Ice Ice Baby

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Robert Van Winkle, better known by his stage name Vanilla Ice, wrote "Ice Ice Baby" in 1983 at the age of 16, basing its lyrics upon his experiences in South Florida.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/nov/03/popandrock.exhibition |title=Is this it? |access-date=February 13, 2009 |last=Rayner |first=Alex |date=November 3, 2007 |work=The Guardian |location=UK}} The lyrics describe a shooting and Van Winkle's rhyming skills.{{cite book |last1=Perullo |first1=Alex |last2=Fenn |first2=John |editor1-first=Berger |editor1-last=Harris M. |editor2-first=Carroll |editor2-last=Michael Thomas |title=Global Pop, Local Language |year=2003 |publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi |isbn=1-57806-536-4 |page=[https://archive.org/details/globalpoplocalla0000unse/page/25 25] |chapter=Ideologies, Choices, and Practicies in Eastern African Hip Hop |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/globalpoplocalla0000unse/page/25 }} The chorus of "Ice Ice Baby" originates from the signature chant of the national African American fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha.{{cite book |last1=Keyes |first1=Cheryl L |title=Rap Music and Street Consciousness |year=2004 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=0-252-07201-4 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rapmusicstreetco0000keye/page/107 107] |chapter=Blending and Shaping Styles: Rap and Other Musical Voices |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/rapmusicstreetco0000keye/page/107 }}{{cite book |last1=Fine |first1=Elizabeth Calvert |title=Soulstepping: African American Step Shows |year=2003 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=0-252-02475-3 |page=[https://archive.org/details/soulsteppingafri0000fine/page/145 145] |chapter=The Cultural Politics of Step Shows |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/soulsteppingafri0000fine/page/145 }} Of the song's lyrics, Van Winkle stated in a 2001 interview that "If you released 'Ice Ice Baby' today, it would fit in today's lyrical respect among peers, you know what I'm sayin'? [...] My lyrics aren't, 'Pump it up, go! Go!' At least I'm sayin' somethin'."{{cite news|url=http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/music/feature/2002/01/03/ice/index.html |title=Ice capades |access-date=February 13, 2009 |last=Vontz |first=Andrew |year=2001 |work=Salon.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071121221641/http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/music/feature/2002/01/03/ice/index.html |archive-date=November 21, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}

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The song's hook samples the bassline of the 1981 song "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie,{{cite book |last=Hess |first=Mickey |title=Is Hip Hop Dead? |year=2007 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-275-99461-7 |page=[https://archive.org/details/ishiphopdeadpast00hess_0/page/118 118] |chapter=Vanilla Ice: The Elvis of Rap |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/ishiphopdeadpast00hess_0/page/118 }} who did not receive credit or royalties for the sample.{{cite book |last1=Westfahl |first1=Gary |title=Science Fiction, Children's Literature, and Popular Culture |year=2000 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=0-313-30847-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/sciencefictionch00west_0/page/100 100] |chapter=Legends of the Fall: Behind the Music |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/sciencefictionch00west_0/page/100 }} In a 1990 interview, Van Winkle claimed the two melodies were slightly different because he had added an additional note on the "and" of the fourth beat.{{cite web |url=http://www.iowastatedaily.com/news/article_766d27d2-dc56-5ff3-9040-47e44d46094f.html |title=Word to your mother |access-date=February 13, 2009 |last=Stillman |first=Kevin |date=February 27, 2006 |work=Iowa State Daily |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304173901/http://www.iowastatedaily.com/news/article_766d27d2-dc56-5ff3-9040-47e44d46094f.html |url-status=dead }} In later interviews, Van Winkle readily admitted he sampled the song and claimed his 1990 statement was a joke; others, however, suggested he had been serious.{{cite book |last1=Adams |first1=Nick |author-link=Nick Adams (comedian) |title=Making Friends with Black People |year=2006 |publisher=Kensington Books |isbn=0-7582-1295-X |page=75 |chapter=When White Rappers Attack }} After representatives for Queen and Bowie threatened a copyright infringement suit against him, the matter was settled out of court, with Van Winkle being required to pay financial recompense to the original artists. Bowie and all members of Queen were also given songwriting credit for the sample. "Ice Ice Baby" is written in the key of D minor.{{Cite web|last1=David|first1=Bowie|last2=John|first2=Deacon|last3=Roger|first3=Taylor|last4=Freddie|first4=Mercury|last5=Brian|first5=May|last6=M|first6=Smooth|last7=Earthquake|last8=Ice|first8=Vanilla|last9=Ice|first9=Vanilla|date=2008-06-09|title=Ice Ice Baby|url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0065982|access-date=2021-07-01|website=Musicnotes.com}}

