It’s the song that was so huge in the early 80s. Imagine disco-goers turning into cheerleaders on the dance floor all thanks to Toni Basil’s “Hey Mickey”. This song was initially released in 1981 but didn’t make it to the charts at all. Then it was re-issued the following year. When it became number 1 in US and Canada, the world took notice. 'Hey Mickey' was so popular that there were several covers of this song from the likes of Girl Generation from South Korea, Weird Al, Olivia Newton-John and more. It was also used in tracks created for Run DMC, Madonna, Kylie Minogue just to name a few. Now, reports says Toni Basil is filing some legal actions over the rights of this song. But, did you know that the song Mickey was also just a cover? The original music was from a UK band called Racey. So ‘Mickey’ was originally entitled ‘kitty’ and was released in 1979 but didn’t take off. Watch Toni's version belo...