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"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. His works have earned him three gold and five platinum records in the U.S.

Songs on Yankovic's commercially released albums

Yankovic has written hundreds of songs over his entire career; however, listed below are the tracks that have appeared on his commercially released albums. These include his fourteen studio albums and seven compilation albums.

Studio albums

• "Weird Al" Yankovic (1983)
• "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D (1984)
• Dare to Be Stupid (1985)
• Polka Party! (1986)
• Even Worse (1988)
• Peter and the Wolf (1988)
• UHF – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff (1989)
• Off the Deep End (1992)
• Alapalooza (1993)
• Bad Hair Day (1996)
• Running with Scissors (1999)
• Poodle Hat (2003)
• Straight Outta Lynwood (2006)
• Alpocalypse (2011)
• Mandatory Fun (2014)

Compilation albums

• Eat It (1984)
• The Official Music of "Weird Al" Yankovic: Al Hits Tokyo (1984)
• "Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits (1988)
• The Best of Yankovic (1992)
• The Food Album (1993)
• Permanent Record: Al in the Box (1994)
• Greatest Hits Volume II (1994)
• The TV Album (1995)
• The Best of "Weird Al" Yankovic (1999)
• The Saga Begins (2000)
• The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic (2009)
• The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic 3.0 (2010)
• Squeeze Box (2017)
• Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)

Songs

Each song's listing states the album or albums on which it appears, and whether the song is an original or a parody. Some songs are "style parodies", in which Yankovic emulates the general sound of a group without directly parodying one of their songs. These are listed as "Original, in the style of . ... "

Other commercially available songs

Songs from The Weird Al Show

Some episodes of The Weird Al Show contained songs that were not released on studio albums.

• The Al's Mailbag Theme Song
• Cheese
• Gonna Open The Door
• Why Don't We Show a Clip Now
• I Quit
• What's With the Singing
• I Made You into A Freak
• The Kitty Song By Fred Huggins
• Water Is Wet By Fred Huggins
• I like you By Fred Huggins
• It's Nice to be Nice by Fred Huggins

Songs not commercially released

This is a list of songs Yankovic has written and/or performed, but have not been commercially released.

