Toni Basil Loses Appeal Over Unauthorized Use of "Mickey"

Music and art is so hard to follow when it comes to lawsuits and copyrights. In my pea brained mind, she didn't write the song; it's not her song. It's like the Monkee's saying '"I'm a Believer" is mine' even though Neil Diamond wrote it. All royalties and the like go to Diamond and if Shrek wants to use it; tough. Though the Monkees, I'm sure, get SOMETHING for their version of the song; I doubt they'd be able to successfully sue anyone over it.

However, it looks like she DID write or added the 'oh Mickey, your so fine' line which, I guess she COULD say was hers....but was that cheerleader chant originally from her or did she just use an already known chant for the cheerleader gimmick? Either way, sadly, I don't think she really has any ground to stand on unless she has written proof saying she owns all rights and licenses to the song.

as for the Dolenz end to it (I'm a Monkees fan, if you couldn't tell, haha), who knows. Maybe it was because of him and her working on Head. But I don't know if she would have even worked with him that much. The dance number was between her and Davy. Or maybe it was the name that really worked with the song. Especially if it originally was 'Kitty'. But in my head....it was TOTALLY about Micky (no E), haha