Gump (song)
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| Single by "Weird Al" Yankovic from the album Bad Hair Day |
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| B-side | "Spy Hard (Theme from the Motion Picture Spy Hard)"
"Since You've Been Gone" |
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| Released | May 7, 1996 | ||||
| Format | CD, cassette | ||||
| Recorded | January 3, 1996 | ||||
| Genre | Comedy / parody | ||||
| Length | 2:10 | ||||
| Label | Scotti Brothers | ||||
| Producer | "Weird Al" Yankovic | ||||
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Cover for the "Gump" promo
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Gump is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Lump" by The Presidents of the United States of America and also parodies the title character from the movie Forrest Gump.
The cover for the single is itself a parody of the Presidents of the United States of America's logo. This is one of Yankovic's shortest album parodies, second only to his remade version of "My Bologna".
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[edit] Track listing
The following tracks are on the single:
- "Gump"–2:10
- "Spy Hard" (Theme from the Motion Picture Spy Hard)–2:49
- "Since You've Been Gone"–1:22
- "Since You've Been Gone (Karaoke Version)"–1:22
- "Callin' In Sick (Instrumental)"–3:40
- "Spy Hard" (Theme from the Motion Picture Spy Hard) (Instrumental)–2:49
- "Spy Hard" (Theme from the Motion Picture Spy Hard) (Orchestral Mix)–2:49
The promo single only contains "Gump". The cassette single only contains "Gump" and "Spy Hard (Theme From The Motion Picture Spy Hard)".
[edit] Music video
The video for Gump is a double parody of both the movie "Forrest Gump" and the Presidents of the United States of America's music video for Lump.
- The video begins with a feather blowing through the air, much like the beginning of the original movie.
- Andy Comeau appears as the titular character, Forrest Gump.
- Yankovic appears as Chris Ballew, complete with bald head.
- John "Bermuda" Schwartz appears as Jason Finn, and Steve Jay appears as Dave Dederer. Yankovic has stated that originally his guitarist, Jim West, was supposed to play the part of Dederer, but his hair was too long. Jay later filled in.
- Throughout the video Forrest offers different people chocolates. He first offers Gladys Ormphby (Ruth Buzzi's Laugh-In character) some chocolates and she hits him with her purse. The second offer is to a large, strong man which results in Gump being spun around by his head. He then offers Pat Boone some chocolates. Boone greedily devours most of the box.
- The instruments used in the song are over-simplified as a parody of the Presidents Of The United States Of America's actual instruments (A basitar, or 2 stringed guitar for bass, and a guitbass which is a 3 stringed guitar). Al uses a one stringed bass in the video, while the guitarist uses a two stringed "guitar".
- As mentioned before, half of the music video is also a parody of the "Lump" music video: Instead of singing in a bog/marsh, Al and his band are dancing in the water fountain in the middle of the park. The silhouette scene in the Lump music video is also parodied, with Al and his band making hand shadows against the background.
- At 1:02, during the silhouette scenes, Yankovic can be seen bending his guitar. This is similar to the videos for Smells Like Nirvana and Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*.
[edit] Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1996 | Billboard Hot 100 (US) | No. 102 |
