Basketball Jones featuring Tyrone Shoelaces
Details
| Title | Basketball Jones featuring Tyrone Shoelaces |
| Author | Larry Quokka |
| Duration | 3:50 |
| File Format | MP3 / MP4 |
| Original URL | https://youtube.com/watch?v=Fm4cxyg3vZQ |
Description
"Basketball Jones featuring Tyrone Shoelaces" is a comedy song by Cheech and Chong, released in 1973. It’s a parody of soul and R&B love songs, centered around a character named Tyrone Shoelaces, who has an obsessive love not for a person—but for basketball.
The song became popular and charted on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #15.
A cartoon music video was created and played in cinemas and on TV, adding to its cult appeal.
It was later featured in the 1978 movie "Being There", starring Peter Sellers.
Its style parodied the emotional soul ballads of the early ’70s but replaced romantic love with a love of basketball, making it both funny and strangely heartfelt.