In December 1990, Van Winkle told British youth music magazine Smash Hits where he came up with the idea of sampling "Under Pressure":{{cite journal |title=Feature: Has Vanilla Ice been stealing other people's songs? |journal=Smash Hits |publisher=EMAP Metro |issue=12–25 December 1990 |page=59}}

{{blockquote|The way I do stuff is to go through old records that my brother has. He used to listen to rock 'n' roll and stuff like that. I listened to funk and hip hop because rock wasn't really my era. But having a brother like that, well, I just mixed the two, and he had a copy of 'Under Pressure'. And putting those sounds to hip hop was great. | Robert Van Winkle | Smash Hits}}

Van Winkle described himself as the first rapper to cross into the pop market and said that although his pioneer status forced him to "take the heat for a lot of people" for his music's use of samples, the criticism he received over sample use allowed sampling to become acceptable in mainstream hip hop.{{cite news |first=Alida |last=Hoebee |title=Vanilla Ice – He's Still Cool |url=http://www.samesame.com.au/features/1790/Vanilla-Ice-Hes-Still-Cool.htm |publisher=Inside Out |location=Australia |date=December 24, 2007 |access-date=February 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226000354/http://www.samesame.com.au/features/1790/Vanilla-Ice-Hes-Still-Cool.htm |archive-date=February 26, 2008 |url-status=dead }}

"Ice Ice Baby" was initially released by Ichiban Records as the B-side to Van Winkle's cover of "Play That Funky Music".{{cite news |first=Alona |last=Wartofsky |title=The Iceman Returneth; Vanilla Ice: Once Hated, He's Back With a Different Rap |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-696609.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023110920/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-696609.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 23, 2012 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=November 22, 1998 |access-date=February 13, 2009 }} The 12-inch single featured the radio, instrumental and a cappella versions of "Play That Funky Music" and the radio version and "Miami Drop" remix of "Ice Ice Baby".{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Vanilla-Ice-Ice-Ice-Baby/release/204062 |title=Information for "Ice Ice Baby" (12") |year=1990 |access-date=February 13, 2009 |publisher=Discogs}} When a disc jockey named David Morales played "Ice Ice Baby" instead of the single's A-side, the song gained more success than "Play That Funky Music". A music video for "Ice Ice Baby" was produced for $5000.{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Corcoran |title=Black and white & rap all over: Mass America moves to beat of hip-hop |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB3733140C43839&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |work=Chicago Sun-Times |date=January 27, 1991 |access-date=February 26, 2009 }}{{cite news |first=Robert |last=Hilburn |title=Why Is Everyone Still Fussing About Ice? |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/61138632.xml?dids=61138632:61138632&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+17%2C+1991&author=ROBERT+HILBURN&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=COVER+STORY+WAR+OF+THE+RAP+EGOS+VANILLA+ICE+Why+Is+Everyone+Still+Fussing+About+Ice%3F&pqatl=google |work=Los Angeles Times |date=March 17, 1991 |access-date=February 26, 2009 |archive-date=April 15, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415003752/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/61138632.xml?dids=61138632:61138632&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+17%2C+1991&author=ROBERT+HILBURN&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=COVER+STORY+WAR+OF+THE+RAP+EGOS+VANILLA+ICE+Why+Is+Everyone+Still+Fussing+About+Ice%3F&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }} The video was financed by Van Winkle's manager, Tommy Quon, and shot on the roof of a warehouse in Dallas, Texas.{{cite news |first=Ken Parish |last=Perkins |title=Building with Ice: Tommy Quon struggled for years running clubs – then found a ticket out |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED56208AA285247&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |work=The Dallas Morning News |date=March 31, 1991 |access-date=February 26, 2009 }}

