricky"". Chartattack.com. September 18, 2006. http://www.chartattack.com/news/41867/my-sharona-writers-sue-run-dmc-for-sampling-its-tricky. Retrieved July 15, 2010.
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