Set Lists

A Weird Al concert features current songs, favorites from the past, and material unique to his live show such as “The Medley” – an always changing collection of bits of familiar and unreleased Al songs. As new songs were written and recorded, the set list grew and the shows evolved. To make room for the new material, older songs were retired or, occasionally, put into the Medley. Some songs have been part of the show forever, and some lasted just for a single tour; others were heard only a few times (see end of page).

STRINGS ATTACHED (2019)

Fun Zone
Unplugged Medley: I Lost on Jeopardy, I Love Rocky Road, Like a Surgeon
The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota
Word Crimes
One More Minute (every other show)
Jurassic Park
Don’t Download This Song
Weasel Stomping Day
You Don’t Love Me Anymore (every other show)
Tacky
Harvey the Wonder Hamster
Jackson Park Express
Smells Like Nirvana
Dare to Be Stupid
White & Nerdy
Amish Paradise
The Saga Begins
Yoda

THE RIDICULOUSLY SELF-INDULGENT, ILL-ADVISED VANITY TOUR (2018)

A completely different set list every night, with these songs in rotation:: Airline Amy; Albuquerque; The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota; Bob; Buy Me a Condo; Christmas at Ground Zero; Close But No Cigar; CNR; Craigslist; Dare to Be Stupid (Grateful Dead version); Dog Eat Dog; Don’t Download This Song; Fun Zone; Generic Blues; Good Enough For Now; Good Old Days; Happy Birthday; I Remember Larry; I Was Only Kidding; I’ll Sue Ya; I’m So Sick of You; If That Isn’t Love; Jackson Park Express; Let Me Be Your Hog; Melanie; Midnight Star; Mr. Frump in the Iron Lung; Mr. Popeil; My Baby’s in Love With Eddie Vedder; My Own Eyes; Nature Trail to Hell; The Night Santa Went Crazy; One More Minute; One of Those Days; Party at the Leper Colony; The Saga Begins; She Never Told Me She Was a Mime; Stop Forwarding That Crap to Me; Stuck in a Closet With Vanna White; That Boy Could Dance; Traffic Jam; Truck Drivin’ Song; UHF; Velvet Elvis; When I Was Your Age; Why Does This Always Happen to Me?; Yoda; You Don’t Love Me Anymore; Young, Dumb & Ugly; Your Horoscope For Today
Unplugged Medley:: Eat It, I Lost on Jeopardy, Amish Paradise, Smells Like Nirvana, White & Nerdy, I Love Rocky Road, Like a Surgeon
Each of the 77 shows featured a different cover song for the encore:: Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple); Blue Suede Shoes (Elvis Presley); I Saw Her Standing There (The Beatles); Johnny B Goode (Chuck Berry); Do Wah Diddy Diddy (Manfred Mann); Dirty Water (The Standells); Honky Tonk Women (The Rolling Stones); Tutti Frutti (Little Richard); Wipeout – in 4 different keys (The Surfaris); All Day and All of the Night (The Kinks); Should I Stay or Should I Go (The Clash); Blister in the Sun (Violent Femmes); Uncontrollable Urge (Devo); 867-5309 (Jenny) (Tommy Tutone); Psycho Killer (Talking Heads); Hello There (Cheap Trick); Refugee (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers); (They Long to Be) Close To You (The Carpenters); Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young); Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting (Elton John); Play That Funky Music (Wild Cherry); Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd); China Grove (Doobie Brothers); Rebel Yell (Billy Idol); Stuck in the Middle with You (Stealers Wheel); Accordion Boogie (Charles Magnante); Are You Gonna Be My Girl (Jet); All Star (Smash Mouth); Squeeze Box (The Who); Beat on the Brat (Ramones); Last Train to Clarksville (The Monkees); Beer Barrel Polka (traditional); Breakdown (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers); What I Like About You (The Romantics); We’re an American Band (Grand Funk Railroad); Peaches (Presidents of the United States of America); It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It) (The Rolling Stones); Gimme Some Lovin’ (Spencer Davis Group); Glad All Over (Dave Clark Five); Sunshine of Your Love (Cream); Particle Man (They Might Be Giants); Land of 1,000 Dances (Wilson Pickett); Crocodile Rock (Elton John); Viva Las Vegas (Elvis Presley); Fire and Rain (James Taylor); Werewolves of London (Warren Zevon); I Wanna Be Sedated (Ramones); It’s the End of the World as We Know It (R.E.M.); Born to Be Wild (Steppenwolf); Vertigo (U2); You Really Got Me (The Kinks); Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd); Suffragette City (David Bowie); Mama Told Me (Not to Come) (Three Dog Night); Radio Radio (Elvis Costello); Girl U Want (Devo); This is a Call (Foo Fighters); I’m Down (The Beatles); The Elements (Tom Lehrer); Funeral For a Friend (Elton John); (You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman (Aretha Franklin); God Save the Queen (Sex Pistols); No Matter What (Badfinger); Classical Gas (Mason Williams); Rock & Roll (Led Zeppelin); Funk #49 (James Gang); Good Lovin’ (The Young Rascals); Foxey Lady (The Jerry Hendrix Experience); Aqualung (abridged) (Jethro Tull); Hard to Handle (The Black Crowes); All Right Now (Free); Summer Nights (Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta); Magic Carpet Ride (Steppenwolf); Rebel Rebel (David Bowie); Takin’ It to the Streets (Doobie Brothers); Not Fade Away (Buddy Holly); School’s Out (Alice Cooper)

