“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”.
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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) |
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| Label | SBK | |||
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| Producer(s) | Vanilla Ice | |||
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| “Ice Ice Baby” on YouTube | ||||
“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 BillboardHot 100.[citation needed] The song topped the charts in Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland, the UK and Germany.
