Toni Basil - Shopping (Ding) From A-Z

[orlando0999]

is that spazz attack from the devo video "peek a boo"? that dude with a blonde spiked hair?

[katakisLives]

Toni basil is awesome!

[Dashland13]

that  ding in the song is annoying.

[bucky468]

Onions do not begin w/the letter U. Maybe she said something else. This song is as annoying as "Mickey" imo.

[Dashland13]

@bucky468 She said "Undies" for the U in Shopping From A to Z by Toni Basil...

[moonpie73]

@bucky468 i think she says "undies"

[Vengeance509]

Great dancer, horrible singer, but she must have kown she sucked ass. Today they could have warped her reedy voice into something presentable. Lucky US... we missed it ... such a narrow miss with greatness.

But even this has to qualify as the Worst Follow-Up Hit in history. She truly shits crabs, here.

I mean, she might as well be shitting actual crabs out of her asshole in this doomed segment.

[jason24568]

Annoying sound (Ding!) on this video! xD (Ding!)

[bardofoc]

@ 0:40-0:52 is that Turbo from Electric Boogaloo?

[kevico2]

I've never seen the video. I used to babaysit and I'd listen to the song on Toni Basil "word of mouth" album and I'd keep listening to "Shopping from A to Z" - God I didn't have a life back then. Nevertheless, I've seen the video, now I may sleep in peace! lol Thanks for posting!

[kelsernia]

this is a funny song, any one should know this song. even if they dont like it

[Spraycando]

Ding!

[Moonseker]

Its been awhile, IndyCote, is it possible you FORGOT about it?=P Not many remember a music video from 20years ago.

[pictureisup1]

@Moonseker you mean 30 years ago. Yes I am old

[IndyCote]

I'm sorry, I remember when this originally aired on MTV and I do not recall a cheesy ding like that...and to me, it sounds like you just added it after the fact. Love the video though!

[Briben57]

Back in the early 1980's most TV sets only had one speaker. Because we were watching music videos while the audio was in mono, sound effects were sometimes added to the audio tracks. With improvements in technology, TV sets now have two speakers with stereo sound. Most music videos today play in stereo and the original audio tracks have been restored.

[katakisLives]

@Briben57 Even though a lot of the 1990s I did not know that many people who had a stereo television! a lot of the double speaker TV's I had were still mono! the only reason I got stereo later on is because it was possible to plug the hi fi into the cable box.

[dbkparm]

@Briben57 You're full of shit.

[misterashley]

I dug this as a kid. Would sing it every time my mom drug me to the grocery store. Thanks for the post!

[jimmy82869]

Why doesn't she include this song on any of her compilation cds? I have it on "Word of Mouth," but only on lp.

[sharplesal]

it wasnt even a single in the uk, so it did become a bit of a forgotten song

[cymbeli]

Holy crap. I forgot about this song. I loved this dumb ass song when I was a kid. I had this..wow.

[coolgirl2930]

oh so cute honey love it Ginger

[StaceyQ483]

i like this song but i cant help but start craaakinnn up lol

[killerrodan]

I like this song.

[EmoDeathStar121]

Yes it Reached number 7

[yandrfan4ever]

Never seen this video,I know the song but had no idea it was ever a hit

[SweetSerenityXx]

yeah, i know, its shocking, lol, this is sooo bad

[infernicide666]

WOW!!! This is pretty damn obscure right here!!! And here I thought she was a one hit wonder with mickey.So I guess technically she is not a one hit wonder like how everyone says she is.

[beaddiva]

In my opinion, she is one of the best choreographers around. Forget Janet, J-Lo and Brittney--Tony Rocks!

[halfpint34]

Not sure why Chrysalis chosse this as the second single follow up to "Mickey" - clearly not a good decision but a GREAT video. Nice to see Fred Barry from "What's Happening" and that punky guy from the "Satisfaction" DEVO video. Toni still looks beautiful after all these years.

[mashamorgan]

She choreographed David Bowie's 1987 Glass Spider tour and if I remember rightly Spaz Attack, her partner, was one of the dancers !!

[candyshopgirl71]

I watched this video with my Mom when it first came out, I was so crazy for her!

[mearte]

JAJAJAAJ

[derekmimi]

i bet miss basil would make a great flight attendant. lady with the sample said try it with a dip...

[mashamorgan]

Thief on the loose my fave TB track !!

[corpsvalue]

What was the letter U? Did they say onions? LOL!

[OnslaughtJJB]

I think they said undies.

[derekmimi]

does toni do everything with a cheerleader emphasis?

[OnslaughtJJB]

Well she is a coreographer :)

[InXanadu2]

She looks like Lucille Ball a little, especially when she makes that pop-eyed face.,

[SLOWandDIZZY]

OMG! Did they actually add a ding to this travesty??? LOL

[MyBeautifulNose]

That is divine.

[MattLB19]

ok, officially one of the worst songs and videos i've ever seen.

[IndyCote]

C'mon...you know it's good...LOL. It's so bad that it's good. Except for the damn dings...oi!

[MattLB19]

nope.... this is a case of being so bad it's really bad.

[InXanadu2]

Agree. So awesomely tacky it's great!  If it were on iTunes right now I'd buy it!

[patmc82]

M is Matzoh

[patmc82]

L is Liver

M is Matza

R is Relish

U is Undies

[usingmycomputer]

N - Nuts O - Onions P - Pizza Q - Quiche R - Radish? S - Soap T - Tuna U - Undies? V - Veal W - Wiener X - Nothing Y - Yam Z - Zipper

[usingmycomputer]

Can anyone help me out on this? A - Apples B - Bananas C - Chili D - Dog food E - Eggplant F - Fish G - Garlic H - Hairspray I - Ice J - Junk Food K - Ketchup L - Liver? M - Mustard?

[irvinetustin]

I lived through the eighties and I never saw this video in it's entirety until now. Thanks for the great post!

[mignonhenne]

why am i thinking of a george clinton clip ? lol

[stevecarl18]

I need to learn how to flip on my back like that freaky guy and call 911 just in case...

[IndyCote]

There were not those annoying "dings" when it first aired...I remember!

[1983DLVH]

Super Video - Period!!!

[IndyCote]

ok, I remember this video..the "dings" were not that annoying!!!

[redhotstuff]

love how she included the Lockers in this video... pretty dope.

[glitchy7506]

This should be on Sesame Street.

[Muddyw67]

the vocals are out of sync-and whats with the bell?

Love Toni tho

[Briben57]

When this video was originaly played on MTV, like several others, additional SFX were dubbed or added into their videos. This was how the video sounded during the Early days of MTV. It made the video more fun to watch!

[IndyCote]

the dings are irritating...

[maryfan5]

I love that: "X: nothing!"

[WoodRatGirl]

Great voice and choreographer.

[sixiaohai]

I Agree !!!

[reving19]

That guy in the overcoat dances like the guy in Devo's "Can't Get No Satisfaction" video. Same person?

[MarnieReeves]

Yes. He was Toni Basil's boyfriend at the time and went by the name "Spazz Attack." (Really.)

[taffy8davenport]

When I was a teen in the ealry 80s, a tacky local station came on at night and showed videos for us in the country that didn't have cable (MTV) and this was one of the few videos in their library. It's GREAT to see it again.

[parkman35]

This is a helluv a lot better than ANYTHING MTV shows these days. All that rap crap, pop slop stuff....there were in the immortal words of Jack Nicholson in the movie Hoffa....F ing good old days...