Ricky_("Weird_Al"_Yankovic_song)
Ricky ("Weird Al" Yankovic song)
1983 single by "Weird Al" Yankovic
"Ricky" is a 1983 song by "Weird Al" Yankovic, duetting with voice actress Tress MacNeille.[1] It is a parody of the 1982 song "Mickey" by Toni Basil,[2] which itself, is a cover of Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn's "Kitty" recorded by Racey. The song focuses on the sitcom I Love Lucy, and ends with a segment of the theme from the sitcom.
A music video was created for the song; it was Yankovic's first. According to the liner notes in the compilation DVD "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection, "it was arguably the first comedy video ever shown on MTV".