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Bad Hair Day is the ninth album by song parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic, released in 1996. (see 1996 in music). It includes the hit "Amish Paradise", a parody of Coolio's Gangsta's Paradise. As of March 2006 it has been the highest charting album of Yankovic's career.

Track listing

#"Amish Paradise" (Ivey, Rasheed, Sanders, Wonder, Yankovic) - 3:20 #*parody of "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio. A rap song by an Amish man about his lifestyle and dealing with the modern world. #"Everything You Know Is Wrong" (Yankovic) - 3:47 #*style parody of the band They Might Be Giants. A bizarre song about everything being wrong (or just plain weird), with a juxtaposition of seemingly normal and extremely bizarre situations, such as "driving on the freeway in the fast lane with a rabid wolverine in my underwear when suddenly a guy behind me in the back seat popped right up and cupped his hands across my eyes." #"Cavity Search" (Bono, U2, Yankovic) - 4:19 #*parody of "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" by U2, about an apprehensive man's visit to the dentist #"Callin' In Sick" (Yankovic) - 3:40 #*a Nirvana style-parody about getting out of work by feigning illness, and then spending the day doing useless things. #"The Alternative Polka" - 4:50 #*A polka medley of.... #**"Loser" by Beck, #**"Sex Type Thing" by Stone Temple Pilots, #**"All I Want To Do" by Sheryl Crow, #**"Closer" by Nine Inch Nails, #**"Bang And Blame" by R.E.M., #**"You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morissette, #**"Bullet With Butterfly Wings" by Smashing Pumpkins, #**"My Friends" by Red Hot Chili Peppers, #**"I'll Stick Around" by Foo Fighters, #**"Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden, and #**"Basket Case" by Green Day. #***with new music by "Weird Al" Yankovic. #***this polka was originally meant to include "Buddy Holly" by Weezer, but the rights never materialized #"Since You've Been Gone" (Yankovic) - 1:22 #*An a cappella song about getting over the end of a relationship. #"Gump" (Ballew, Presidents of the United States of America, Yankovic) - 2:10 #*parody of "Lump" by The Presidents of the United States of America, about Forrest Gump
, the character from the film of the same name. #"I'm So Sick Of You" (Yankovic) - 3:26 #*A rant about the singer's significant other and her odious personal habits. #*Style parody of This Year's Model-era Elvis Costello. #"Syndicated Inc." (Pirner, Yankovic) - 3:54 #*parody of "Misery" by Soul Asylum, about a family's devotion to syndicated television. #"I Remember Larry" (Yankovic) - 3:56 #*reminisces about a cruel neighbourhood prankster and his demise. This is said to be one of the 2 songs in which Yancovic has hidden messages when played backword. The message is proported to be: "Wow, you have way too much free time on your hands." A style parody of The Monkees. #"Phony Calls" (Etheridge, Lopes, Organized Noize, Yankovic) - 3:22 #*parody of "Waterfalls" by TLC, about the dangers of prank calls. Featuring Bart Simpson and Moe Szyslak from The Simpsons. #"The Night Santa Went Crazy" (Yankovic) - 4:03 #*A Christmas song-sounding tale of Santa Claus snapping and going on a North Pole killing spree. A style parody of "Mama, I'm Coming Home" by Ozzy Osbourne.

Personnel

"Weird Al" Yankovic - accordion, keyboards, background vocals
Hank Azaria
- Moe Szyslak
Nancy Cartwright - Bart Simpson
Gary Herbig - bass saxophone
Steve Jay - bass, background vocals
Tommy Johnson - tuba
Warren Luening - trumpet
Joel Peskin - clarinet
Lisa Popeil - background vocals
Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz - percussion, drums
Rubén Valtierra - keyboards
Jim West - guitar, background vocals

Production

Producer: "Weird Al" Yankovic
Engineer: Tony Papa
Assistant engineer: Colin Sauers
Mixing: Tony Papa
Mastering: Bernie Grundman
Arranger: "Weird Al" Yankovic
Art direction: Doug Haverty
Photography: Carl Studna

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