- It's Tricky
Infobox Single
Name = It's Tricky
Artist =Run-D.M.C.
from Album =Raising Hell
B-side = Proud To Be Black
Released = 1986 (Run-D.M.C.)
Format = Record
Recorded =
Genre =Rap Rock
Length =
Label =
Writer =
Producer =Rick Rubin
Certification =
Chart position = * #57 (USBillboard Hot 100 )
* #32 (USHot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks )
* #30 (USHot Dance Music/Club Play )
* #20(UKUK Singles chart
Last single =
This single = "It's Tricky" (1986)
Next single ="It's Tricky" is a single from the
hip-hop groupRun-D.M.C. . It is featured on the album "Raising Hell " (1986) and Run DMC's greatest hits CDs (numerous). A remix of the song is also featured on EA's SSX Tricky video game.Illusionist sPenn & Teller appeared in the video asThree-card Monte scam artists. The beat came from the guitar riff onThe Knack 's 1979 hit "My Sharona ." [ [http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2006/09/1803.cfm "My Sharona" Writers Sue Run DMC For Sampling "It*s Tricky" ] ] It is also featured on the soundtrack to "White Chicks ",Keenan Ivory Wayans ' 2004 film. It also features in the 2000 film "Road Trip " during the dance-off scene. The chorus is very similar to part of "Mickey".Other versions
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Bloodhound Gang covered the song on their 1996 album, "One Fierce Beer Coaster ".
*The song was also remixed in 1998 byJason Nevins after the success of the previously remixed "It's Like That".
*The song was included in the snowboarding gameSSX Tricky .
*The song also featured in thePlaystation 2 gameSingStar '80s .
*The song is also featured onPlaystation 3 Singstar as download-able content from the network.
*On Season 4 Episode 12 "Resolve" of One Tree Hill, Nathan, Mouth, and eventually, Skills do a strip tease to this song.
*This song is also featured on the movieCan't Hardly Wait
*The song was also featured in the smash hit movie Friday Night Lights.
*The song was also featured in anAmerican Idol Season 7 Ford commercial.
*This song is also featured in the movieMalibu's Most Wanted written by and starringJamie Kennedy
*This song is also used by thePhiladelphia Flyers for everytime a player gets a hattrickLegacy
*The popular Canadian teen drama , which is known for naming each episode after an 80s hit song, named an episode after this song.
*The song was performed byAlvin and The Chipmunks in their video game based on the movie by the same name.References
Footnotes
Notations
* [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=100618&model.vnuAlbumId=581126 Billboard.com Run DMC chart history]
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