Original: Originally the title of the song was going to be simply '' Beverly Hillbillies '' ; however , the title of the song was changed to '' Money for Nothing\/Beverly Hillbillies \* '' ( with an asterisk ) , and it is legally copyrighted and registered as such .
Simplified: '' Money for Nothing\/Beverly Hillbillies \* '' is a song by '' Weird Al '' Yankovic . It is a parody of '' Money for Nothing '' by Dire Straits and a cover of The Beverly Hillbillies theme song .