"Isle Thing"
File:Isle Thing.jpg
Single by "Weird Al" Yankovic
from the album UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff
B-side "The Hot Rocks Polka"
Released August 22, 1989
Format CD single
Recorded May 25, 1989
Genre Comedy, Pop-Rap
Length 3:38
Label Scotti Brothers
Producer Rick Derringer
"Weird Al" Yankovic singles chronology
"Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*"
(1989)
"Isle Thing"
(1989)
"Smells Like Nirvana"
(1992)
UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff track listing
  1. "Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*"
  2. "Gandhi II"
  3. "Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters from a Planet near Mars"
  4. "Isle Thing"
  5. "The Hot Rocks Polka"
  6. "UHF"
  7. "Let Me Be Your Hog"
  8. "She Drives Like Crazy"
  9. "Generic Blues"
  10. "Spatula City"
  11. "Fun Zone"
  12. "Spam"
  13. "The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota"

"Isle Thing" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Wild Thing" by Tone Lōc.

Track listing [link]

The following tracks are on the promo single:

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

Lyrics [link]

The song involves a fictional account of a rapper meeting a girl who introduces him to the television program Gilligan's Island. 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, 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"). In the end, the rapper and the girl form a successful relationship based on their mutual love of Gilligan's Island.

See also [link]



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Isle Thing

by: Weird Al Yankovic

Met this fine young thing
At the local Circle K
We made a date for a half past eight
And I said, "What the hey?"
So I journeyed to her crib
And I let myself inside
That chick was slouched down on the couch
I think her brain was fried
Couldn't figure it out
She wouldn't even look at me
Then I saw her eyes, she was hypnotised
Cold glued to her TV
"Hey, what's your problem baby doll
Let's have a little fling"
She said, "Hey you fool, now just be cool
I'm watchin' that Gilligan's Isle thing"
Isle thing
Isle thing, isle thing, isle thing
Watchin' all night
Musta, been a marathon
I was bummin', those shows kept comin'
Here's what was goin' on
These Castaways were stranded
On this island out at sea
One of them called Gilligan
So let's name him after m
He'd mess up every rescue
Man, that first mate was illin'
If I was one of those Castaways
I think I'd probably kill 'im
Just about that time
Telephone began to ring
She said, "Just let it, my machine'll get
We're watchin' the Gilligan's Isle thing
Isle thing
She loves that Gilligan's Isle thing
Isle thing, isle thing, isle thing
Please, baby, baby, please
I like the professor
He always saves their butts
He could build a nuclear reactor
From a clouple' of coconuts
She said, "That guy's a genius"
I shook my head and laughed
I said, "If he's so fly, they tell me why
He couldn't build a lousy raft"
And while we're on the subject
I'll tell you one thing for sure
Those homeboys brought an awful lot
For just a three hour tour
Then her mom came in the room
It was kind of embarrasing
She said, "Hey you two, I was once like you
And I loved that Gilligan's Isle thing"
Isle thing
She'd watch that Gilligan's Isle thing
Please, baby, baby, please
Skipper's in a hammock
He's looking kinda fat
He'd throw a fit and then he'd hit
Old Gilligan with his hat
Mrs. Hal had it goin' on
But Mr. Hal was meaner
Ginger and Mary Anne could've used
Some funky cold medina (?)
I was really diggin' this show
I didn't know what to do
It kinda looked like I was hooked
Now I'm an addict too
I know each episode by heart
Now I'm the rerun king
And on every date we both stay up late
And we watch the Gilligan's Isle thing
Isle thing
Hasta la vista, little buddy




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