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"Fat" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Bad" by Michael Jackson and is Yankovic's second parody of a Jackson song, the first being "Eat It", a parody of Jackson's "Beat It". "Fat" is the first song on Yankovic's Even Worse album. The video won a Grammy Award for Best Concept Music Video in 1988. [1]
[22] Many critics praised the lead single, "Fat". Chadbourne wrote that "the arrogance of 'I'm Bad' was perfectly trumped by Yankovic's musical pile of lard, the appeal of the video's visuals clearly not the only ace in the hole." [4] Britt called the song and video "so absurd, they are almost certain to be a hit this spring." [22]
"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.
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". [228]
Here are “Weird Al” Yankovic’s 2025 tour dates: June 13-14, 18, 20-21: Las Vegas (Venetian Theatre at The Venetian Resort) June 23: Salt Lake City (Maverik Center)
"Weird Al" Yankovic is the debut studio album by the American parody musician of the same name. The album was the first of many produced by former The McCoys guitarist Rick Derringer . Mostly recorded in March 1982, the album was released by Rock 'n Roll Records as an LP and on Compact Cassette in 1983.
Ten years ago, “Weird Al” Yankovic made history, as he is wont to do. “Mandatory Fun,” his 14th and final studio album, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. It was not only unprecedented ...
"Tacky" is a song by American musician "Weird Al" Yankovic from his fourteenth studio album, Mandatory Fun (2014). The song is a parody of the 2013 single " Happy " by Pharrell Williams . The song mocks questionable style in fashion as well as activities considered gauche.