In the video, Van Winkle is shown rapping the lyrics while he and others dance to the song. Heavy airplay of the video by The Box while Van Winkle was still unknown increased public interest in the song.{{cite book |last1=Banks |first1=Jack |title=Monopoly Television: MTV's Quest to Control the Music |year=1996 |publisher=Westview Press |isbn=0-8133-1821-1 |page=[https://archive.org/details/monopolytelevisi0000bank/page/56 56] |chapter=Other Video Music Program Services |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/monopolytelevisi0000bank/page/56 }} "Ice Ice Baby" was given its own single, released in 1990 by SBK Records in the United States, and EMI Records in the United Kingdom. The SBK single contained the "Miami Drop", instrumental and radio mixes of "Ice Ice Baby" and the album version of "It's a Party".{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Vanilla-Ice-Ice-Ice-Baby/release/217177 |title=Information for "Ice Ice Baby" (SBK) |year=1990 |access-date=February 13, 2009 |publisher=Discogs}} The EMI single contained the club and radio mixes of the song, and the shortened radio edit.{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Vanilla-Ice-Ice-Ice-Baby/release/210032 |title=Information for "Ice Ice Baby" (EMI) |year=1990 |access-date=February 13, 2009 |publisher=Discogs}} The single was quickly pulled from the American market soon after the song reached number one, in a successful attempt to drive consumers to buy the album instead.{{cite news |last=Rosen |first=Steven |title=Album ploy for Vanilla Ice tough on kid buyers |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DP&p_theme=dp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB1D1B36592E12F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |newspaper=The Denver Post |date=December 17, 1990 |access-date=September 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226205704/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DP&p_theme=dp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB1D1B36592E12F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |archive-date=February 26, 2021}}

"Ice Ice Baby" garnered critical acclaim, was the first hip hop single to top the Billboard charts,{{cite journal |last=Kihn |first=Martin |date=May 18, 1992 |title=Charles in Charge |journal=New York |volume=25 |issue=20 |page=40 }} and has been credited for helping diversify hip hop by introducing it to a mainstream audience.{{cite book |last1=Kyllonen |first1=Tommy |title=Un.orthodox: Church. Hip-Hop. Culture |year=2007 |publisher=Zondervan |isbn=978-0-310-27439-1 |page=92 |chapter=An unorthodox culture: hip-hop's history }}

Larry Flick from Billboard commented, "Photogenic white rapper rocks impressively over a sparse beat-bed that borrows heavily from Queen's "Under Pressure". Could pack a powerful multiformat punch."{{cite magazine|first= Larry |last= Flick |title= Single Reviews |magazine= Billboard |date= 1990-09-01 |page= 73 |access-date= 2020-10-28 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1990/BB1990.pdf |author-link= Larry Flick}} The Daily Vault's Christopher Thelen said it "did more for overexposure than New Coke did for soft drinks".{{cite web|first= Christopher |last= Thelen |title= To The Extreme – Vanilla Ice |publisher= The Daily Vault |date= 1999-08-14 |access-date= 2020-11-22 |url= http://dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=3805}} Entertainment Weekly reviewer Mim Udovitch wrote that "[Vanilla Ice] probably would have scored with his hit rap single "Ice Ice Baby" even if he hadn't been white. There's just something about the way its hook – a sample from Queen and David Bowie's "Under Pressure" — grabs you and flings you out onto the dance floor."{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/1990/11/02/extreme/ |title=Review of To the Extreme |access-date=February 13, 2009 |last=Udovitch |first=Mim |date=November 2, 1990 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-date=April 15, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415125856/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,318500,00.html |url-status=live }} Selina Webb from Music Week said, "Equally lacking in originality yet holding the same commercial appeal". She added, "The catchy part is borrowed from Queen's "Under Pressure", the vocal is a cool white rap. Slightly more street cred than the New Kids, yet falling squarely into the same huge market."{{cite magazine|first= Selina |last= Webb |title= Singles |magazine= Music Week |date= 1990-11-17 |page= 23 |access-date= 2020-11-01 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1990/MW-1990-11-17.pdf}} A reviewer from The Network Forty said that "like Mellow Man Ace, the rap melts slowly and is as much a mood piece as it is a cruising tune. A motocross champion from Dallas via Miami, the 22-year-old Ice says it's time to chill out."{{cite magazine|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Network-40/90/Network-40-1990-08-24.pdf|title=Top 40: Music Meeting|magazine=The Network Forty|date=1990-08-24|page=25|access-date=2018-02-22}} Stephen Dalton from NME complimented it as a "catchy pop thumper".{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Dalton|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52272551458/|title=Long Play|magazine=NME|date=1991-01-12|page=26|access-date=2023-04-03}}

