Talk:List of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic

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Contents 1 Finished? 2 Trigger Happy 3 Pretty Fly... for a What? 4 A Complicated Song 5 Let's bomb Iraq 6 Misattributed 7 Not Al Songs 8 Running Times? 9 Really silly, but it is relevant... possibly 10 Night Santa Went Crazy (Extra Gory Version) 11 Another Short Song by Al 12 Songs from Concert

[edit] Finished?

145 songs? Is it finally complete?

Well, it does seem to be missing his concert-only songs, such as the pizza-delivery parody of "My heart will go on," and I don't see any of his pre-album works, such as "School Cafeteria" here, either. --Measure July 7, 2005 02:45 (UTC)

Was that pizza-delivery really concert-only? I seem to remember a similar song appearing on the Simpsons in his guest appearance. --maru (talk) contribs 03:37, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

• • I know, this list is purely the songs off his officially released albums -- Ianblair23 7 July 2005 03:02 (UTC)

• • Would it be so bad to include the other songs? Here's a more complete list of all al's recorded songs: http://www.weirdal.com/rcdgdate.htm although even this leaves out his concert-only stuff.--Measure July 7, 2005 18:51 (UTC)

• • • I think that, even though I am late, that we should put the page on to the main "Weird Al" Yankovic page. swat671 01:48, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trigger Happy

Isn't "Trigger Happy" a parody of a Beach Boys song? If it is unverified whether it's original or cover, just put in (unverified). --SuperDude 16:57, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

I believe it's original, but clearly a tribute to their style. The main article "Weird Al" Yankovic supports that view. I added the info to the list. Rl 17:23, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Pretty Fly... for a What?

Is it 'Pretty Fly for a Jedi', or 'Pretty Fly for a Rabbi'?

Rabbi. It's the third track on his 1999 alubm Running with Scissors. Al's two Star Wars songs are called "Yoda" (a parody of "Lola") and "The Saga Begins", (a parody of "American Pie"). As far as I know, to date no one (Al or otherwise) has recorded a song called "Pretty Fly (for a Jedi)", although you can find some random people who have written such a song [1], and Al has stated in interviews that he did at one point consider writing "The Saga Begins" to the tune of "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" and calling it "Pretty Fly (for a Jedi)", but later decided against it [2]. -- Tyler 16:54, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

I have a video featuring footage of Thumb Wars set to "Pretty Fly (For a Jedi)", which is attributed to Al. Weird Al did not perform the song. It doesn't even sound like him.PrometheusX303 01:35, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] A Complicated Song

About that parody on Avril Lavigne's Complicated song - isn't it called Constipated? I could be mistaken.

The official title as given on the CD is "A Complicated Song". "Constipated" sounds like an mp3 mislabelling. - Tyler 17:21, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Let's bomb Iraq

What about "Let's bomb Iraq" ? Many lyrics websites list it as a Yankovic song... --Steven Fruitsmaak 21:15, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

No, only the songs on the list/s are by Al, the rest, it's safe to assume, are misattributions. 129.180.1.214 13:55, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

The song you're thinking of is called "Bomb Iran" and it's by The Capitol Steps. It's a parody of "Barbara Ann" by the Beach Boys 12.226.28.31 01:22, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Misattributed

Not sure I see the point in this section. Now if there was a song or three that it was extremely commonly (in general, not just in file-sharing circles) misattributed to Al, I could see listing it. But most of the songs on the list sound NOTHING like Al, and anyone who knows the slightest thing about him (other than the fact he writes parodies) is not going to confuse him with the author. Specifically, most of these songs are pretty 'lowbrow' and Al usually doesn't stoop there. I'd suggest removing this section entirely -- as it has the potential to grow to encompass any parody that gets played on the radio or circulated on the internet...--Rehcsif 20:04, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Seconded. --Big gun 16:25, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, I was WP:BOLD and removed the list, replacing it with a paragraph documenting the phenomenon, and linking to the "Not Al Page" which was much more complete anyway. I hope this is acceptable. --Rehcsif 18:47, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Not Al Songs

If you've ever gone to Al's website, on the links page is a site called "The Not Al Songs" page. It's a list comprised by a few people who are dedicated to attributing songs to the correct artist, rather than just labeling all parodies to Al.

http://free.house.cx/~eil/etc/notal_list.html

[edit] Running Times?

Is it possible to also add the running times onto these? I'd like to know about them. Also, shouldn't there be a alternative cronological list?-Chwoka

[edit] Really silly, but it is relevant... possibly

X number of years ago, I remember that there was a Sabrina: The Animated Series cartoon on when I was nearby, and the main characters become rock stars and sang some song over and over. I recall that some way through the episode, a Weird Al-esque version of the very same song was sung and attributed (in the cartoon) to Weird Al himself (with one of the characters commenting that you know you're famous when Weird Al writes a parody of your song.) I don't remember the details well, but does anyone know what I'm talking about, or if this was this done by the real Weird Al or an imitator? --HeroicJay 07:18, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

According to both IMDB [3] and Wikipedia (see Sabrina: The Animated Series), that was an actual cameo by Weird Al himself. —TheMuuj ^Talk 21:30, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Night Santa Went Crazy (Extra Gory Version)

Wasn't there an alternate version of "TNSWC" available as a single, with new lyrics that detail Santa's death? T.J. Fuller, Jr. 06:23, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

It was on the "Amish Paradise" Single. ~~ Gromreaper^(Talk)/_(Cont) 04:58, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

How would one go about adding it to the list? T.J. Fuller, Jr. 13:23, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Um, it's already on there. Check under "Songs on other commercially released albums". ~~ Gromreaper^(Talk)/_(Cont) 02:41, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Another Short Song by Al

Didn't Al parody the Prodigy's 'Firestarter' in one of the epsodes of 'Wierd Al Show'. I think his version was called 'Stupid Hair Cut'.

[edit] Songs from Concert

Weird al yankovic had a number of songs on his Straight outta lynwood tour that are not released yet. Any dates on these.

Some of these songs are: Albakerky, Some random phone song he sang —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 139.168.241.137 (talk) 14:49, 5 April 2007 (UTC).

"Albuquerque" was on Running With Scissors. I shall update the list to include "Cellphones". "I'm in Love With the Skipper" is (or should be...it was!) already on the list.~~ Gromreaper^(Talk)/_(Cont) 01:53, 7 April 2007 (UTC)