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"Whatever You Like"
Single by "Weird Al" Yankovic
from the album Internet Leaks and Alpocalypse
Released	October 8, 2008
Recorded	September 29, 2008
Genre	Comedy hip hop
Length	3:41 (album version) 3:43 (single version)
Label	Volcano
Songwriter(s)	Clifford Harris, James Scheffer, David Siegel, "Weird Al" Yankovic
Producer(s)	"Weird Al" Yankovic
"Weird Al" Yankovic singles chronology
"Canadian Idiot" (2006) "Whatever You Like" (2008) "Craigslist" (2009)
Music video
”Whatever You Like” on YouTube

"Whatever You Like" is a song and single by "Weird Al" Yankovic, the first song from the digital EP Internet Leaks and was later released on his thirteenth studio album Alpocalypse. It is a direct parody of the song of the same name by T.I. As with T.I.'s song, Yankovic's lyrics describe a man wooing a girlfriend with gifts that she may want; however, in light of economic problems in the United States at the time, these are inexpensive or economical options, such as clipping coupons or going out to dinner at Burger King or McDonald's.

"Whatever You Like" is the only Yankovic parody to have exactly the same title as the original it parodies. Yankovic commented that thanks to a rapid approval from T.I. he was able to write, record and upload the song to iTunes within two weeks and while the original song was still at No. 1 (it was there for 5 weeks).

Release

In late 2008 Yankovic started to explore the digital distribution of his songs. On October 7, 2008, Yankovic planned to release a parody of "Whatever You Like" from artist T.I., which Yankovic said he had come up with two weeks before. Yankovic said that the benefit of digital distribution is that "I do not have to wait around while my songs get old and dated—I can get them out on the Internet almost immediately." On October 7, 2008, the planned release date, an unexpected error left "Whatever You Like" out of the iTunes new release list. Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz, Yankovic's drummer and webmaster, posted this message: "Apparently there was a glitch at iTunes last night and Al's new single—'Whatever You Like'—did not debut with the rest of the new releases. We're being told that they're working on the problem and (hopefully!!) it will be up later today." The song then became available.

In May 2009, "Whatever You Like" was retroactively dubbed the first track of Internet Leaks, an EP consisting of a series of digitally distributed songs by Yankovic.

Music video

A music video was created by animator Cris Shapan. The video was featured on the deluxe edition of Alpocalypse.

Chart positions

During its first week of release, "Whatever You Like" reached #4 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Chart. The song has also garnered over 13 million listens on YouTube as of April 2012, and over 2.6 million listens on MySpace.

See also

• List of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic
• Thrift Shop (song)

References

1. ""Weird Al" Yankovic: Recording Dates". weirdal.com. 2008-10-07. Archived from the original on 2010-07-09. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
2. Vreval, Jeff (2008-10-06). "Weird Al Goes Digital With T.I. Cover". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
3. "The Official "Weird Al" Yankovic Web Site". weirdal.com. 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
4. "The Official "Weird Al" Yankovic Web Site". weirdal.com. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
5. "Weird Al Yankovic – Chart History: Bubbling Under Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
6. YouTube - "Weird Al" Yankovic
7. MySpace - "Weird Al" Yankovic
8. "Comedy Digital Tracks: January 23, 2010". Billboard. Retrieved August 8, 2014.

External links

• Official video on YouTube

• 2008 singles
• 2008 songs
• American hip-hop songs
• Animated music videos
• Comedy hip-hop songs
• Songs about poverty
• Songs with lyrics by "Weird Al" Yankovic
• Songs written by David Siegel (musician)
• Songs written by Jim Jonsin
• Songs written by T.I.
• Volcano Entertainment singles
• "Weird Al" Yankovic songs
• Works about the Great Recession