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|"[[Headline News (song)|Headline News]]"
|"[[Fat (song)|Fat]]"
|3:46
|3:55
|"[[Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm]]" by [[Crash Test Dummies]]
|"[[Bad (song)|Bad]]" by [[Michael Jackson]]
|align="left"|About a man's obesity that is blown out of proportion.
|align="left"|About three news stories of the mid 1990s: Singapore caning American delinquent Michael Fay, Tonya Harding's boyfriend beating her figure-skating rival Nancy Kerrigan, and Lorena Bobbitt removing her husband's penis (although "wiener" and "Mr. Happy" are used as euphemisms) with a knife.
|[[Even Worse]]
|[[Permanent Record: Al in the Box]]
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|"[[Bedrock Anthem]]"
|"[[Eat It]]"
|3:40
|3:19
|"[[Under the Bridge]]" and "[[Give It Away]]" both by the [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
|"[[Beat It]]" by [[Michael Jackson]]
|align="left"|About a parent's exasperating quest to get their child to eat properly. Peaking at #12 on the [[Hot 100]], this song was Al's highest-charting single until [[White & Nerdy]] placed at #9 in the October 21, 2006 issue of [[Billboard Magazine]].
|align="left"|Discusses someone who wants to be a [[The Flinstones|Flinstone]] and live in [[Bedrock]], and then lists multiple reasons why.
|[["Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D]]
|[[Alapalooza]]
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|"[[You Don't Love Me Anymore]]"
|"[[Like a Surgeon]]"
|4:01
|3:29
|"[[Like a Virgin]]" by [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]
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|Style parody of [[James Taylor]].
|align="left"|About an incompetent surgeon performing [[surgery]]. Notable because Madonna herself gave the idea for the title of the song, when asked in an interview what sort of parody Yankovic would make of "Like a Virgin."
|align="left"|A soft, accoustic ballad, about a girlfriend who did numerous exaggerated and mostly deadly things to the singer and his obliviousness to their extent. Although the singing is in the style of [[James Taylor]], the music video is a style parody of "[[More Than Words]]" by [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]].
|[[Off the Deep End]]
|[[Dare to Be Stupid]]
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|4
|"[[Smells Like Nirvana]]"
|"[[Ricky (song)|Ricky]]"
|3:42
|2:35
|"[[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]" by [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]
|[[Tony Basil]]'s "[[Mickey (song)|Mickey]]"
|align="left"|Parody of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", poking fun at the original song's ambiguous and unintelligible lyrics.
|align="left"|About ''[[I Love Lucy]]'', discussing the argument between Ricky and Lucy.
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|[["Weird Al" Yankovic (album)|"Weird Al" Yankovic]]
|[[Off the Deep End]]
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|"[[Achy Breaky Song]]"
|"[[Addicted to Spuds]]"
|3:23
|3:46
|"[[Addicted to Love (song)|Addicted to Love]]" by [[Robert Palmer (singer)|Robert Palmer]]
|"[[Achy Breaky Heart]]" by [[Billy Ray Cyrus]]
|align="left"|About a man's obsession to potato's and potato related products.
|align="left"|About a man who mentions several other groups and artists he would rather hear, including [[Donny and Marie]], [[Barry Manilow]], [[New Kids on the Block]], the [[Village People]], [[Vanilla Ice]], the [[Bee Gees]], [[Debby Boone]], [[ABBA]], [[Slim Whitman]], [[Zamfir]], [[Yoko Ono]], and [[Tiffany (singer)|Tiffany]].
|[[Alapalooza]]
|[[Polka Party!]]
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|"[[UHF (song)|UHF [Single Version]]]"
|"[[Living with a Hernia]]"
|3:49
|3:18
|"[[Living in America (song)|Living in America]]" by [[James Brown]]
|Original
|align="left"|A Rock song done in the style of a television network's image campaign song; title theme to the movie.
|align="left"|The song is, as the title says, about hernias. The video for which was shot on the concert set used in the movie ''[[Rocky IV]]''.
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|[[Polka Party!]]
|[[UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff]]
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|"[[Dare to Be Stupid (song)|Dare to Be Stupid]]"
|"[[Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies]]"
|3:08
|3:24
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|Style parody of [[Devo]]
|"[[Money for Nothing (song)|Money for Nothing]]" by [[Dire Straits]]
|align="left"|The song features the slightly altered lyrics of the theme song from the television series ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'' which are set to the tune of the original. The song actually appears in its entirety in the film as a computer-animated music video/dream sequence. [[Mark Knopfler]] himself played [[guitar]] on the track.
|align="left"|This song describes many stupid things a person can do, such as "Stick your head in the microwave and get yourself a tan." It is one of Al's most renowned original songs. It was also used in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' as the theme song for the [[Junkions]], and was later covered by [[mc chris]] in 2007.
|[[Dare to Be Stupid]]
|[[UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff]]
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|8
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|"[[Jurassic Park (song)|Jurassic Park]]"
|"[[Lasagna (song)|Lasagna]]"
|3:53
|2:45
|"[[La Bamba (song)|La Bamba]]" (popularized by [[Ritchie Valens]], though the parody is more likely inspired by [[Los Lobos]]' 1987 cover)
|"[[MacArthur Park (song)|MacArthur Park]]" by [[Jimmy Webb]]
|align="left"|About the plot of the movie [[Jurassic Park (movie)|Jurassic Park]].
|align="left"|A song centered largely around [[Italian people|Italian]] and [[Italian food]].
|[[Alapalooza]]
|[[Even Worse]]
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|9
|"[[I Lost on Jeopardy]]"
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|"[[This Is the Life ("Weird Al" Yankovic song)|This Is The Life]]"
|2:59
|3:26
|"Jeopardy" by the [[Greg Kihn Band]].
|Style parody of a 1930's era orchestration
|align="left"|Exaggerated description of a lavish lifestyle, used in the gangster spoof movie ''[[Johnny Dangerously]]''.
|align="left"|About a man who lost on [[Jeopardy]].
|[[Dare to Be Stupid]]
|[["Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D]]
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|"Polka Your Eyes Out"
|"[[One More Minute]]"
|3:49
|4:02
|Generic [[doo-wop]] parody
|[[Polka]] [[Medley (music)|medley]]
|align="left"|Singer describes the myriad tortures he would sooner endure than spending ''one more minute'' with his ex-girlfriend. Yankovic wrote this song about an ex-girlfriend. Her picture can be seen being torn up in the video.
|align="left"|A polka medley including the following songs:
*"Cradle Of Love" by [[Billy Idol]]
*"[[Tom's Diner]]" by [[Suzanne Vega ]]
*"[[Love Shack]]" by [[The B-52's ]]
*"Clarinet Polka" ([[Public domain]])
*"[[Pump Up The Jam]]" by [[Technotronic]]
*"[[Losing My Religion]]" by [[R.E.M. (band)|R.E.M.]]
*"[[Unbelievable]]" by [[EMF (band)|EMF]]
*"Do Me!" by [[Bell Biv DeVoe]]
*"[[Enter Sandman]]" by [[Metallica]]
*"[[The Humpty Dance]]" by [[Digital Underground]]
*"[[Cherry Pie (Warrant song)|Cherry Pie]]" by [[Warrant]]
*"[[Miss You Much]]" by [[Janet Jackson ]]
*"[[I Touch Myself]]" by [[Divinyls]]
*"[[Dr. Feelgood]]" by [[Mötley Crüe]]
*"[[Ice Ice Baby]]" by [[Vanilla Ice]]
*"Ear Booker Polka" by "Weird Al" Yankovic
|[[Off the Deep End]]
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|"[[Yoda (song)|Yoda]]"
|3:56
|"[[Lola (song)|Lola]]" by [[The Kinks]]
|align="left"|Describes the Dagobah-setting events of ''[[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back|The Empire Strikes Back]]'' as told from the point of view of [[Luke Skywalker]].
|[[Dare to Be Stupid]]
|[[Dare to Be Stupid]]
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|12
|"[[Christmas at Ground Zero]]"
|3:07
|Style parody of [[Christmas]] novelty songs
|align="left"|Apocalyptic song set to a cheerful Yuletide tune. This song is a notable entry in Al's generally harmless musical output, as the disturbing lyrics caused this song to be banned from the radio. (But is still a staple of the Dr. Demento Show.)
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Revision as of 15:58, 19 July 2007

