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"Yoda" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic from his third album, Dare to Be Stupid (1985). It is a parody of the song "Lola" by the Kinks.Inspired by the events of the movie The Empire Strikes Back, the song is told from the point of view of Jedi-in-training Luke Skywalker and concerns his dealings with Master Yoda on the planet Dagobah.
The first Bad Lip Reading video released was a spoof of Rebecca Black's song "Friday", titled "Gang Fight". [6] New music and lyrics were matched to Black's video to make it appear as though she were singing about gang warfare. The "Gang Fight" YouTube video, released in March 2011, earned BLR a million hits and thousands of subscribers. [2]
Original, in the style of college football fight songs "Spy Hard" Medium Rarities (2017) Original, in the style of James Bond opening themes composed by John Barry, especially Thunderball and Goldfinger. Also a single from the Spy Hard Soundtrack, and a bonus track on the "Gump" single [6] "Stop Draggin' My Car Around" "Weird Al" Yankovic (1983)
The song, “Yoda” was a parody of The Kinks’ song “Lola” Al eventually released in 1985 after a long struggle to get permission both from Lucas and The Kinks to do the parody The song ...
This version of "Yoda" was a hit on The Dr. Demento Show, and even managed to hit, and hold onto, number one on the Funny Five countdown for several weeks. [8] This early demo was later released on the sixth volume of Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes. [9] After the success of the demo version, Yankovic wanted to put the song on one of his albums. [4]
The discography of American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, actor and parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic consists of fourteen studio albums, two soundtrack albums, nine compilation albums, eleven video albums, two extended plays, two box sets, forty-six singles and fifty-four music videos.
The music featured on the album spans a decade, with the earliest songs being recorded in 1985, and the most recent song being recorded in 1994. [1] Yankovic's third album, Dare to Be Stupid has two songs featured: "This is the Life" and "Yoda". [1] [2] Christmas at Ground Zero first appeared on the 1986 release Polka Party!.
Yankovic also wrote a sequel to When I Grow Up, 2013's My New Teacher and Me!. Yankovic became the first guest editor for Mad magazine for their 533rd issue, published in April 2015. [206] Yankovic partnered with Z2 Comics to produce The Illustrated Al: The Songs of "Weird Al" Yankovic, which was released on January 19, 2023. The book takes ...