It's Tricky
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| “It's Tricky” | ||
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| Single by Run-D.M.C. from the album Raising Hell |
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| Released | 1986 (Run-D.M.C.) | |
| Format | Record | |
| Genre | Rap Rock | |
| Producer | Rick Rubin | |
"It's Tricky" is a single from the hip-hop group Run-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. Illusionists Penn & Teller appeared in the video as Three-card Monte scam artists. The beat came from the guitar riff on The Knack's 1979 hit "My Sharona."[1] 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".
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- Bloodhound Gang covered the song on their 1996 album, One Fierce Beer Coaster.
- The song was also remixed in 1998 by Jason Nevins after the success of the previously remixed "It's Like That".
- The song was included in the snowboarding game SSX Tricky.
- The song also featured in the Playstation 2 game SingStar '80s.
- The song is also featured on Playstation 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 movie Can't Hardly Wait
- The song was also featured in the smash hit movie Friday Night Lights.
- The song was also featured in an American Idol Season 7 Ford commercial.
- This song is also featured in the movie Malibu's Most Wanted written by and starring Jamie Kennedy
[edit] Legacy
The popular Canadian teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation, which is known for naming each episode after an 80s hit song, named an episode after this song.
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