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"Another One Rides the Bus" is a song by comedy musician "Weird Al" Yankovic. It was released in February 1981 and is a parody of Queen's song "Another One Bites the Dust". Yankovic's version describes a person riding in a crowded public bus. It was recorded live on September 14, 1980, on the Dr. Demento Show, hosted by Barret "Dr. Demento" Hansen.
"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 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.
At 11 minutes and 23 seconds, it is the longest song Yankovic has ever recorded. With the exception of the choruses and occasional bridges, the track is mostly a spoken word narration about a made-up person's life in Albuquerque, New Mexico , after winning a first-class one-way airplane ticket to the city.
Another One Rides the Bus is the debut extended play (EP) by American parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic. It was released in 1981 by Placebo Records. It was released in 1981 by Placebo Records. The title song is a parody of English rock band Queen 's 1980 single " Another One Bites the Dust ".
"Weird," to its great credit, is a comedy that salutes, skewers, and completely understands the not merely silly but goofball scandalous nature of the celebrity of "Weird Al" Yankovic.
“Weird Al” Yankovic will visit some of the largest venues of his career, including New York’s Madison Square Garden and Los Angeles’ Kia Forum, on the Bigger and Weirder 2025 tour, which ...
Eugene Chadbourne, reviewer for AllMusic, felt that while "Weird Al" Yankovic was a detailed harbinger of parody to come, the album does not hold up well on its own. Chadbourne extolled most of the parodies ("Another One Rides the Bus", "My Bologna", "I Love Rocky Road") for their comedic value in contrast with their originals.