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Another One Rides The Bus is a rock parody of "Another One Bites The Dust" by Queen. "Weird Al" Yankovic wrote the parody and debuted it live on the Dr. Demento Show. While practicing the song outside the sound booth, Yankovic ran into Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz who told Yankovic he was a drummer. Schwartz agreed to bang on Yankovic's accordion case to keep a good steady beat to the song. "Another One Rides The Bus" became so popular that it got Yankovic his first appearance on a TV show, The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder. On the show, Yankovic played his accordion and Schwartz banged on Yankovic's accordion case.

Track Listing

The following tracks are on the Placebo Records E.P.: # "Another One Rides The Bus" – 2:36 # "Happy Birthday" – 2:36 # "Gotta Boogie" – 2:21 # "Mr. Frump In The Iron Lung" – 1:55

The following tracks are on the T.K. Records 7" single: # "Another One Rides The Bus" – 2:36 # "Gotta Boogie" – 2:21

The promo single only contains "Another One Rides The Bus." "Another One Rides The Bus" is the only song from the E.P. or single not to be re-recorded for Yankovic's debut album.

Music video

There is no music video for this single, though the The Tomorrow Show performance is included on the "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection
DVD.

Lyrics

Riding in the bus down the boulevard
And the place was pretty packed (yeah!)
Couldn’t find a seat so I had to stand
With the perverts in the back
It was smelling like a locker room
There was junk all over the floor
We’re already packed in like sardines
But we’re stopping to pick up more, look out

(chorus)
Another one rides the bus
Another one rides the bus
Another comes on and another comes on
Another one rides the bus
Hey, he’s gonna sit by you
Another one rides the bus

There’s a suitcase poking me in the ribs
There’s an elbow in my ear
There’s a smelly old bum standing next to me
Hasn’t showered in a year
I think I’m missing a contact lens
I think my wallet’s gone
And I think this bus is stopping again
To let a couple more freaks get on look out

(chorus)

(weird sound effects)

Another one rides the bus
Another one rides the bus
Another one rides the bus ow
Another one rides the bus hey hey
Another one rides the bus hey-ey-ey-ey

The window doesn’t open and the fan is broke
And my face is turning blue (yeah)
I haven’t been in a crowd like this
Since I went to see the who
Well I should’ve got off a couple miles ago
But I couldn’t get to the door
There isn’t any room for me to breathe
And now we’re gonna pick up more yeah

(chorus)

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