| "Ice Ice Baby" | ||||
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| Single by Vanilla Ice | ||||
| from the album To the Extreme | ||||
| A-side | "Play That Funky Music" (US) | |||
| B-side | "It's a Party" (UK) | |||
| Released | August 22, 1990 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 3:46 (radio edit) 4:31 (album version) | |||
| Label | SBK | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Vanilla Ice | |||
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| "Ice Ice Baby" on YouTube | ||||
"Ice Ice Baby" is the debut single by American rapper Vanilla Ice, K. Kennedy and DJ Earthquake.[2][3] It samples the bassline of the song "Under Pressure" by British rock band Queen and British singer David Bowie, who did not receive songwriting credit or royalties until after it had become a hit. Released on Vanilla Ice's debut album, To the Extreme (1990), it is his best-known song. It has appeared in remixed form on Platinum Underground and Vanilla Ice Is Back! A live version appears on the album Extremely Live, while a nu metal version appears on the album Hard to Swallow, under the title "Too Cold".
"Ice Ice Baby" was first released as the B-side to Vanilla Ice's cover of "Play That Funky Music", but the single was not initially successful. When disc jockey David Morales[4] played "Ice Ice Baby" instead, it began to gain success. "Ice Ice Baby" was the first hip-hop single to top the Billboard Hot 100.[citation needed] Outside of the United States, "Ice Ice Baby" topped the charts in Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland, the UK and Germany thus helping the song diversify hip hop by introducing it to a mainstream audience.[5][6]
- ^ Mark Elibert (June 8, 2022). "'ICE ICE BABY' CO-WRITER CALLS VANILLA ICE A LIAR". HipHopDX. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
- ^ "DJ Earthquake talks about his discovery of Vanilla Ice and how it feels to be referred to as a legend". April 4, 2016. Archived from the original on September 3, 2021. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
- ^ "Jedward to release debut single Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)". January 22, 2010.
- ^ "First Rap Number 1 Billboard Hot 100 (Ice Ice Baby)". XXL. November 3, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
- ^ "Hitparade.ch: Vanilla Ice (Ice Ice Baby)". swisscharts.com. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
- ^ "Official Charts Company: Vanilla Ice". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 18, 2014.