Untitled

"Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits is a compilation CD of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic that features his best known songs from his first five studio albums.

Track listing

Track Title Length (Style) Parody of Description Original Album
1 "Fat" 3:55 "Bad" by Michael Jackson About a man's obesity that is blown out of proportion. Even Worse
2 "Eat It" 3:19 "Beat It" by Michael Jackson About a parent's exasperating quest to get their child to eat properly. Peaking at #12 on the Hot 100, this song was Al's highest-charting single until White & Nerdy placed at #9 in the October 21, 2006 issue of Billboard Magazine. "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D
3 "Like a Surgeon" 3:29 "Like a Virgin" by Madonna About an incompetent surgeon performing surgery. Notable because Madonna herself gave the idea for the title of the song, when asked in an interview what sort of parody Yankovic would make of "Like a Virgin." Dare to Be Stupid
4 "Ricky" 2:35 Tony Basil's "Mickey" About I Love Lucy, discussing the argument between Ricky and Lucy. "Weird Al" Yankovic
5 "Addicted to Spuds" 3:46 "Addicted to Love" by Robert Palmer About a man's obsession to potato's and potato related products. Polka Party!
6 "Living with a Hernia" 3:18 "Living in America" by James Brown The song is, as the title says, about hernias. The video for which was shot on the concert set used in the movie Rocky IV. Polka Party!
7 "Dare to Be Stupid" 3:24 Style parody of Devo This song describes many stupid things a person can do, such as "Stick your head in the microwave and get yourself a tan." It is one of Al's most renowned original songs. It was also used in The Transformers: The Movie as the theme song for the Junkions, and was later covered by mc chris in 2007. Dare to Be Stupid
8 "Lasagna" 2:45 "La Bamba" (popularized by Ritchie Valens, though the parody is more likely inspired by Los Lobos' 1987 cover) A song centered largely around Italian and Italian food. Even Worse
9 "I Lost on Jeopardy" 3:26 "Jeopardy" by the Greg Kihn Band. About a man who lost on Jeopardy. "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D
10 "One More Minute" 4:02 Generic doo-wop parody Singer describes the myriad tortures he would sooner endure than spending one more minute with his ex-girlfriend. Yankovic wrote this song about an ex-girlfriend. Her picture can be seen being torn up in the video. Dare to Be Stupid

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