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Nov 26, 1996 · “The Night Santa Went Crazy” is an original song by “Weird Al” Yankovic. The darkly humorous Christmas song is performed as a style parody of “Black Gold” by Soul Asylum, with
Jul 15, 2014 · You most likely know some of Weird Al Yankovic’s biggest hits, but he has also recorded and discarded many would-be parody hits over the years.Much of this unreleased material has to do with ...
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Weird Al wanted to parody the Wings song “Live and Let Die,” but Paul McCartney turned him down. “I wanted to do ‘Chicken Pot Pie,’ and Paul was a good sport,” Yankovic explained. “He said, ‘I would love for you to do this, but could you not make it about chicken because I’m a vegetarian. I don’t want to condone the eating of animal flesh.’” But “I...
In 2003, Weird Al intended "Couch Potato" to be the first single off his then-new album, Poodle Hat. The song was a parody of Eminem’s Academy Award-winning song “Lose Yourself” from 8 Mile. While Eminem gave Weird Al permission to parody the song, the rapper denied him permission to use it as a single or make a music video. “Eminem was fine with m...
Over the many decades of Weird Al’s career, Prince was the one recording artist who never let him parody one of his songs. It wasn’t for lacking of trying: Yankovic tried to do spoofs of “Kiss” and “1999” starting in the 1980s without success. “The only person who’s consistently said no has been Prince. I haven’t approached him in 20 years,” Yankov...
While he’s a big fan of Weird Al’s music, guitarist Jimmy Page declined Yankovic permission to turn Led Zeppelin songs into a polka medley. However, Page did allow Weird Al to do an interpolation of “Black Dog” in Yankovic’s “Trapped in the Drive-Thru,” which is a parody of R. Kelly’s “Trapped in the Closet.” Yankovic told the Toronto Sun, “It’s ac...
Although Weird Al received permission from Interscope Records to parody “Gangsta’s Paradise,” rapper Coolio didn’t give Yankovic consent to write the parody “Amish Paradise.” After the Grammy Awards in 1995, Coolio spoke outagainst the parody, saying, “[I] ain’t with that … I think that my song was too serious … I really … don’t appreciate him dese...
Although Michael Jackson gave Weird Al permission to spoof “Bad” and “Beat It” into the parody songs “Fat” and “Eat It,” respectively, the King of Pop denied Yankovic consent to parody his 1991 song “Black or White.” “Michael wasn’t quite so into it, because he thought ‘Black or White’ was more of a message song, and he didn’t feel as comfortable w...
In 1996, Weird Al included a number of popular alternative rock songs into one polka medley called “The Alternative Polka.” He originally included a snippet of Weezer’s “Buddy Holly,” but then the band reconsidered. “‘Buddy Holly’ by Weezer was originally in ‘The Alternative Polka,’” Yankovic said on his website. “In fact, it was completely recorde...
In 2006, Weird Al wanted to spoof Daniel Powter’s “Bad Day” with the parody “You Had a Bad Date,” but the recording artist denied Yankovic permission to record it—at least at first. “And then literally the day before we went into the studio to record ‘White & Nerdy,’ we got a call saying he changed his mind and he wanted to do it after all,” Yankov...
After receiving James Blunt’s blessing to parody his hit song “You’re Beautiful,” Weird Al recorded and planned to release the spoof “You’re Pitiful” as the first single from his 2006 album “Straight Outta Lynwood”—but Blunt’s label, Atlantic Records, stepped in and denied Yankovic any use of the parody because they felt it might hurt Blunt’s brand...
In 2011, Weird Al jumped through a number of hoops in an effort to get approval to turn Lady Gaga’s hit "Born This Way" into a parody called "Perform This Way" for his 14th studio album: When her management team demanded to hear the track before granting permission, Yankovic wrote and sent them the lyrics. They responded, “She actually needs to hea...
The radio just let us know. That this is not a test. [Chorus 1] Everywhere the atom bombs are dropping. It's the end of all humanity. No more time for last-minute shopping. It's time to face your ...
Also, Al said it isn't a style parody, so it is a good insight into what his music style is. 2. Hardware Store - Another non-style parody, and also his most complex song vocally. 3. Why Does This Always Happen To Me - Awesome three part harmony, especially love how it sounds live.
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The Night Santa Went Crazy. " The Night Santa Went Crazy " is an original song performed by "Weird Al" Yankovic. The black comedy Christmas song is performed as a pastiche of " Black Gold " by Soul Asylum. It has melodic references to "Black Gold", " Mama, I'm Coming Home " by Ozzy Osbourne, and " I Believe in Father Christmas " by Greg Lake.
