Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
"The Alternative Polka" is the seventh polka medley recorded by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It appears on his 1996 album, Bad Hair Day. The medley primarily consists of alternative rock songs, with the title being a reference to the genre. The following songs are contained in the medley: "Loser" by Beck "Sex Type Thing" by Stone Temple Pilots
Much like Yankovic's previous album, Bad Hair Day features a polka medley of then-current hit songs, "The Alternative Polka". "The Alternative Polka" originally contained the chorus of Weezer's song "Buddy Holly" performed by Yankovic, but the song's writer, Weezer front man Rivers Cuomo, requested its removal just before the album's release. [9]
"Weird Al" Yankovic in 2003 "Weird Al" Yankovic is a multiple Grammy Award -winning American musician, satirist , parodist , accordionist , director , television producer, and author. He is known in particular for humorous songs which make fun of popular culture or parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts, or both.
“Weird Al” Yankovic is back with “Polkamania!,” his first new song since 2022’s “Now You Know.” It’s a four-minute medley, featuring 12 pop hits from the past decade, ranging from ...
The Weird Al Star Fund was a campaign started by Yankovic's fans to get him a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Their mission was to "solicit, collect, and raise the necessary money, and to compile the information needed for the application to nominate "Weird Al" Yankovic for a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame". [227]
Ten years ago, “Weird Al” Yankovic made history, as he is wont to do. ... Polka medleys are a feature of many of your albums, starting with “Polkas on 45” from 1984's “In 3-D.”
"Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D followed in February 1984. It peaked at number 17 on the Billboard 200 and was certified platinum by the RIAA, [ 5 ] [ 7 ] while also charting in Australia and Canada. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The album's lead single " Eat It " was a commercial success, topping the Australian singles chart and also reaching the top 15 in Canada ...
How did “New Year’s Eve Polka (5-4-3-2-1)” become the first-ever collaboration between “Weird Al” Yankovic and the Roots?