My Bologna
| "My Bologna" | ||||||||||
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| Single by "Weird Al" Yankovic | ||||||||||
| from the album "Weird Al" Yankovic | ||||||||||
| B-side | "School Cafeteria" | |||||||||
| Released |
December 25, 1979 April 1983 (remix) | |||||||||
| Format | 7" | |||||||||
| Recorded |
September 1979 March 14, 1982 (1983 remix) | |||||||||
| Genre | Comedy, power pop | |||||||||
| Length |
2:20 (single version) 2:03 (album version) | |||||||||
| Label |
Capitol (1979) Rock 'n Roll Records (1983) | |||||||||
| Producer(s) | "Weird Al" Yankovic | |||||||||
| "Weird Al" Yankovic singles chronology | ||||||||||
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"My Bologna" is "Weird Al" Yankovic's parody of "My Sharona" by The Knack. Yankovic wrote the song while he attended California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. The song, in its original crude form, was recorded in the tiled men's bathroom across from KCPR, the college radio station using only Yankovic's vocals and his accordion.[1] The title refers to Bologna sausage, specifically the Oscar Meyer brand popular in the United States.
Yankovic sent "My Bologna" to Dr. Demento, who aired the song on his nationwide radio program, The Dr. Demento Show. It was Yankovic's first song to gain the number one spot on Dr. Demento's Funny Five countdown and also became number three on the Funny Twenty-five; the original "bathroom recording" was later included on the compilation album Dr. Demento's Dementia Royale. "My Bologna" was later re-recorded and re-released on Yankovic's debut album.
Track listing
Side A
- "My Bologna" – 2:20
Side B
- "School Cafeteria" – 2:12
"My Bologna" was re-recorded for Yankovic's debut album. "School Cafeteria" was never re-recorded or made available on any studio albums, although a live-on-the-radio version was released on the compilation album Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes 7.[2]
Recording
In 1982, Yankovic re-recorded the song for his debut album, "Weird Al" Yankovic. The Capitol Records single version appears on Permanent Record: Al in the Box. The belch that appears at the end of the accordion solo in the original version is not actually Yankovic; in an interview, he admitted that he "swiped it off the It's a Gas" record, a flexi-record in The Worst from Mad 9 and credited to Alfred E. Neuman.
Music video
Although an official video was never shot, an early "demo video" was shot. This video clip shows a young Yankovic lip-syncing to this song at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in December 1979. It is included on the DVD "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection as an Easter egg.
See also
- List of singles by "Weird Al" Yankovic
- List of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic
References
- ↑ Hansen, Barret (1994). Permanent Record: Al in the Box (liner). California, USA: Scotti Brothers Records. http://dmdb.org/al/booklet.html.
- ↑ Morris, Jeff. "unreleased "Weird Al" Yankovic recordings". The Demented Music Database. Retrieved 2011-06-05.