greatest hits volume ii ("weird al" yankovic album)
track listing
Table:
Track

Title

Length

(Style) Parody of

Description

Original Album

1

"Headline News"

3:46

"Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" by Crash Test Dummies

About three news stories of the mid 1990s: Singapore caning American delinquent Michael Fay, Tonya Harding's boyfriend beating her figure-skating rival Nancy Kerrigan, and Lorena Bobbitt removing her husband's penis (although "wiener" and "Mr. Happy" are used as euphemisms) with a knife.

Permanent Record: Al in the Box

2

"Bedrock Anthem"

3:40

"Under the Bridge" and "Give It Away" both by the Red Hot Chili Peppers

Discusses someone who wants to be a Flintstone and live in Bedrock, and then lists multiple reasons why.

Alapalooza

3

"You Don't Love Me Anymore"

4:01

Style parody of James Taylor

A soft, acoustic ballad, about a girlfriend who did numerous exaggerated and mostly deadly things to the singer and his obliviousness to their extent. The music video is also a parody of "More Than Words" by Extreme.

Off the Deep End

4

"Smells Like Nirvana"

3:42

"Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana

Parody of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", poking fun at the original song's ambiguous and unintelligible lyrics.

Off the Deep End

5

"Achy Breaky Song"

3:23

"Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus

About a man who mentions several other groups and artists he would rather hear, including Donny & Marie, Barry Manilow, New Kids on the Block, the Village People, Vanilla Ice, the Bee Gees, Debby Boone, ABBA, Slim Whitman, Zamfir, Yoko Ono, and Tiffany.

Alapalooza

6

"UHF [Single Version]"

3:49

Original

A Rock song done in the style of a television network's image campaign song; title theme to the movie.

UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff

7

"Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*"

3:08

"Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits

The song features the slightly altered lyrics of the theme song from the television series The Beverly Hillbillies which are set to the tune of the original. The song actually appears in its entirety in the film as a computer-animated music video/dream sequence. Mark Knopfler himself played guitar on the track.

UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff

8

"Jurassic Park"

3:53

"MacArthur Park" by Jimmy Webb

About the plot of the movie Jurassic Park.

Alapalooza

9

"This Is the Life"

2:59

Style parody of a 1930's era orchestration

Exaggerated description of a lavish lifestyle, used in the gangster spoof movie Johnny Dangerously.

Dare to Be Stupid

10

"Polka Your Eyes Out"

3:49

Polka medley

A polka medley including the following songs:

"Cradle of Love" by Billy Idol

"Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega

"Love Shack" by The B-52's

"Clarinet Polka" (Public domain)

"Pump Up The Jam" by Technotronic

"Losing My Religion" by R.E.M.

"Unbelievable" by EMF

"Do Me!" by Bell Biv DeVoe

"Enter Sandman" by Metallica

"The Humpty Dance" by Digital Underground

"Cherry Pie" by Warrant

"Miss You Much" by Janet Jackson

"I Touch Myself" by Divinyls

"Dr. Feelgood" by Mötley Crüe

"Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice

"Ear Booker Polka" by "Weird Al" Yankovic

Off the Deep End

11

"Yoda"

3:56

"Lola" by The Kinks

Describes the Dagobah-setting events of The Empire Strikes Back as told from the point of view of Luke Skywalker.

Dare to Be Stupid

12

"Christmas at Ground Zero"

3:07

Style parody of Christmas novelty songs

Apocalyptic song set to a cheerful Yuletide tune. This song is a notable entry in Al's generally harmless musical output, as the disturbing lyrics caused this song to be banned from the radio. (But is still a staple of the Dr. Demento Show.)

Polka Party!

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military.military_conflict, military.rank, sports.multi_event_tournament, internet.website_owner, broadcast.tv_station, location.uk_constituent_country, book.periodical_publisher, organization.organization, film.director, location.citytown, tv.tv_series_season, music.group_member, martial_arts.martial_artist, soccer.football_award, ice_hockey.hockey_team, film.production_company, tennis.tennis_player, amusement_parks.park, automotive.company, geography.river, religion.religion, military.armed_force, metropolitan_transit.transit_line, film.music_contributor, baseball.baseball_position, government.us_president, music.musical_scale, people.person, fictional_universe.fictional_organization, film.film_distributor, geography.body_of_water, celebrities.celebrity, tv.tv_genre, organization.non_profit_organization, sports.pro_athlete, tv.tv_producer, internet.website, sports.sport, location.uk_statistical_location, astronomy.celestial_object, royalty.noble_title, location.country, 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chemistry.chemical_compound, basketball.basketball_player, sports.cyclist, medicine.muscle, location.jp_prefecture, religion.religious_leader, sports.golfer, people.ethnicity, astronomy.orbital_relationship, american_football.football_conference, tv.tv_program_creator, ice_hockey.hockey_player, business.job_title, business.consumer_product, medicine.disease, book.author, computer.operating_system, baseball.baseball_team, award.recurring_competition, business.customer, architecture.building, basketball.basketball_conference, aviation.aircraft_owner, film.writer, computer.software_license, biology.organism, music.performance_role, biology.animal, sports.tournament_event_competition, olympics.olympic_event_competition, spaceflight.astronaut, film.film_festival_focus, american_football.football_coach, business.brand, tv.tv_network, theater.play, music.composer, tv.tv_actor, aviation.aircraft_model, royalty.chivalric_order_member, soccer.football_player, sports.sports_league_draft, location.australian_local_government_area, tv.tv_director, military.military_person, education.educational_degree, award.award_ceremony, meteorology.tropical_cyclone, business.business_operation, cvg.cvg_platform, medicine.drug_ingredient, sports.sports_facility. Give your final answer with the correct type(s), comma-separated if there are multiple, in the list of the following object {"answer": ["ANSWER"]}.

{"answer": ["music.album"]}