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"Weird Al" Yankovic (1983) Original "I'll Sue Ya" Straight Outta Lynwood (2006) The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic (2009) Original, in the style of Rage Against the Machine. Notably similar in parts to "Bombtrack" and "Killing in the Name". [citation needed] "I'm So Sick of You" Bad Hair Day (1996) Original, in the style of Elvis Costello. [1]
Songs written by "Weird Al" Yankovic (46 P) Pages in category "Songs with lyrics by "Weird Al" Yankovic" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total.
Yankovic considers his body of work to primarily feature parodies, rather than satires of the original song or artist, as he found that satire of songs or artists has already been done before. [95] Most Yankovic songs consist of the original song's music, with a separate, unrelated set of amusing lyrics.
The music video references the recording of Dylan's song, "Subterranean Homesick Blues" in the 1967 D. A. Pennebaker documentary Dont Look Back. [3] The video for "Bob" is similarly shot in black-and-white, and in the same back-alley setting, with Yankovic dressing as Dylan and dropping cue cards that have the song's lyrics on them, as Dylan did in the film.
The music featured on the album span Yankovic's release in the 1980s, with the earliest songs being recorded in 1983, and the most recent song being recorded in 1988. [1] Yankovic's 1983 debut album is represented solely by "Ricky". [1] [2] Both "Eat It" and "I Lost on Jeopardy" were taken from Yankovic's 1984 release "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D.
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On the heels of his 2022 faux Hulu biopic Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, the artist this year released the single “Polkamania!,” which gave an accordion-heavy spin to songs such as Olivia ...
"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 ...