Following the song's success, California rapper Mario "Chocolate" Johnson, an associate of record producer Suge Knight, claimed that he had helped in writing the song, and had not received credit or royalties.{{cite book |last1=Sullivan |first1=Randall |title=LAbyrinth: A Detective Investigates the Murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G., the Implication of Death Row Records' Suge Knight, and the Origins of the Los Angeles Police Scandal |year=2003 |publisher=Grove Press |isbn=0-8021-3971-X |page=56 }} Knight and two bodyguards arrived at The Palm in West Hollywood, where Van Winkle was eating. After shoving Van Winkle's bodyguards aside, Knight and his own bodyguards sat down opposite Van Winkle, staring at him before finally asking "How you doin'?" Similar incidents were repeated several times before Knight showed up at Van Winkle's suite on the fifteenth floor of the Bel Age Hotel, accompanied by Johnson and a member of the Los Angeles Raiders. According to Van Winkle, Knight took him out on the balcony by himself, and implied that he would throw Van Winkle off unless he signed the rights to the song over to Knight.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/vanillaice/articles/story/5921192/to_the_extreme_and_back |title=To The Extreme and Back |access-date=November 14, 2008 |last=Fischer |first=Blair R. |date=March 12, 1998 |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060509133342/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/vanillaice/articles/story/5921192/to_the_extreme_and_back |archive-date=May 9, 2006 |url-status=dead}}

Detroit-based rapper Eminem states that when he first heard "Ice Ice Baby", "I felt like I didn't want to rap anymore. I was so mad, because he was making it real hard for me."{{cite book |last1=Hasted |first1=Nick |title=The Dark Story of Eminem |year=2005 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=1-84449-726-7 |page=[https://archive.org/details/darkstoryofemine0000hast/page/42 42] |chapter=The White Negro |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/darkstoryofemine0000hast/page/42 }}

After audiences began to view Van Winkle as a novelty act and a pop star rather than a legitimate rapper, his popularity began to decline.{{cite news |title=Catching Up With... Vanilla Ice |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/02/16/DI2006021601769.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 17, 2006 |access-date=February 13, 2009 }} Van Winkle lost some credibility among hip hop fans, but later began to regain some success, attracting a new audience outside of the mainstream audience that had formerly accepted him and then rejected him. "Ice Ice Baby" continues to be the signature song that Van Winkle is best known for internationally, although Van Winkle states that his American fans like his newer music better.{{cite news|first=Alyssa |last=Braithwaite |title=Vanilla Ice announces Perth concert |url=http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,22948302-5005392,00.html |work=The Sunday Times |publisher=News Corp Australia |location=Perth, Western Australia |date=December 19, 2007 |access-date=February 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080128060147/http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0%2C21598%2C22948302-5005392%2C00.html |archive-date=January 28, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

According to Rolling Stone, the "Ice Ice Baby"–"Under Pressure" controversy is a landmark music copyright case, since it "sparked discussion about the punitive actions taken in plagiarism cases". The magazine's Jordan Runtagh added: "Though [Vanilla Ice] paid the price, some argue that isn't enough to make up for the potential credibility lost by Queen and David Bowie, who are now linked to him through a collaboration they had no choice in joining."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/songs-on-trial-10-landmark-music-copyright-cases-20160608/vanilla-ice-vs-queen-and-david-bowie-1990-20160608|first=Jordan|last=Runtagh|title=Songs on Trial: 10 Landmark Music Copyright Cases" > "Vanilla Ice vs. Queen and David Bowie (1990)|magazine=rollingstone.com|date=June 8, 2016|access-date=November 22, 2017|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035315/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/songs-on-trial-10-landmark-music-copyright-cases-20160608/vanilla-ice-vs-queen-and-david-bowie-1990-20160608|url-status=dead}}

A live version of the song appeared on the album Extremely Live.{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r28385/review|pure_url=yes}} |title=Review of Extremely Live |access-date=March 7, 2009 |last=Huey |first=Steve |website=Allmusic}} "Ice Ice Baby" was rerecorded in a nu metal version titled "Too Cold".{{cite book |last1=Hess |first1=Mickey |editor=Hess, Mickey |title=Icons of Hip Hop |year=2007 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-33903-5 |page=[https://archive.org/details/iconsofhiphopenc0000unse/page/94 94] |chapter=Vanilla Ice |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/iconsofhiphopenc0000unse/page/94 }} Originally intended to be released as a hidden track or B-side, "Too Cold" was featured on Van Winkle's 1998 album Hard to Swallow, and received radio play in some markets. In 2000, a remix titled "Ice Ice Baby 2001" was released in Europe as a single, with a newly produced music video. The remix generated new international interest in Van Winkle's music.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1435112/20001026/vanilla_ice.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010625114322/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1435112/20001026/vanilla_ice.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 25, 2001 |title=Vanilla Ice Picks "Skabz" On Next LP |access-date=February 13, 2009 |last=Saidman |first=Sorelle |date=October 26, 2000 |publisher=MTV}}