• "12th Street Rag"
• "1999", originally by Prince
• "63,524 Bottles of Beer on the Wall"
• "Aaaaahhhhh"
• "Accordion Burning"
• "Accordion Tuning"
• "Addams Family Theme"
• "Albuquerque" (special "fake" version)
• "Al-In-The-Box"
• "Al's Mailbag Accordion Fanfare"
• "Al's Rug Song"
• "The Airport Song"
• "A Matter of Crust", a parody of "A Matter of Trust" by Billy Joel
• "AMA Squeeze"
• "The Amanda Polka", from Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
• "American Slob"
• "American Slob" (Hollywood Offramp Version)
• "Amish Paradise" (Unplugged Version)
• "Anniversary Song" (Dr. Demento's 15th Anniversary Special) by "Weird Al" and Barnes & Barnes
• "Another One Bites the Dust", originally by Queen
• "Aqualung", originally by Jethro Tull
• "Audience Inspiration Song"
• "Auld Lang Syne"
• "Auld Lang Syne" (Drunk Version)
• "Avocado", parody of "Desperado" by The Eagles
• "Babe"
• "Bad Hombres, Nasty Women", a 'songification' of the October 19, 2016 presidential debate by The Gregory Brothers
• "The Ballad of Kent Marlowe", from the ABC telefilm Safety Patrol
• "Belvedere Cruisin'"
• "Beverly Hillbillies/Miss You", a parody of "Miss You" by the Rolling Stones
• "Brain Freeze", from The Simpsons episode "That '90s Show", originally aired in April 2008. A parody of the fictional song "Shave Me" by Sadgasm, Homer Simpson's grunge band in the episode, "Shave Me" being a spin on "Rape Me" by Nirvana.
• "Burger King", a parody of "Sister Christian" by Night Ranger
• "Broken Knapsack," featured on the 30 Rock episode "Kidnapped by Danger"
• "Chicken Pot Pie", a parody of "Live and Let Die", originally written by Paul McCartney & Wings and re-recorded by Guns N' Roses
• "China Grove", originally by The Doobie Brothers
• "Close To You"
• "Comic Relief Rap" – Comic Relief, duet with Richard Belzer
• "Crusin' Down Higuera", a 1979 rework of Belvedere Cruisin'
• "Conan", the theme song to Conan (Performed on June 30, 2011)
• "Deja Vu (But Worse)", a songification of the 2024 presidential campaign with The Gregory Brothers
• "Doctor Doctor", a parody of "Doctor! Doctor!" by the Thompson Twins
• "Don't You Forget About Meat", a parody of "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds
• "Dueling Accordions"
• "Electric Shaver", from Sabrina: The Animated Series
• "Fast Food", a parody of "Thank U" by Alanis Morissette
• "Fatter", a parody of "Shattered" by The Rolling Stones
• "Feel Like Throwing Up", a parody of "Feel Like Making Love" by Bad Company
• "Flatbush Avenue", a parody of "Electric Avenue" by Eddy Grant
• "Free Delivery", a parody of "My Heart Will Go On", originally written by James Horner and originally performed by Celine Dion
• "Gee I'm A Nerd", a parody of "Free as a Bird" by The Beatles
• "Gravy on You", a parody of "Crazy on You" by Heart
• "Green Eggs & Ham", a parody of "Numb" by U2
• "Hot Beets", a parody of "Heartbeat" by Don Johnson
• "House of the Sesame Seed Bun", a parody of "House of the Rising Sun" by The Animals
• "Heart So Proud," featured on the 30 Rock episode "Kidnapped by Danger"
• "If I Could Make Love to a Bottle", a parody of "Time in a Bottle" by Jim Croce
• "I'll Repair for You (Theme From Home Improvement)", a parody of "I'll Be There For You" by The Rembrandts
• "I'm in Love with the Skipper", parody of "I'm N Luv (Wit A Stripper)" by T-Pain
• "I'm Stupid Blues"
• "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", originally by Iron Butterfly
• "It's A Gas"
• "The Last Laugh", from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, episode "The Last Laugh", originally aired in August 2019
• "Last Train to Clarksville", originally by The Monkees
• "Laundry Day", a parody of "Come Out And Play" by The Offspring
• "Love Me Two Times", originally by The Doors
• "Make Me Steak #3", a parody of "Mistake #3" by Boy George and Culture Club
• "Minstrel Ditties" – Lilo & Stitch: The Series (Season 1, episode 15 "Tank")
• "Moldy Now", a parody of "Hold Me Now" by the Thompson Twins
• "More Than A Filling", a parody of "More Than a Feeling" by Boston
• "Mr. Frump in the Iron Lung" (Demo Version A)
• "Never Met A Person As Wonderful As Me"
• "Nobody But Me" by The Isley Brothers
• "Nobody Here But Us Frogs"
• "The North Korea Polka (Please Don't Nuke Us)", performed on an episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver that highlighted tensions between North Korea and the United States, which aired on 13 August 2017.
• "Orgy on My Own"
• "Ode To Joe Franklin"
• "Peaches", originally by The Presidents of the United States of America
• "Polka Patterns", written for the math TV show Square One
• "Purple Haze", originally by Jimi Hendrix
• "Rabbitage", a parody of "Sabotage" by Beastie Boys," featured on the American Dad! episode "First, Do No Farm"
• "Radio Radio", originally by Elvis Costello
• "Rio Rancho"
• "Rocky Road Hoochie Koo", a parody of "Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo" by Rick Derringer, who also produced Yankovic's first six albums
• "Rubber Sole"
• "School's Out", originally by Alice Cooper
• "Snack All Night", a parody of "Black or White" by Michael Jackson
• "Shaving Cream" (with Dr. Demento)
• "Smoke on the Water", originally by Deep Purple
• "Sometimes You Feel Like A Nut", a parody of "Suddenly Last Summer" by The Motels
• "Spameater", a parody of "Maneater" by Hall & Oates
• "Squeeze Box" by The Who
• "Stop Draggin' My Car Around" (Demo Version C)
• "Sweet Home Alabama", originally by Lynyrd Skynyrd
• "Sweet Home Albuquerque"
• "Take Me to the Liver", a parody of "Take Me to the River" by Al Green, as performed by Talking Heads
• "Take The L Out of Liver", a parody of "Take The L Out of Lover" by The Motels
• "There's No Bathroom", written by Rachel Bloom, Jack Dolen, Adam Schlesinger and Dan Gregor; performed by Yankovic on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
• "We All Have Cell Phones, So C'mon Let's Get Real", an original based on a fake 1999 AL-TV interview with Michael Stipe of R.E.M.
• "We Got The Beef", a parody of "We Got The Beat" by The Go-Go's
• "We're All Doomed", a 'songification' of the September 29, 2020 presidential debate by The Gregory Brothers
• "We Won't Eat Another Gyro," a parody of "We Don't Need Another Hero" by Tina Turner
• "Whole Lotta Lunch", a parody of "Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin
• "Whole Lotta Love", originally by Led Zeppelin
• "Who's It Gonna Be?", a songification of the 2020 presidential campaign with The Gregory Brothers
• "Wipeout"
• "Won't Eat Prunes Again", a parody of "Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who
• "You're Pitiful", a parody of "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt, made available for free on June 8, 2006, at WeirdAl.com after objections from Atlantic Records, despite Yankovic receiving the approval of Blunt himself.
• "You Light Up My Life" (punk version)
• "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" by Aretha Franklin
• A polka medley performed at a 1982 Missing Persons concert including parts of "Jocko Homo", "Homosapien", "Sex Junkie", "T.V.O.D.", "Bad Boys Get Spanked", "TV Party", "Janitor", and "People Who Died"
• An extended version of "Polkas on 45" containing parts of "Der Kommissar", "1999", "Bad Boys Get Spanked", "She Blinded Me with Science", and "Stairway to Heaven"

