"Weird Al" Yankovic

Parodies & Polkas

 

PARODIES

The following is an alphabetical listing of all the parody songs that Al has put out on his commercially-released albums, along with the name of the original song and the artist that popularized it:

Achy Breaky Song Achy Breaky Heart (Billy Ray Cyrus)
Addicted To Spuds Addicted To Love (Robert Palmer)
Alimony Mony Mony (Billy Idol)
Amish Paradise Gangsta’s Paradise (Coolio)
Another One Rides The Bus Another One Bites The Dust (Queen)
Another Tattoo Nothin’ On You (B.o.B f/Bruno Mars)
Bedrock Anthem Under The Bridge / Give It Away (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
The Brady Bunch The Safety Dance (Men Without Hats)
Canadian Idiot American Idiot (Green Day)
Cavity Search Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (U2)
A Complicated Song Complicated (Avril Lavigne)
Confessions Part III Confessions Part II (Usher)
Couch Potato Lose Yourself (Eminem)
Do I Creep You Out Do I Make You Proud (Taylor Hicks)
Eat It Beat It (Michael Jackson)
eBay I Want It That Way (Backstreet Boys)
Fat Bad (Michael Jackson)
Foil Royals (Lorde)
Girls Just Want To Have Lunch Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper)
Grapefruit Diet Zoot Suit Riot (Cherry Poppin’ Daddies)
Gump Lump (The Presidents of the United States of America)
Handy Fancy (Iggy Azalea)
Headline News Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm (Crash Test Dummies)
Here’s Johnny Who’s Johnny? (El DeBarge)
I Can’t Watch This U Can’t Touch This (M.C. Hammer)
I Lost On Jeopardy Jeopardy (The Greg Kihn Band)
I Love Rocky Road I Love Rock ‘n Roll (Joan Jett & The Blackhearts)
I Think I’m A Clone Now I Think We’re Alone Now (Tiffany)
I Want A New Duck I Want A New Drug (Huey Lewis & The News)
Inactive Radioactive (Imagine Dragons)
Isle Thing Wild Thing (Tone Loc)
It’s All About The Pentiums It’s All About The Benjamins (Puff Daddy)
Jerry Springer One Week (Barenaked Ladies)
Jurassic Park MacArthur Park (Richard Harris)
King Of Suede King Of Pain (The Police)
Lasagna La Bamba (Los Lobos)
Like A Surgeon Like A Virgin (Madonna)
Livin’ In The Fridge Livin’ On The Edge (Aerosmith)
Living With A Hernia Living In America (James Brown)
Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies Money For Nothing (Dire Straits) / Theme From The Beverly Hillbillies (Flatt & Scruggs)
My Bologna My Sharona (The Knack)
Ode To a Superhero Piano Man (Billy Joel)
Party In The CIA Party In The U.S.A. (Miley Cyrus)
Perform This Way Born This Way (Lady Gaga)
Phony Calls Waterfalls (TLC)
The Plumbing Song Baby Don’t Forget My Number / Blame It On The Rain (Milli Vanilli)
Pretty Fly For A Rabbi Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) (The Offspring)
Ricky Mickey (Toni Basil)
The Saga Begins American Pie (Don McLean)
She Drives Like Crazy She Drives Me Crazy (Fine Young Cannibals)
Smells Like Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
Spam Stand (R.E.M.)
Stop Draggin’ My Car Around Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around (Stevie Nicks w/ Tom Petty)
Syndicated Inc. Misery (Soul Asylum)
Tacky Happy (Pharrell Williams)
Taco Grande Rico Suave (Gerardo)
Theme From Rocky XIII Eye Of The Tiger (Survivor)
(This Song’s Just) Six Words Long Got My Mind Set On You (George Harrison)
TMZ You Belong With Me (Taylor Swift)
Toothless People Ruthless People (Mick Jagger)
Trapped In The Drive-Thru Trapped In The Closet (R. Kelly)
Trash Day Hot in Herre (Nelly)
Whatever You Like Whatever You Like (T.I.)
White & Nerdy Ridin’ (Chamillionaire)
The White Stuff You Got It (The Right Stuff) (New Kids On The Block)
Word Crimes Blurred Lines (Robin Thicke)
Yoda Lola (The Kinks)

POLKAS

The following is a chronological listing of all the polka medleys that Al has put out on his commercially-released albums, along with the names of the songs included in each one:

“POLKAS ON 45” (1984)
Jocko Homo (Devo)
Smoke On The Water (Deep Purple)
Sex (I’m A…) (Berlin)
Hey Jude (The Beatles)
L.A. Woman (The Doors)
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Iron Butterfly)
Hey Joe (Jimi Hendrix)
Burning Down The House (Talking Heads)
Hot Blooded (Foreigner)
Bubbles In The Wine (Lawrence Welk)
Every Breath You Take (The Police)
Should I Stay Or Should I Go? (The Clash)
Jumpin’ Jack Flash (The Rolling Stones)
My Generation (The Who)

“HOOKED ON POLKAS” (1985)
12th Street Rag (Pee Wee Hunt)
State of Shock (The Jacksons w/ Mick Jagger)
Sharp Dressed Man (ZZ Top)
What’s Love Got To Do With It? (Tina Turner)
Method Of Modern Love (Hall & Oates)
Owner Of A Lonely Heart (Yes)
We’re Not Gonna Take It (Twisted Sister)
99 Luftballons (Nena)
Footloose (Kenny Loggins)
The Reflex (Duran Duran)
Metal Health (Bang Your Head) (Quiet Riot)
Relax (Frankie Goes To Hollywood)