VH1 and Blender ranked "Ice Ice Baby" fifth on its list of the "50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs Ever".{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vh1--blender-magazine-present-50-most-awesomely-bad-songs--ever-premiering-wednesday-may-12-900-pm-72640707.html|title=VH1 & Blender Magazine Present: 50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs ... Ever|publisher=VH1, Blender|website=Archived at PR Newswire|date=12 May 2004|access-date=June 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830103537/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vh1--blender-magazine-present-50-most-awesomely-bad-songs--ever-premiering-wednesday-may-12-900-pm-72640707.html|archive-date=August 30, 2017|url-status=dead}} It was also given the distinction by the Houston Press as being the worst song ever to emanate from Texas.{{cite news|url=http://www.houstonpress.com/2004-04-29/music/the-dirty-thirty/2/|title=The worst songs of all time from Texas|newspaper=Houston Press|last=Lomax|first=John Lomax|date=29 April 2004|access-date=31 May 2013}} In 1999, the song's music video was "retired" on the MTV special 25 Lame, in which Van Winkle himself appeared to destroy the video's master tape. Given a baseball bat, Van Winkle ended up destroying the show's set.{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/1999/05/14/vanilla-ice-cracks/ |title=Vanilla Ice cracks |access-date=February 13, 2009 |last=Karger |first=Dave |date=May 14, 1999 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-date=May 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502013116/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,273353,00.html |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,578492,00.html |title=Stupid Questions |access-date=February 13, 2009 |date=Jan 23, 2004 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-date=April 15, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415130943/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,578492,00.html |url-status=dead }} However, in December 2007, VH1 ranked the song in 29th place of their 100 Greatest Songs of the 90's.{{cite web|last=Ali |first=Rahsheeda |url=http://blog.vh1.com/2007-12-13/top-100-songs-of-the-90s/ |title=The 100 Greatest Songs Of the '90s |publisher=Blog.vh1.com |date=2013-05-23 |access-date=2014-03-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214035830/http://blog.vh1.com/2007-12-13/top-100-songs-of-the-90s |archive-date=February 14, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}

In November 2011, MTV Dance ranked "Ice Ice Baby" No. 71 in their list of "The 100 Biggest 90's Dance Anthems of All Time".MTV Dance. December 27, 2011.

In 2019, Billboard listed it at No. 108 in their ranking of "Billboard{{'}}s Top Songs of the '90s".{{cite magazine|first=|last=|title=Greatest of All Time: Billboard's Top Songs of the '90s|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-billboards-top-songs-90s/|date=2019|accessdate=April 24, 2022}}

In 1991, Alvin and the Chipmunks released a cover version entitled "Ice Ice Alvin" for their album The Chipmunks Rock the House.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/The-Chipmunks-Rock-House/dp/B001TR45J0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344440789&sr=8-1&keywords=the+chipmunks+rock+the+house |title=The Chipmunks Rock the House |website=Amazon |access-date=2012-08-08}} "Weird Al" Yankovic included the chorus as the final song in "Polka Your Eyes Out", the polka medley from his 1992 album Off the Deep End.{{cite AV media notes| title = Off the Deep End| others = "Weird Al" Yankovic| year = 1992| type = liner| publisher = Scotti Bros. Records}} In 2004, the song was featured in the film 13 Going on 30. In 2010, the song was featured in the Glee episode "Bad Reputation" as performed by Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison).{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/glee-cast/315816847 |title='Glee' Cast Songs on iTunes|publisher=iTunes|access-date=December 5, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091117081915/https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/glee-cast/id315816847| archive-date=November 17, 2009 | url-status= live}} In 2012, several references to the song were made in the film That's My Boy, where Van Winkle guest-starred as himself – Donny Berger (Adam Sandler), an old friend of Van Winkle, asks him for money, claiming he should be "loaded" with the royalties he receives from the song; however, Van Winkle tells him that "Queen took 50 percent, Suge took the other 60 percent, I fucking owe money when that shit gets played, man!" Later on, Berger and Van Winkle drive in Van Winkle's Ford Mustang 5.0, a reference to the car he drove in the music video (but not the same car), then listen to the song on Van Winkle's Walkman as they run.{{Cite web|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|title=Vanilla Ice 'Enjoyed The Hell Out Of' Playing Himself In 'That's My Boy'|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2441508/vanilla-ice-enjoyed-the-hell-out-of-playing-himself-in-thats-my-boy/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204318/http://www.mtv.com/news/2441508/vanilla-ice-enjoyed-the-hell-out-of-playing-himself-in-thats-my-boy/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 24, 2021|access-date=2021-06-21|website=MTV News|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Quotes.nett|url=https://www.quotes.net/mquote/1075566|access-date=2021-06-21|website=www.quotes.net}}{{Cite news|last=Gorgan|first=Elena|date=2020-01-30|title=Vanilla Ice Shows Off Fully Restored Ford Mustang From Ice Ice Baby|url=https://www.autoevolution.com/news/vanilla-ice-shows-off-fully-restored-ford-mustang-from-ice-ice-baby-140709.html|access-date=2021-06-21|website=autoevolution|language=en}}

