"Weird Al" Yankovic is a multi-Grammy award winning American musician, satirist, parodist, accordionist, and television producer.
He is known in particular for humorous songs which make fun of popular culture or parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts, or both. His works have earned him three gold and five platinum records in the U.S. Songs on Yankovic's commercially released albums
Yankovic has written hundreds of songs over his entire career; however, listed below are the tracks that have appeared on his commercially released albums. These include his 11 studio albums and 5 compilation albums.
Studio albums
Compilation albums
This list also includes tracks from Peter and the Wolf (1988). This is a warped classical children's record featuring Yankovic's narration and poems with music arranged, composed, and performed by synthesizer whiz Wendy Carlos.
Each song's listing states the album or albums on which it appears and whether the song is an original or a parody. Some songs are "style parodies," in which Yankovic attempts to emulate the general sound of a group without directly parodying one of their songs. These are listed as "Original, in the style of ...". Songs on other commercially released albums
This is a list of other Yankovic songs that have been released, but do not appear on any of Yankovic's commercially released albums. Some of these albums are out of print, and hard to find. Songs not commercially released
All of these songs are confirmed. Most are listed on Yankovic's website.
- "12th Street Rag"
- "Albuquerque" (special "fake" version)
- "A Matter Of Crust," a parody of "A Matter of Trust" by Billy Joel
- "Avacado," parody of "Desperado"
- "Belvedere Cruising"
- "Beverly Hillbillies/Miss You"
- "Born To Be Mild," a parody of "Born To Be Wild" by Steppenwolf
- "Burger King," a parody of "Sister Christian" by Night Ranger
- "Cheerios, Apple Jacks, Cheerios," a parody of "Cheerio, Cherry Lips, Cheerio" by Gordon Wallace (a.k.a. Scrappy Lambert)
- "Chicken Pot Pie," a parody of "Live and Let Die," originally written by Paul McCartney & Wings and re-recorded by Guns N' Roses
- "Close To You"
- "Crampton Comes Alive," a parody of "Do You Feel Like We Do" by Peter Frampton
- "Dead Car Battery Blues"
- "Doctor Doctor," a parody of "Doctor! Doctor!" by The Thompson Twins
- "Don't You Forget About Meat," a parody of "Don't You Forget About Me" by Simple Minds
- Dr. Demento's 15th Anniversary Special by Weird Al and Barnes & Barnes
- "Dueling Accordions"
- "Fast Food," a parody of "Thank You" by Alanis Morrisette
- "Fatter," a parody of "Shattered" by The Rolling Stones
- "Feel Like Throwing Up," a parody of "Feel Like Making Love"
- "Flatbush Avenue," a parody of "Electric Avenue" by Eddy Grant
- "Free Delivery," a parody of "My Heart Will Go On" originally written by James Horner and original performed by Celine Dion
- "Gee I'm A Nerd," a parody of "Free As A Bird" by The Beatles
- "Gravy On You," a parody of "Crazy On You" by Heart
- "Green Eggs & Ham," a parody of "Numb" by U2
- "Hit Me With A Rock," a parody of "Loves Me Like A Rock" by Paul Simon
- "Hot Beets," a parody of "Heartbeat"
- "House Of The Sesame Seed Bun," a parody of "House Of The Rising Sun"
- "If I Could Make Love To A Bottle," a parody of "Time In A Bottle" by Jim Croce
- "I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead" (Demo Version A)
- "I'm Stupid Blues"
- "Inna Gadda Da Vida"
- "It's A Gas"
- "Last Train To Clarksville"
- "Laundry Day," a parody of "Come Out And Play" by Offspring
- "Leisure Suit Serenade"
- "Love Me Two Times"
- "Make Me Steak #3," a parody of "Mistake #3" by Boy George And The Culture Club
- "Moldy Now," a parody of "Hold Me Now" by The Thompson Twins
- "More Than A Filling," a parody of "More Than a Feeling" by Boston
- "Mr. Frump in the Iron Lung," (Demo Version A)
- "Mr. Frump in the Iron Lung," (Demo Version B with Guitar)
- "Never Met A Person As Wonderful As Me"
- "Nobody Here But Us Frogs"
- "Orgy On My Own"
- "Polka Patterns," written for the math TV show Square One
- "Purple Haze"
- "Rocky Road Hoochie Koo"
- "School Cafeteria" (Demo Version)
- "School's Out"
- "Snack All Night," a parody of "Black Or White" by Michael Jackson
- "Shaving Cream" (with Dr.Demento)
- "Smoke On The Water"
- "Sometimes You Feel Like A Nut," a parody of "Suddenly Last Summer" by The Motels
- "Spameater," a parody of "Maneater"
- "Stop Draggin' My Car Around" (Demo Version A)
- "Stop Draggin' My Car Around" (Demo Version C)
- "Sweet Home Alabama"
- "Take Me To The Liver," a parody of "Take Me To The River" by Talking Heads
- "Take The L Out Of Liver," a parody of "Take The L Out Of Lover" by The Motels
- "Theme From Home Improvement," a parody of "I'll Be There For You" by The Rembrandts
- "We Got The Beef," a parody of "We Got The Beat" by The Go-Go's
- "We Won't Eat Another Hero," a parody of "We Don't Need Another Hero"
- "Whole Lotta Lunch," a parody of "Whole Lotta Love"
- "Whole Lotta Love"
- "Wipeout"
- "Won't Eat Prunes Again," a parody of "Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who
- "You Light Up My Life" (punk version)
- a polka medly performed in 1982 including parts of "Are We Not Men?," "Homosapien," "Sex Junkie," "TV O.D.," "Bad Boys Get Spanked," "TV Party," "Janitor," and "People Who Died"
- a polka medly performed in 1983 including parts of "Are We Not Men?," "Smoke On The Water," "Der Komissar," "Sex," "Hey Jude," "L.A.Woman," "Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida," "Hey Joe," "1999," "Bad Boys Get Spanked," "Hot Blooded," "Every Breath You Take," "She Blinded Me With Science," and "Stairway To Heaven"
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