“POLKA PARTY!” (1986)
Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel)
Sussudio (Phil Collins)
Party All The Time (Eddie Murphy)
Say You, Say Me (Lionel Richie)
Freeway Of Love (Aretha Franklin)
What You Need (INXS)
Harlem Shuffle (The Rolling Stones)
Venus (Bananarama)
Nasty (Janet Jackson)
Rock Me Amadeus (Falco)
Shout (Tears For Fears)
Papa Don’t Preach (Madonna)

“HOT ROCKS POLKA” (1989)
It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It) (The Rolling Stones)
Brown Sugar (The Rolling Stones)
You Can’t Always Get What You Want (The Rolling Stones)
Honky Tonk Women (The Rolling Stones)
Under My Thumb (The Rolling Stones)
Ruby Tuesday (The Rolling Stones)
Miss You (The Rolling Stones)
Sympathy For The Devil (The Rolling Stones)
Get Off Of My Cloud (The Rolling Stones)
Shattered (The Rolling Stones)
Let’s Spend The Night Together (The Rolling Stones)
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones)

“POLKA YOUR EYES OUT” (1992)
Cradle Of Love (Billy Idol)
Tom’s Diner (Suzanne Vega)
Love Shack (The B-52s)
Pump Up The Jam (Technotronic)
Losing My Religion (R.E.M.)
Unbelievable (EMF)
Do Me! (Bel Biv Devoe)
Enter Sandman (Metallica)
The Humpty Dance (Digital Underground)
Cherry Pie (Warrant)
Miss You Much (Janet Jackson)
I Touch Myself (Divinyls)
Dr. Feelgood (Motley Crue)
Ice Ice Baby (Vanilla Ice)

“BOHEMIAN POLKA” (1993)
Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)

“THE ALTERNATIVE POLKA” (1996)
Loser (Beck)
Sex Type Thing (Stone Temple Pilots)
All I Wanna Do (Sheryl Crow)
Closer (Nine Inch Nails)
Bang and Blame (R.E.M.)
You Oughta Know (Alanis Morissette)
Bullet With Butterfly Wings (Smashing Pumpkins)
My Friends (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
I’ll Stick Around (Foo Fighters)
Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden)
Basket Case (Green Day)

“POLKA POWER!” (1999)
Wannabe (Spice Girls)
Flagpole Sitta (Harvey Danger)
Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are) (Pras Michel w/ Ol’ Dirty Bastard & Mya)
Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) (Backstreet Boys)
Walkin’ On The Sun (Smash Mouth)
Intergalactic (Beastie Boys)
Tubthumping (Chumbawamba)
Ray Of Light (Madonna)
Push (Matchbox 20)
Semi-Charmed Life (Third Eye Blind)
The Dope Show (Marilyn Manson)
Mmmbop (Hanson)
Sex and Candy (Marcy Playground)
Closing Time (Semisonic)

“ANGRY WHITE BOY POLKA” (2003)
Last Resort (Papa Roach)
Chop Suey! (System of a Down)
Get Free (The Vines)
Hate to Say I Told You So (The Hives)
Fell In Love With a Girl (The White Stripes)
Last Nite (The Strokes)
Down With the Sickness (Disturbed)
Renegades of Funk (Rage Against the Machine)
My Way (Limp Bizkit)
Outside (Staind)
Bawitdaba (Kid Rock)
Youth of the Nation (P.O.D.)
The Real Slim Shady (Eminem)

“POLKARAMA!” (2006)
The Chicken Dance
Let’s Get It Started (The Black Eyed Peas)
Take Me Out (Franz Ferdinand)
Beverly Hills (Weezer)
Speed Of Sound (Coldplay)
Float On (Modest Mouse)
Feel Good Inc. (Gorillaz)
Don’t Cha (The Pussycat Dolls)
Somebody Told Me (The Killers)
Slither (Velvet Revolver)
Candy Shop (50 Cent)
Drop It Like It’s Hot (Snoop Dogg)
Pon De Replay (Rihanna)
Gold Digger (Kanye West)

“POLKA FACE” (2011)
Poker Face (Lady Gaga)
Womanizer (Britney Spears)
Right Round (Flo Rida)
Day ‘n’ Nite (Kid Cudi)
Need You Now (Lady Antebellum)
Baby (Justin Bieber)
So What (Pink)
I Kissed A Girl (Katy Perry)
Fireflies (Owl City)
Blame It (Jamie Foxx)
Replay (Iyaz)
Down (Jay Sean)
Break Your Heart (Taio Cruz)
Tik Tok (Ke$ha)

“NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL POLKA!” (2014)
Too Fat Polka (Arthur Godfrey)
Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus)
Pumped Up Kicks (Foster The People)
Best Song Ever (One Direction)
Gangnam Style (Psy)
Call Me Maybe (Carly Rae Jepsen)
Scream & Shout (will.i.am & Britney Spears)
Somebody That I Used To Know (Gotye)
Timber (Pitbull ft. Ke$ha)
Sexy And I Know It (LMFAO)
Thrift Shop (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis)
Get Lucky (Daft Punk)

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