Talk:List of songs recorded by "Weird Al" Yankovic

The Devil Went Down to Jamaica?

I thought this song was by Weird Al Yankovic, but I can't find it anywhere in his Wiki pages? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.170.253.127 (talk) 00:25, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

It's actually mentioned on The Not Al List. Misattributed to Weird Al. --Esanchez_{(Talk 2 me or Sign here)} 00:28, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

That link is no longer working. I am going to update it to http://www.com-www.com/weirdal/notbyal.html. CodeCarpenter (talk) 15:52, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Yoda

I always thought it was a dead-on parody of "Lola" by The Kinks. I'm going to change it for now. (It's really bad form to do this but I'll cite http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoda_(song) at least to justify it here) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 169.236.39.85 (talk) 20:35, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

It is a parody of Lola. Somebody changed it, then an attempt was made to correct it, and then it was reverted to before this all started. -- BullWikiWinkle 23:46, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Finished?

145 songs? Is it finally complete?

Well, it does seem to be missing his concert-only songs, such as the pizza-delivery parody of "My heart will go on," and I don't see any of his pre-album works, such as "School Cafeteria" here, either. --Measure July 7, 2005 02:45 (UTC)

Was that pizza-delivery really concert-only? I seem to remember a similar song appearing on the Simpsons in his guest appearance. --maru (talk) contribs 03:37, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

• • I know, this list is purely the songs off his officially released albums -- Ianblair23 7 July 2005 03:02 (UTC)

• • Would it be so bad to include the other songs? Here's a more complete list of all al's recorded songs: http://www.weirdal.com/rcdgdate.htm although even this leaves out his concert-only stuff.--Measure July 7, 2005 18:51 (UTC)

• • • I think that, even though I am late, that we should put the page on to the main "Weird Al" Yankovic page. swat671 01:48, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Trigger Happy

Isn't "Trigger Happy" a parody of a Beach Boys song? If it is unverified whether it's original or cover, just put in (unverified). --SuperDude 16:57, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

I believe it's original, but clearly a tribute to their style. The main article "Weird Al" Yankovic supports that view. I added the info to the list. Rl 17:23, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Pretty Fly... for a What?

Is it 'Pretty Fly for a Jedi', or 'Pretty Fly for a Rabbi'?

Rabbi. It's the third track on his 1999 alubm Running with Scissors. Al's two Star Wars songs are called "Yoda" (a parody of "Lola") and "The Saga Begins", (a parody of "American Pie"). As far as I know, to date no one (Al or otherwise) has recorded a song called "Pretty Fly (for a Jedi)", although you can find some random people who have written such a song [1], and Al has stated in interviews that he did at one point consider writing "The Saga Begins" to the tune of "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" and calling it "Pretty Fly (for a Jedi)", but later decided against it [2]. -- Tyler 16:54, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

I have a video featuring footage of Thumb Wars set to "Pretty Fly (For a Jedi)", which is attributed to Al. Weird Al did not perform the song. It doesn't even sound like him.PrometheusX303 01:35, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Techo 10:10, 28 July 2007 (UTC) It is pretty fly for a rabbi, is pretty fly for a jedi on any of his albums??? No, i think not

A Complicated Song

About that parody on Avril Lavigne's Complicated song - isn't it called Constipated? I could be mistaken.

The official title as given on the CD is "A Complicated Song". "Constipated" sounds like an mp3 mislabelling. - Tyler 17:21, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

"Constipated" is funnier. -71.188.51.58 (talk) 13:29, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

He's only constipated for a third of the song, you know.76.174.239.95 (talk) 21:20, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

Let's bomb Iraq

What about "Let's bomb Iraq" ? Many lyrics websites list it as a Yankovic song... --Steven Fruitsmaak 21:15, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

No, only the songs on the list/s are by Al, the rest, it's safe to assume, are misattributions. 129.180.1.214 13:55, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

The song you're thinking of is called "Bomb Iran" and it's by The Capitol Steps. It's a parody of "Barbara Ann" by the Beach Boys 12.226.28.31 01:22, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

No, I'm in possession of an old MP3 that parodies Barbara Ann but is clearly about Iraq, not Iran. The intro references Clinton's re-election and Saddam Hussein ("So-Damn Insane.") While its ID3 tags claims the artist is Weird Al, I wouldn't be surprised if The Capitol Steps did both at different times. 73.254.204.62 (talk) 04:25, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

It's not bomb iran if you search for 'I get knocked down parody weird al ' the first video that comes up is a song containing lyrics including 'let's hunt him down, and shoot him in the head . And bomb iraq to the ground '. It sounds a lot like weird al but the quality is piss poor making me think it's not actually him . — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.233.32.173 (talk) 07:31, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

