Lasagna (song)
"Lasagna" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "La Bamba", a traditional song popularized by Ritchie Valens and Los Lobos. Writing and release. When Yankovic began writing the song, he claimed: Under U.S. law, Yankovic can parody any song as long as he pays royalties to use the original music. However, as a personal rule, he asks for permission in order to maintain good relations with the industry. This song is an exception to that rule. Although it is a parody of the Los Lobos cover version (in turn a faithful cover of  Ritchie Valens's version, though Valens had died in 1959), "Lasagna" marked Yankovic's first parody that did not require permission from an artist or a payment of royalties, since "La Bamba" is a traditional folk song that is not attributed to any specific writer. The single was released exclusively in Japan as a mini 3" CD single. Music video. There is no full-length music video for this single, though a shortened music video segment was shown in 1997 as a part of "The Weird Al Show". Italian dishes mentioned in "Lasagna". Yankovic names many Italian dishes in "Lasagna , including: In popular culture. Lasagna" is heard playing on a radio in a cave scene in the 2010 film "Yogi Bear". In the second-season episode of NBC's drama "This Is Us" entitled "The Car", the Pearson family sings the song to calm mom Rebecca's (Mandy Moore) nerves as they cross a bridge on the way to a Yankovic concert.