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The medleys are composed of various popular songs, each one reinterpreted as a polka (generally an instrumentation of accordion, banjo, tuba, clarinet, and muted brass interspersed with sound effects) with the choruses or memorable lines of various songs juxtaposed for humorous effect and profane lyrics are covered with cartoon sound effects.
"Free Fallin '" is the opening track from American musician Tom Petty's debut solo album, Full Moon Fever (1989). The song was written by Petty and his writing partner for the album, Jeff Lynne , and features Lynne on backing vocals and bass guitar.
Bohemian Polka may refer to: " Bohemian Polka ", a song from "Weird Al" Yankovic's album Alapalooza (a polka version of Queen 's hit song " Bohemian Rhapsody ") česká polka ( Bohemian polka in translation) a term used among Czech musicians for the Polka
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"Amy Pearson wrote the lyrics. It's the first one I haven't written. That was weird at first but it's such a good song I couldn't deny it. I've written with Amy before, we've got a good chemistry. She said, I think I've got a song you might like. I'll send it to you. I loved it." [3]
Yankovic attributes the lyrics' inspiration to the satirical newspaper The Onion. [3] [5] [6] After Ophiuchus was touted by some papers as the "13th zodiac sign", Yankovic released new lyrics on his Twitter for the sign. [7] In January 2023 an animated music video was released for the song to promote The Illustrated Al graphic novel. [8] [9]
101 Strings released a version of the song on their 1990 album Polka. [8] The Mom and Dads released a version of the song on their 1995 album Love Is a Beautiful Song. [9] Jimmy Sturr released a version of the song on the 1998 various artist album Legends of Polka. [10] "Weird Al" Yankovic incorporated the song in his Polka Face medley.
Meanwhile, the left-hand plays a typical polka oom-cha rhythm with firstly a bass note and then a chord above. After twelve bars of this, there is then a melody in the right-hand and chords in the left. This continues for sixteen bars. There is then semi-quaver runs with the right hand, accompanied by more chords in the left.