<P> American rapper Vanilla Ice later released a song featuring an interpretation of "Play That Funky Music". Based on this single, the independent record label Ichiban Records signed Vanilla Ice to a record deal, releasing the album Hooked in January 1989, containing "Play That Funky Music" and its B - side, "Ice Ice Baby". </P> <P> Songwriter Robert Parissi was not credited . Parissi was later awarded $500,000 in a copyright infringement lawsuit . </P> <P> Although it did not initially catch on, its B - side, "Ice Ice Baby", gained more success when a disc jockey played that track instead of the single's A-side . </P> <P> Following the success of "Ice Ice Baby", "Play That Funky Music" was reissued as its own single (with new lyrics), and peaked at no . 4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and no . 10 in the UK . </P>

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