Misattributed

Not sure I see the point in this section. Now if there was a song or three that it was extremely commonly (in general, not just in file-sharing circles) misattributed to Al, I could see listing it. But most of the songs on the list sound NOTHING like Al, and anyone who knows the slightest thing about him (other than the fact he writes parodies) is not going to confuse him with the author. Specifically, most of these songs are pretty 'lowbrow' and Al usually doesn't stoop there. I'd suggest removing this section entirely -- as it has the potential to grow to encompass any parody that gets played on the radio or circulated on the internet...--Rehcsif 20:04, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Seconded. --Big gun 16:25, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, I was WP:BOLD and removed the list, replacing it with a paragraph documenting the phenomenon, and linking to the "Not Al Page" which was much more complete anyway. I hope this is acceptable. --Rehcsif 18:47, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Not Al Songs

If you've ever gone to Al's website, on the links page is a site called "The Not Al Songs" page. It's a list comprised by a few people who are dedicated to attributing songs to the correct artist, rather than just labeling all parodies to Al.

http://free.house.cx/~eil/etc/notal_list.html

Running Times?

Is it possible to also add the running times onto these? I'd like to know about them. Also, shouldn't there be a alternative cronological list?-Chwoka

Really silly, but it is relevant... possibly

X number of years ago, I remember that there was a Sabrina: The Animated Series cartoon on when I was nearby, and the main characters become rock stars and sang some song over and over. I recall that some way through the episode, a Weird Al-esque version of the very same song was sung and attributed (in the cartoon) to Weird Al himself (with one of the characters commenting that you know you're famous when Weird Al writes a parody of your song.) I don't remember the details well, but does anyone know what I'm talking about, or if this was this done by the real Weird Al or an imitator? --HeroicJay 07:18, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

According to both IMDB [3] and Wikipedia (see Sabrina: The Animated Series), that was an actual cameo by Weird Al himself. —TheMuuj ^Talk 21:30, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Night Santa Went Crazy (Extra Gory Version)

Wasn't there an alternate version of "TNSWC" available as a single, with new lyrics that detail Santa's death? T.J. Fuller, Jr. 06:23, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

It was on the "Amish Paradise" Single. ~~ Gromreaper^(Talk)/_(Cont) 04:58, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

How would one go about adding it to the list? T.J. Fuller, Jr. 13:23, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Um, it's already on there. Check under "Songs on other commercially released albums". ~~ Gromreaper^(Talk)/_(Cont) 02:41, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Another Short Song by Al

Didn't Al parody the Prodigy's 'Firestarter' in one of the epsodes of 'Wierd Al Show'. I think his version was called 'Stupid Hair Cut'.

Yes, he did, actually. I have it on DVD. It's a creepy video, but a song, nonethelesss.Mike 17:37, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Songs from Concert

Weird al yankovic had a number of songs on his Straight outta lynwood tour that are not released yet. Any dates on these.

Some of these songs are: Albakerky, Some random phone song he sang —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 139.168.241.137 (talk) 14:49, 5 April 2007 (UTC).

"Albuquerque" was on Running With Scissors. I shall update the list to include "Cellphones". "I'm in Love With the Skipper" is (or should be...it was!) already on the list.~~ Gromreaper^(Talk)/_(Cont) 01:53, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Peter and the Wolf is a compilation?

Since when?! ~~ Gromreaper^(Talk)/_(Cont) 00:42, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Did I miss an AfD?

What happened to I Lost On Jeopardy? Robert K S 13:09, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Happy Birthday

Why is it listed twice? Other songs are on two different albums, but they only get one listing. Is there a difference between the two versions, and if so, what? Shadow2 00:23, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Blunderful Word

My wife has a demo tape with a song called "Blunderful World" which I think may be Al. It's a parody of What A Wonderful Worldby [[Louis Armstrong]. Here is a sample of the lyrics;

The radiation Clouds are so Horrid In The Sky

Tumors on the Faces, Of Victims Who Survived

See them fighting for food, Skin Turning Blue

They Died of Starvation, and soon you will to

I see babies die, watching them decompose

They'll hurt much more, than I'll ever know

And I think to myself, what a blunderful world

Is this Al? Should we list this song? --Fernwood 03:01, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

No it isn't Al, and according to a Google search for the term 'blunderful world weird al' there isn't even anything remotely similar to the above. I'm interested to know just how many more blatantly fake Weird Al rumours I'm going to have to disprove before you stop adding them. ~~ Gromreaper^(Talk)/_(Cont) 06:14, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