Misattribution and imitators

Yankovic's official website has the following note:

Unfortunately, there are a lot of song parodies floating around the Internet being attributed to Al which are in fact done by somebody else. "Star Wars Cantina", "Windows 95 Sucks", "Living La Vida Yoda", "Combo No. 5", "What If God Smoked Cannabis", "He Got The Wrong Foot Amputated" (the list goes on and on ... some of the titles are unprintable in a family-friendly web site) – these songs are NOT by Al. If you want to verify whether or not a song is actually by Al, check the Catalogue page.

Because Yankovic is arguably the most successful parody artist, songs posted to file sharing networks are often misattributed to him due to their humorous subject matter. Much to the disdain of Yankovic, this includes songs that are racist, sexually explicit, or otherwise offensive. A young listener who had heard several of these offensive tracks by way of a file sharing service confronted Yankovic online, threatening a boycott due to his supposedly explicit lyrics.

Yankovic cites these misattributions as "his real beef with P2P sites":

If you do a search for my name on any one of those sites, I guarantee you that about half of the songs that come up will be songs I had absolutely nothing to do with. That particularly bothers me, because I really try to do quality work, and I also try to maintain a more-or-less family-friendly image – and some of these songs that are supposedly by me are just ... well, vulgar and awful. I truly think my reputation has suffered in a lot of people's minds because of all those fake Weird Al songs floating around the Internet.

A list of songs not by Yankovic can be found at The Not Al List. Alternatively, a list of all commercially released songs recorded by Yankovic can be found on his website.

See also

• "Weird Al" Yankovic
• "Weird Al" Yankovic discography
• List of singles by "Weird Al" Yankovic
• List of "Weird Al" Yankovic polka medleys

References

The style parody artists for Straight Outta Lynwood are thanked in the "Special thanks to ..." page of the album's booklet.

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External links

• Alsongs is an extensive collection of Weird Al lyrics.
• The Not Al Page attempts to list tracks which are often wrongly attributed to Weird Al and discover their true origins.
• "Weird Al" Yankovic Songography is a comprehensive list of Weird Al songs and their availability.
• Weird Facts

• Lists of songs recorded by American artists
• "Weird Al" Yankovic songs