Ricky ("Weird Al" Yankovic song)

"Ricky"
Single by "Weird Al" Yankovic featuring Tress MacNeille
from the album "Weird Al" Yankovic
B-side"Buckingham Blues"
ReleasedMay 3, 1983
RecordedFebruary 11, 1983
Genre
Length2:35
LabelScotti Brothers
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Rick Derringer
"Weird Al" Yankovic singles chronology
"Another One Rides the Bus"
(1981) 		"Ricky"
(1983) 		"I Love Rocky Road"
(1983)
"Weird Al" Yankovic track listing
  1. "Ricky"
  2. "Gotta Boogie"
  3. "I Love Rocky Road"
  4. "Buckingham Blues"
  5. "Happy Birthday"
  6. "Stop Draggin' My Car Around"
  7. "My Bologna"
  8. "The Check's in the Mail"
  9. "Another One Rides the Bus"
  10. "I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead"
  11. "Such a Groovy Guy"
  12. "Mr. Frump in the Iron Lung"
Music video
"Ricky" on YouTube

"Ricky" is a 1983 song by "Weird Al" Yankovic, duetting with voice actress Tress MacNeille.[1] It is a parody of the 1982 song "Mickey" by Toni Basil,[2] which itself, is a cover of Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn's "Kitty" recorded by Racey. The song focuses on the sitcom I Love Lucy, and ends with a segment of the theme from the sitcom.

A music video was created for the song; it was Yankovic's first. According to the liner notes in the compilation DVD "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection, "it was arguably the first comedy video ever shown on MTV".

  1. ^ Mallory, Michael (September 11, 2014). "Surviving the Uncommon Cold". Animation Magazine. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  2. ^ Gibsone, Harriet (July 24, 2014). "Weird Al Yankovic scores first US No 1 with new album". The Guardian. Retrieved February 14, 2018.