THE MANDATORY WORLD TOUR (2015-16)

Tacky
Lame Claim to Fame
NOW That’s What I Call Polka!
Perform This Way
Dare to Be Stupid
Fat
First World Problems
Foil
Smells Like Nirvana
Medley:: Party in the CIA, It’s All About the Pentiums, Handy, Bedrock Anthem, Another One Rides the Bus, Ode to a Superhero, Gump, Inactive, eBay, Canadian Idiot
Wanna B Ur Lovr
Unplugged Medley: Eat It, I Lost on Jeopardy, I Love Rocky Road, Like a Surgeon
White & Nerdy
Word Crimes
Amish Paradise
Cell Phones
The Saga Begins
Yoda

THE ALPOCALYPSE TOUR (2011-13)

Polka Face!
TMZ
You Make Me (alternated with Frank’s 2000″ TV thru April 30, 2012)
Smells Like Nirvana
Skipper Dan
Party In The C.I.A.
CNR
Canadian Idiot
Wanna B Ur Lovr
Medley:: Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies, Whatever You Like, Another Tattoo, Ebay, I Want A New Duck, Theme From Rocky XIII, Spam, My Bologna, Ode To A Superhero, Lasagna, Eat It
Amish Paradise
Craigslist
Perform This Way
White & Nerdy
Fat
The Saga Begins
Yoda

THE INTERNET LEAKS TOUR (2010-11)

Polka Face!
Frank’s 2000″ TV (alternate: You make Me)
You Don’t Love Me Anymore
Smells Like Nirvana
Skipper Dan
You’re Pitiful
Dare To Be Stupid / Perform This Way (May/June 2011)
CNR
Let Me Be Your Hog
Canadian Idiot
Wanna B Ur Lovr
Medley:: Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies, Whatever You Like, Confessions Part III, Ebay, Bedrock Anthem, Another One Rides The Bus, Ode To A Superhero, Trapped In the Drive-Thru, Gump, Eat It
Craigslist
Amish Paradise
White & Nerdy
Fat
The Saga Begins
Yoda

THE STRAIGHT OUTTA LYNWOOD TOUR (2007-08)

Polkarama!
Canadian Idiot
Close But No Cigar
Bob (alternate: Why Does This Always Happen To Me?)
It’s All About The Pentiums
You’re Pitiful
Wanna B Ur Lovr
Medley:: Couch Potato, Do I Creep You Out, I’m In Luv Wit Da Skipper (I’m In Luv Wit A Stripper), Headline News (2007 only), Confessions Part III, A Complicated Song, Ebay, Bedrock Anthem, Ode To A Superhero, Pretty Fly For A Rabbi, Trapped In the Drive-Thru, Gump, Eat It
I’ll Sue Ya
The Saga Begins
Yoda
Smells Like Nirvana
Amish Paradise
White & Nerdy
Fat
Albuquerque

THE POODLE HAT TOUR (2003-04)

Angry White Boy Polka
Party At The Leper Colony
Your Horoscope For Today
A Complicated Song
Melanie
One More Minute
Dog Eat Dog
It’s All About The Pentiums
Wanna B Ur Lovr
Trash Day
Medley:: Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies, Jerry Springer, Jurassic Park, Free Delivery, eBay, Theme From Rocky XIII, Ode To A Superhero, Lasagna, Pretty Fly For A Rabbi, My Bologna, Gump, Eat It
Smells Like Nirvana
Amish Paradise
Couch Potato
Fat
The Saga Begins
Yoda

TOURING WITH SCISSORS (1999-2000)

Gump
Polka Power!
Jerry Springer
My Baby’s In Love With Eddie Vedder
The Night Santa Went Crazy (Extra Gory Version)
Dare To Be Stupid
It’s All About The Pentiums
Germs
One More Minute
Like A Surgeon (Madonna’s “Truth or Dare” version)
Medley:: Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies, Fast Food (Thank U), Addicted To Spuds, Free Delivery (My Heart Will Go On), Laundry Day, Pretty Fly For A Rabbi, Another One Rides The Bus, I Love Rocky Road, Achy Breaky Song, Jurassic Park, Grapefruit Diet, I Lost On Jeopardy, Eat It
Smells Like Nirvana
Bedrock Anthem
Amish Paradise
Fat
The Saga Begins
Yoda

THE BAD HAIR TOUR (1996-97)

Since You’ve Been Gone
Gump
The Alternative Polka
One More Minute
Like A Surgeon (Madonna’s “Truth or Dare” version)
Melanie
Headline News
Theme from Home Improvement
Biggest Ball Of Twine In Minnesota
Jurassic Park
Medley:: Laundry Day (Come Out And Play), Chicken Pot Pie, Spam, My Bologna, Alimony, Syndicated Inc., Another One Rides The Bus, Gee I’m A Nerd (Free As A Bird), Achy Breaky Song, Phony Calls, Cavity Search, Green Eggs & Ham, Eat It
Smells Like Nirvana
Bedrock Anthem
Amish Paradise
Fat
Yoda

THE AL-CAN TOUR (1995)

Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies
Lasagna
Bohemian Polka
One More Minute
Like A Surgeon (Madonna’s “Truth or Dare” version)
Since You’ve Been Gone
Headline News
Generic Blues
Food Medley:: Theme From Rocky XIII, I Love Rocky Road, Chicken Pot Pie, The White Stuff, Spam, My Bologna, Taco Grande, Addicted To Spuds, Green Eggs And Ham, Livin’ In The Fridge, Eat It
Jurassic Park
You Don’t Love Me Anymore
Achy Breaky Song
Smells Like Nirvana
Bedrock Anthem
Fat
Yoda

THE ALAPALOOZA TOUR (1994)

Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies
Lasagna
Bohemian Polka
One More Minute
Like A Surgeon (Madonna’s “Truth Or Dare” version)
Frank’s 2000″ TV
Livin’ In The Fridge
Generic Blues
Food Medley:: Theme From Rocky XIII, I Love Rocky Road, Chicken Pot Pie, The White Stuff, Spam, My Bologna, Taco Grande, Addicted To Spuds, Green Eggs & Ham (Numb), Eat It
Jurassic Park
You Don’t Love Me Anymore
Achy Breaky Song
Smells Like Nirvana
Bedrock Anthem
Fat
Yoda

THE OFF THE DEEP END TOUR (1992)

Addicted To Spuds
Polka Your Eyes Out
One More Minute
Taco Grande
Lasagna
Like A Surgeon
Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies
Dog Eat Dog
You Don’t Love Me Anymore
Food Medley:: Theme From Rocky XIII, I Love Rocky Road, Chicken Pot Pie (Live And Let Die), The White Stuff, Snack All Night (Black Or White), Spam, My Bologna, Whole Lotta Lunch, Eat It
I Lost On Jeopardy
I Can’t Watch This
Living With A Hernia
Smells Like Nirvana
Fat
Yoda

JUST FOR LAUGHS COMEDY FESTIVAL, MONTREAL (July 18, 1990)

Addicted To Spuds
One More Minute
The Biggest Ball of Twine In Minnesota
Good Old Days
Lasagna

OPENING FOR THE MONKEES (1987)

Like A Surgeon
I Lost On Jeopardy
Polka Party!
Dare To Be Stupid
Yoda
Addicted To Spuds
One More Minute
Dog Eat Dog
Food Medley:: Theme From Rocky XIII, I Love Rocky Road, Spameater, Feel Like Throwing Up, Avocado, My Bologna, Whole Lotta Lunch, Eat It
Living With A Hernia

THE STUPID TOUR (1985)

I Lost On Jeopardy
Hooked On Polkas
Dare To Be Stupid
The Brady Bunch
Gonna Buy Me A Condo
Slime Creatures From Outer Space
King Of Suede
Mr.Popeil
I Want A New Duck
Buckingham Blues
One More Minute
Food Medley:: Moldy Now (Hold Me Now), Doctor Doctor, Make Me Steak #3 (Mistake #3), Burger King (Sister Christian), Don’t You Forget About Meat (Don’t You Forget About Me), Girls Just Want To Have Lunch, Theme From Rocky XIII, I Love Rocky Road, Spameater, Feel Like Throwing Up, Avocado, Whole Lotta Lunch, My Bologna
Eat It
Like A Surgeon
Yoda

TOUR OF THE UNIVERSE IN 3-D (1984)

The Brady Bunch
Buckingham Blues
Polkas On 45
I Lost On Jeopardy
Gonna Buy Me A Condo
Yoda
Stop Draggin’ My Car Around
Midnight Star
Mr.Popeil
King Of Suede
Nature Trail To Hell
It’s Still Billy Joel To Me
Food Medley:: Theme From Rocky XIII, Flatbush Avenue, Spameater, Feel Like Throwing Up, Avocado, Sometimes You Feel Like A Nut (Suddenly Last Summer), Take The L Out Of Liver (Take The L Out Of Lover), Fatter, My Bologna, Whole Lotta Lunch, We Got The Beef
Eat It
If I Could Make Love To A Bottle
Another One Rides The Bus
I Love Rocky Road

THE BOTTOM LINE, NEW YORK (with Dr. Demento) (July 28, 1983)

It’s Still Billy Joel To Me
Happy Birthday
Yoda
Polka Medley:: Jocko Homo, Smoke On The Water, Der Kommissar, Sex, Hey Jude, L.A.Woman, Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida, Hey Joe, 1999, Bad Boys Get Spanked, Hot Blooded, Every Breath You Take, She Blinded Me With Science, Stairway To Heaven
Buckingham Blues
If I Could Make Love To A Bottle
Food Medley:: Theme From Rocky XIII, Flatbush Avenue (Electric Avenue), Eat It, Spameater, Feel Like Throwing Up, Avocado, Fatter, Whole Lotta Lunch, We Got The Beef, My Bologna
I Love Rocky Road
Another One Rides The Bus

TOAD’S PLACE, NEW HAVEN (during the first tour, with Dr. Demento) (May 24, 1983)

1st set:

Yoda
Happy Birthday
Stop Draggin’ My Car Around
Buckingham Blues
Gotta Boogie
My Bologna
Another One Rides The Bus
2nd set:
It’s Still Billy Joel To Me
Theme From Rocky XIII
If I Could Make Love To A Bottle
Food Medley:: Eat It, Spameater (Maneater), Feel Like Throwing Up, Avocado, Take Me To The Liver, Fatter, Whole Lotta Lunch (Whole Lotta Love), We Got The Beef (We Got The Beat)
Pacman
I’m Stupid Blues
I Love Rocky Road

SANTA MONICA CIVIC AUDITORIUM (April 9, 1982)

It’s Still Billy Joel To Me
I’ll Be Mellow When I’m Dead
Yoda
Food Medley:: Feel Like Throwing Up, House Of The Sesame Seed Bun (House Of The Rising Sun), Avocado (Desperado), Take Me To The Liver, Fatter
Gotta Boogie
Polka Medley:: Jocko Homo, Homosapien, Sex Junkie, TV O.D., Bad Boys Get Spanked, TV Party, Janitor, People Who Died
If I Could Make Love To A Bottle
I’m Stupid Blues
My Bologna
Happy Birthday
Another One Rides The Bus
I Love Rocky Road

KNOTT’S BERRY FARM, BUENA PARK (with Dr. Demento) (Nov. 1, 1981)

(Note: For many of the concert dates through early 1984, Al was the “special musical guest” in Dr.Demento’s live stage show; Al played two short sets within the show)

1st set:
Happy Birthday
If I Could Make Love To A Bottle
I’m Stupid Blues
Yoda
2nd set:
My Bologna
You Light Up My Life
It’s Still Billy Joel To Me
12th Street Rag
Gotta Boogie
Stop Draggin’ My Car Around
Another One Rides The Bus
Shaving Cream (with Dr.Demento)

KNOTT’S BERRY FARM, BUENA PARK (3 shows) (June 12, 1981)

1st show:
My Bologna
Mr. Frump In The Iron Lung
Yoda
Gotta Boogie
Another One Rides The Bus
2nd show:
Happy Birthday
Orgy On My Own
Medley:: Beverly Hillbillies/Miss You, Feel Like Throwing Up (Feel Like Making Love), More Than A Filling (More Than A Feeling), Take Me To The Liver (Take Me To The River), Fatter (Shattered)
Dueling Accordions
It’s Still Billy Joel To Me
3rd show:
My Bologna
12th Street Rag
I’m Stupid Blues
If I Could Make Love To A Bottle
You Light Up My Life (punk version)
Yoda
Another One Rides The Bus

You had to be there!

There were various reasons a song was performed for a limited time – sometimes just once or twice – but never again. On occasion, an audience may have heard live versions of these familiar recordings:

Dueling Accordions
Mr. Frump In The Iron Lung
Ricky
Such A Groovy Guy
Take Me Down
That Boy Could Dance

or these unrecorded or unreleased “concert-only” songs:

A Matter Of Crust (A Matter of Trust) – in Food Medley
Albuquerque – “fake” versions
Beverly Hillbillies/Miss You
China Grove
Close To You
Hot Beets (Heartbeat) – in Food Medley
Inna Gadda Da Vida
It’s A Gas
Last Train To Clarksville
Love Me Two Times
More Than A Filling (More Than A Feeling) – in a medley
Orgy On My Own
Purple Haze
Radio Radio
Rio Rancho
Rocky Road Hoochie Koo
School’s Out
Smoke On The Water
Sweet Home Alabama
Sweet Home Albuquerque
We Won’t Eat Another Hero (We Don’t Need Another Hero) – in Food Medley
Whole Lotta Love
Wipeout
You Light Up My Life (punk version)

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