No personal attacks. Read the rules of Wiki before you post again. I was simple asking a question in the talk page.--Fernwood 00:36, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Its not by Weid Al, its a death metal song by Ghoul, in their death metal album Maniaxe... Ultimate88 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.138.203.177 (talk) 18:16, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Green Acres Parody

Is it true that Green Acres theme song is the basis for the Weird Al Show Theme Song. My better half swears this is true. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.35.187.128 (talk)

Your better half couldn't be more wrong. Compare this to this and tell me they're not two completely different songs with not a single similarity apart from the fact they're both TV show theme songs. Stop spreading complete and utter nonsense around talk pages. ~~ Gromreaper^(Talk)/_(Cont) 06:15, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

No personal attacks. Asking a question is not "spreading a rumor". You have commited slander against me. Read the rules of wikipedia, please.--Fernwood 00:36, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry, it just seems that everything you've asked so far in relation to Al has been proved false with either common sense or a simple Google search. Guess I was having an off day yesterday. ~~ Gromreaper^(Talk)/_(Cont) 02:29, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Hardware store video

Techo 10:13, 28 July 2007 (UTC) has he made a video for it, if you go to youtube and search for it, only other videos come up (watch WoW version)

• Al didn't make that. That is a fan video. --Michael Greiner 18:27, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Song with Beer...

I was listening to this, is by Weird Al? And what's it called?? Thanks, --HoopoeBaijiKite 21:13, 9 November 2007 (UTC).

It's not by Weird Al, but it's called the Beer Polka. ~~ Gromreaper^(Talk)/_(Cont) 06:29, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!! :) --HoopoeBaijiKite 00:25, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

The band is DVDA (band) fronted by Trey Parker and Matt Stone.~ Brother William (talk) 10:16, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Other Songs

I just noticed that we've removed the list of songs that do not appear on his albums. Why is this? (Maurice45) —Preceding comment was added at 16:27, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

It's still there: List of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic#Songs not commercially released. -- BullWikiWinkle 21:23, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Actually, I was referring to songs like "Polkamon" and "The Ballad of Kent Marlow"

(Maurice45) 14:11, 19 Jan (UTC)

"Disagreement"/Peter and the Wolf

I've noticed that this article and the album articles have reached a "disagreement". For example, on this page, Weasel Stomping Day is called "Original", while on Straight Outta Lynwood, it's called a "Style parody of 1960s Christmas songs". Also, on this page, Fun Zone is called "Original", but on UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff, it is a "Style parody of "Blow Up" by Devo". And, on this page, UHF is "Original", but on UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff, it is called a "Style parody of "State of Shock" by The Jacksons", and on The TV Album, it is called a "Style parody of TV show themes". What are they really parodying?

And, would it be OK to put that all tracks from Peter and the Wolf are a style parody of "The Carnival of the Animals" by Camille Saint-Saëns? Because they basicly are. -71.188.51.58 (talk) 15:12, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Guys, this is getting serious. I only saw some of these on the day i posted that. But over the days, it's gotten worse and worse and worse.... And no one's replied in three days! Someone's got to do something. -71.188.51.58 (talk) 22:00, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

...And it's been 7 months. No one's going to do something? 98.118.117.174 (talk) 16:08, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

"make my boobies one more size"

Several websites attribyte this to weird al but I don't see it listed here, anyone know where it really came from? Plugwash (talk) 01:51, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Make My Boobies One More Size written by David Brody Z100 NY http://technorati.com/videos/youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DAwMfgzKe_9c --Mjrmtg (talk) 02:37, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

New Album?

According to the Weird Al site, Whatever You Like is the first recording for his new album. Perhaps that should be included here? --Maurice45 (talk) 13:11, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Once the album is officially announced/released, that info can be added. Until then, it's speculation. -- BullWikiWinkle 22:01, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

The Simpsons Songs

Should we mention his 2 songs played during his "The Simpsons" cameos? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Username101010101010 (talk • contribs) 23:20, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

They're already in the article -- "Brain Freeze" & "Homer & Marge". -- BullWikiWinkle 21:38, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

I Need A Nap w/ Kate Winslet

I don't believe this song is listed here - I'd add it myself but I don't know what section it should go in. Cerebellum (talk) 17:51, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

• I went ahead and added it under "Other commercially released songs." Fix it if its wrong. Cerebellum (talk) 02:48, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Savin' Money

