Funky Cold Medina - wikipedia Funky Cold Medina `` Funky Cold Medina '' Single by Tone Lōc from the album Lōc - ed After Dark Released March 21, 1989 Format 7 '' single ; CD single Recorded Genre Hip hop, rap rock Length 4 : 08 Label Delicious Vinyl Songwriter ( s ) Young MC, Michael Ross, Matt Dike Tone Lōc singles chronology `` Wild Thing '' ( 1989 ) `` Funky Cold Medina '' ( 1989 ) `` I Got It Goin ' On '' ( 1990 ) `` Wild Thing '' ( 1989 ) `` Funky Cold Medina '' ( 1989 ) `` I Got It Goin ' On '' ( 1990 ) `` Funky Cold Medina '' Tone Lōc 's `` Funky Cold Medina '' from Lōc - ed After Dark Problems playing this file ? See media help. `` Funky Cold Medina '' is a hip hop song written by Young MC, Michael L. Ross and Matt Dike, and first performed by Tone Lōc. It was the second single from Lōc 's debut album Lōc - ed After Dark ( 1989 ). The single was released on March 18, 1989, and rose to # 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 the following month where it went platinum, selling over one million copies. It peaked on the UK Singles Chart at # 13 in May of that year. The song title refers to a fictional aphrodisiac ( described as a love potion ), which is presented in the accompanying video as a steaming potion. The lyrics tell the tale of Lōc 's initially unsuccessful attempts to attract women at a bar. Another patron shares his secret to becoming a chick magnet lies in the drink `` Funky Cold Medina ''. Later, Lōc tests the drink on his dog, who immediately latches onto his leg and attempts to arouse himself sexually, and subsequently becomes more popular with other dogs. Lōc 's subsequent attempts to use the drug backfire on him ; first he targets a woman who, unbeknownst to him until the couple `` got undressed, '' was a transsexual, and then a woman who becomes immediately intent on marriage ( recounting his experiences on the game show Love Connection ). In the end, Lōc concludes the concoction is simply not worth the trouble ( and the video shows him regretfully emptying the bottle into a storm drain ). After the song became popular, several different cocktails were introduced bearing the name `` Funky Cold Medina. '' Contents 1 Song samplings 2 Charts 2.1 Year - end charts 3 Track listings 4 In popular culture 5 References 6 External links Song samplings This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( November 2010 ) `` Funky Cold Medina '' contains samples from the following songs : `` Honky Tonk Women '' by The Rolling Stones, `` Hot Blooded '' by Foreigner, `` Christine Sixteen '' by Kiss, `` All Right Now '' by Free, ' `` You Ai n't Seen Nothing Yet '' by Bachman - Turner Overdrive, and the introduction to `` Get Off Your Ass and Jam '' by Funkadelic. Charts Year - end charts Chart ( 1989 ) Position Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) 99 Track listings ( 1 ) US vinyl, 12 ``, promo A1 Funky Cold Medina ( Vocal ) 4 : 11 A2 Funky Cold Medina ( Funky Beats ) 2 : 46 B1 Funky Cold Medina ( Instrumental ) 4 : 08 B2 Funky Cold Medina ( Funky Acappella ) 1 : 18 US promo 1 Funky Cold Medina ( 7 '' version ) 4 : 11 In popular culture Irish alternative rock band The Frank and Walters recorded a cover of the song, which was later included on their 2 - disc compilation of B - sides and rarities Souvenirs in 2005. Molotov made their own cover version of `` Funky Cold Medina '' in 1998. Andrew E, a Filipino rapper, recorded a song called `` Andrew Ford Medina '' in 1991 which has almost the same samples as the song. Irish puppet turkey Dustin the Turkey covered the song on his 1998 album `` Faith of our Feathers, '' with the lyrics, `` Funky Ford Cortina. '' `` Funky Cold Medina '' is featured in the movie You, Me and Dupree in a scene in which Owen Wilson 's character Dupree has sex with his blind date, a Mormon librarian named Mandy. The song was used in an episode of Scrubs where Dr. Kim Briggs ( Elizabeth Banks ) is crying while she hears this song and covers up the real reason by saying her brother was killed by a `` Funky Cold Medina. '' `` Weird Al '' Yankovic mentioned `` Funky Cold Medina '' in his parody of Loc 's song `` Wild Thing '' called `` Isle Thing '', about Gilligan 's Island. Appears on the soundtrack of the video game Saints Row : The Third. The fictional Mormon boy band Everclean from the mockumentary Sons of Provo mention the song in their intro to their song `` Diddly Whack Mack Mormon Daddy. '' `` Funky Cold Medina '' is the name of the finishing move of professional wrestling tag team the Canadian NINJAs, which is a Superkick by Portia Perez into a bridging German Suplex by Nicole Matthews. Lou Reed selected the song as one of his ' picks of 1989 '. The Spartan Cheerleaders used this song for the `` perfect cheer '' on Saturday Night Live in the skit `` Spartan Cheerleaders at a Chess Tournament ''. `` Funky Cold Medina '' is referenced in the song `` Mas Tequila '' by Sammy Hagar. Brooklyn Nine - Nine referenced the song in season 3 episode 23 `` Greg and Larry ''. `` Funky Cold Medina '' is referenced in the song, `` Pandy Fackler '' by Ween. Futurama references the song in Bender 's Big Score. Everybody Loves Raymond references the song in episode 1x05 - `` Look do n't touch ''. References Jump up ^ ASCAP Ace System. Jump up ^ `` Love Potion ''. TV Tropes. Jump up ^ `` Lyrics ''. Archived from the original on 2007 - 11 - 02. Retrieved 2008 - 04 - 26. Jump up ^ Esther Iverem, `` We Think It 's Legal : Would You Like a Funky Cold Medina ? '', Newsday, July 8, 1989, part 2, p. 15. Jump up ^ `` Top Singles - Volume 51, No. 8, December 23, 1989 ''. RPM. December 23, 1999. Retrieved November 22, 2017. Jump up ^ North, Dale ( November 11, 2011 ). `` Saints Row : The Third stations and tracks revealed ''. Destructoid. Retrieved March 28, 2017. Jump up ^ Rolling Stone, March 8, 1990 Jump up ^ `` Spartan Cheerleaders at a Chess Tournament ''. Saturday Night Live, January 20, 1996. at nbc.com External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Rapista.PH - Sampling 101 : Funky Cold Medina x Andrew Ford Medina Tone Lōc Studio albums Lōc - ed After Dark Cool Hand Lōc Lōc - ed After Dark `` Wild Thing '' ( 1989 ) `` Funky Cold Medina '' ( 1989 ) `` I Got It Goin ' On '' ( 1990 ) Cool Hand Lōc `` All Through the Night '' ( 1991 ) Related articles Delicious Vinyl Rhino Entertainment Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Funky_Cold_Medina&oldid=837313629 '' Categories : 1989 singles 1989 songs Number - one dance singles in Canada Songs about alcohol Songs written by Young MC Tone Lōc songs LGBT - related songs Delicious Vinyl singles Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Articles needing additional references from November 2010 All articles needing additional references Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 20 April 2018, at 01 : 37. 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Question: what is the song funky cold medina about
Answer: a fictional aphrodisiac