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• 7" single

1. "Ice Ice Baby" (radio mix)  – 4:29
2. "Ice Ice Baby" (radio mix edit)  – 3:49

• 12" maxi – US

1. "Ice Ice Baby" (radio mix)  – 4:28
2. "Ice Ice Baby" (Miami drop mix)  – 4:59
3. "Play That Funky Music" (radio mix)  – 4:39
4. "Play That Funky Music" (instrumental mix)  – 4:36
5. "Play That Funky Music" (a cappella mix)  – 4:32

• 12" maxi / CD maxi – US

1. "Ice Ice Baby" (radio mix)  – 4:28
2. "Ice Ice Baby" (Miami drop mix)  – 4:59
3. "Ice Ice Baby" (Miami drop instrumental)  – 4:59
4. "Ice Ice Baby" (a cappella mix)  – 3:46
5. "Play That Funky Music" (radio mix)  – 4:39
6. "Play That Funky Music" (instrumental mix)  – 4:36
7. "Play That Funky Music" (a cappella mix)  – 4:32

• CD maxi – Europe

1. "Ice Ice Baby" (radio edit)  – 3:46
2. "Ice Ice Baby" (Miami drop mix)  – 5:00
3. "Play That Funky Music" (radio mix)  – 4:41

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• 12" maxi – Europe

1. "Ice Ice Baby" (club mix)  – 5:02
2. "Ice Ice Baby" (radio mix)  – 4:30
3. "Ice Ice Baby" (radio mix edit)  – 3:49

• 12" maxi – UK

1. "Ice Ice Baby" (Miami drop mix)  – 4:58
2. "Ice Ice Baby" (instrumental mix)  – 4:59
3. "It's a Party"  – 4:39
4. "Ice Ice Baby" (radio mix)  – 4:28

• Cassette

1. "Ice Ice Baby" (radio edit)  – 3:46
2. "It's a Party"  – 4:39
3. "Ice Ice Baby" (radio edit)  – 3:46
4. "It's a Party"  – 4:39

• German CD maxi

1. "Ice Ice Baby" (Miami Drop Mix)
2. "Ice Ice Baby" (Acapella Mix)
3. "Ice Ice Baby" (Miami Drop Mix Instrumental)
4. "Play That Funky Music" (Acapella Mix)

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• 12" maxi

1. "Ice Ice Baby 2001" (Gigi D'Agostino remix)  – 7:17
2. "Ice Ice Baby 2001" (Funky 9ers club dub)  – 4:53
3. "Ice Ice Baby 2001" (House of Wax club-mix)  – 6:06
4. "Ice Ice Baby 2001" (Debart Style re-e-mix)  – 6:42

• CD maxi

1. "Ice Ice Baby 2001" (House of Wax radio-mix)  – 3:36
2. "Ice Ice Baby 2001" (Gigi D'Agostino remix-edit)  – 3:45
3. "Ice Ice Baby 2001" (Silverwater & Shaw remix)  – 3:42
4. "Ice Ice Baby 2001" (Prepay remix)  – 3:54
5. "Ice Ice Baby 2001" (Steve Baltes remix)  – 3:53
6. "Everytime (album version) (feat. 4BY4) – 3:58

• 12" maxi

1. "Ice Ice Baby 2008" (Mondo Electro remix)
2. "Ice Ice Baby 2008" (7th Heaven House remix)
3. "Ice Ice Baby 2008" (Rico NL Jumpstyle remix)
4. "Ice Ice Baby 2008" (Mendezz and Andrew remix)

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• U Can't Touch This, 1990 sample of 1981 Super Freak
• Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)

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