"Isle Thing" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic

"Weird Al" Yankovic

Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, accordionist, actor, comedian, writer, satirist, and parodist. Yankovic is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts...

. It is a parody of "Wild Thing

Wild Thing (Tone Lōc song)

"Wild Thing" is the name of rapper Tone Lōc's 1988 single from the album Lōc-ed After Dark. The title is a reference to the phrase "doin' the wild thing," a euphemism for sex, unlike The Troggs' hit song, "Wild Thing", in which the "wild thing" was a girl.Tone Lōc's song peaked at number two on...

" by Tone Lōc

Tone Lōc

Anthony Terrell Smith , better known by his stage name Tone Lōc, is an American rapper and actor.-Early life and career:...

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Track listing

The following tracks are on the promo single:

1. "Isle Thing" – 3:38
2. "The Hot Rocks Polka" – 4:51

Lyrics

The song involves a fictional account of a rapper meeting a girl who introduces him to the television program

Television program

A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...

 Gilligan's Island

Gilligan's Island

Gilligan's Island is an American television series created and produced by Sherwood Schwartz and originally produced by United Artists Television. The situation comedy series featured Bob Denver; Alan Hale, Jr.; Jim Backus; Natalie Schafer; Tina Louise; Russell Johnson; and Dawn Wells. It aired for...

. The rapper ponders some of the fallacies of the series, such as how well-supplied the characters were, considering that they were only supposed to be on "a three-hour tour" when they became shipwrecked, or how the Professor

The Professor (Gilligan's Island)

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, despite apparently having knowledge of multiple scientific disciplines, was unable to create a way to escape the island (the song asks "if he's so fly, then tell me why he couldn't build a lousy raft

Raft

A raft is any flat structure for support or transportation over water. It is the most basic of boat design, characterized by the absence of a hull...

"). In the end, the rapper and the girl form a successful relationship based on their mutual love of Gilligan's Island.

See also

• List of singles by "Weird Al" Yankovic
• List of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic