Lasagna (song)

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"Lasagna"
Single by "Weird Al" Yankovic
from the album Even Worse
Released	May 1988
Format	7"
Recorded	February 19, 1988
Genre	Comedy
Length	2:45
Label	Scotti Brothers
Producer(s)	"Weird Al" Yankovic
Chart positions
none
"Weird Al" Yankovic singles chronology
Fat (1988)	Lasagna (1988)	I Think I'm A Clone Now (1988)

Lasagna is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "La Bamba", a traditional song popularized by Ritchie Valens and Los Lobos.

Yankovic originally intended the song to be entirely in the Italian language, as "La Bamba" was entirely in Spanish, but he felt that the humor would be missed by many listeners.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Italian foods mentioned in "Lasagna" 3 Music Video 4 See also

[edit] Track listing

The following tracks are on the single:

1. "Lasagna" – 2:45
2. "Velvet Elvis" – 4:27

The promo single only contains "Lasagna".

[edit] Italian foods mentioned in "Lasagna"

Yankovic names many Italian dishes in "Lasagna", including:

• Lasagna
• Spaghetti
• Calzone
• Minestrone
• Maranara
• Zucchini
• Linguini
• Fettuccine
• Ravioli

[edit] Music Video

There is no full-length music video for this single, though a shortened music video segment was shown in 1997 as a part of The Weird Al Show.

• The video is comprised of the lines "Ay, you-a pass the lasagna..." until the end.
• The video features a sterotypical Italian family, including an older women, two children, A rather large man for 'Cousin Luigi' and Al as the father
• When the line "A-don't you get any on ya, you sloppy pig" is sung, the older women at the dinner table drops the lasagna into Luigi's lap.
• After "Have-a more ravioli" is sung, two children catch ravioli in their mouth.
• The older woman and one of the children fight over the lasagna near the end.

[edit] See also

• List of singles by "Weird Al" Yankovic
• List of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic

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Discography
Studio albums: "Weird Al" Yankovic (1983) • "Weird Al" Yankovic In 3-D (1984) • Dare To Be Stupid (1985) • Polka Party! (1986) • Even Worse (1988) • UHF (1989) • Off The Deep End (1992) • Alapalooza (1993) • Bad Hair Day (1996) • Running With Scissors (1999) • Poodle Hat (2003) • Straight Outta Lynwood (2006)
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