"Savin' Money" a parody of "Use Somebody" by Kings of Leon-- Someone added this as an upcoming song from the new album but I can find no information about this or any other as yet unreleased song-- I am not fond of removing other people's additions/edits but I think this one needs to go until we know better or have a reference(s).Lisa mynx (talk) 00:47, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Description

Could somebody please add descriptions to the songs? Only some of them have it, and adding them would make the article more consistent and informative. 76.174.239.95 (talk) 21:28, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

"I'm in Love with the Skipper"

I saw him live recently, and he performed this song, which was a parody of "I'm 'n Luv (Wit a Stripper)". Did he ever record this in the studio, or is it a live-only thing?--76.106.246.229 (talk) 00:45, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

It was intended to be a studio recording but never got released. So far, it has been performed live. --Esanchez_{(Talk 2 me or Sign here)} 00:47, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Cant see it

Its probably on there but i cant see it: Rye or the kaiser. Its also called the Rocky 6 tune or something like that, its a pardoy of the eye of the tiger. I cant see it on the list, so i thought id stick it here in case it isnt.

LordLoss210  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.101.255.250 (talk) 19:57, 2 March 2011 (UTC) 

Nevermind, found it, feeling like an idiot —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.101.255.250 (talk) 20:20, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

One More Minute influences?

Does anybody else feel that "One More Minute" could be a style parody of The Platters - or at least inspired by their song The Great Pretender? I honestly can't listen to the song without immediately thinking of One More Minute. How much of a consensus would be needed for a "style parody" to appear next to a song? 98.114.122.58 (talk) 17:34, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Haha I feel exactly the same! Whenever I hear The Great Pretender, I automatically think of One More Minute. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.31.141.152 (talk) 19:13, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

One More Minute is in the style of 1950's doo wop and takes influences from a lot of doo wop artists, including but not limited to the Platters. The video was in the style of Elvis Presley's early performances. Also, Truck Drvin' Song is clearly in the style of Johnny Cash. Why everyone else hears C.W. McCall is beyond comprehension.76.29.225.28 (talk) 03:28, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Other commercially available songs

Looking at recent edits to the page, I have noticed many are to the growing 'Other commercially available songs' section. I feel it would be worth developing that list into a table, similar to the one in the main article section. This would allow further details of the contained songs to be included, such as 'Homer & Marge' being a direct parody of 'Jack & Diane' by John Mellencamp, and Hey, Hey, We're the Monks' including elements of 'Hey Hey We're The Monkees' by The Monkees. What do other editors think? --Jonie148 (talk) 11:28, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

"Mr. Popeil"

I know that apparently a source was found to state that "Mr. Popeil" is in the style of "Rock Lobster" (because that's the B-52s most popular song), but in fact the song most closely resembles another B-52's track called "There is a Moon in the Sky." Submersible (talk) 00:33, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

The source actually says "Yes, "Mr. Popeil" is meant to sound like the B52's. A lot of my originals are intentionally derivative of other groups (although not enough to infringe on their copyright!") It's an original in the style of the B-52s, not a parody of a specific song. --tronvillain (talk) 14:36, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

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Inclusion of concert-specific cover songs

As I understand it, on the current tours, Al does one song that is not history as a straight up cover, though typically including the accordion as one of the parts. This is a unique song, not duplicated at other tour stops, and these aren't released at all.

I find it troubling that they are being added to the list here because they 1) aren't recorded and 2) really aren't his songs nor his novel take on the songs. And outside of selected concern reviews, the only way to source these are to setlist notes, which are not normally published in reliable sources. We should not include these. His other concert-but-not-recorded staples are fine, those frequently are discussed. --Masem (t) 00:42, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

@Masem: Although I supported an IP editor in including such a song a few revisions ago, I have no strong feelings either way on this matter. I do however think it is important to reach a consensus. From my perspective, the key concern here is to ensure that this section doesn't enter the realm of WP:Trivia. These guidelines suggest that the boundary line concerns "being selective", so I wonder where we would draw the line with the songs on this list. Should Prince's '1999' stay, since Yankovic has covered that multiple times, and it's listed in the songography? (n.b. I will note that as far as I can tell, the songography hasn't been updated for a few years, so a song's/cover's inclusion in it may not be the best selection criterion) Two solutions that come to mind would be to: a) Reword the lead sentence of the section to make it clearer which songs should be included b) Add a hidden text to the start of the section like so: . --Jonie148 (talk) 07:22, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

Well, this helps settle the issue: AVClub points to the video that WAY just posted [4] that provides all 77 songs they covered during that tour. That's the source we needed. --Masem (t) 16:45, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

Agreed :) --Jonie148 (talk) 20:56, 15 June 2018 (UTC)