All Things "Weird Al" Yankovic

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New Weird Al polka track, "Polkamania!", available for (legal) download here! (lemmy.world)

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Ten years ago this week, “Weird Al” Yankovic released Mandatory Fun, the first comedy album in history to debut at #1 on the Billboard albums chart. Today, in celebration of that unprecedented feat, Al is releasing his new single and video “Polkamania!,” a medley of some of the biggest and most memorable songs of the last decade.

In keeping with Al’s many previous polka medleys, “Polkamania!” lampoons the biggest hits by today’s most iconic artists. Just a few of the the songs and artists included in the medley are Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers,” Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy,” ” Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” Adele’s “Hello,” and Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off.” For “Polkamania!,” Al also enlisted a dozen of his favorite animators and filmmakers including past collaborators such as Jarrett Heather (“Word Crimes”), Bill Plympton (“Don’t Download This Song,” “TMZ”), Liam Lynch (“Craigslist,” “First World Problems”), Ghostbot (“Party in the CIA”), and Augenblick Studios (“Another Tattoo,” “Your Horoscope for Today,” and the Amish sequence in WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story). Notable new collaborators include British animator Cyriak and A24’s Hazbin Hotel creator Vivienne Medrano.

Get the Track:

Qobuz (44.1kHz/24-bit FLAC)
7digital (44.1khz/16-bit FLAC, 320kbps MP3)

Music Video | Stream on Spotify

It features these songs:

Bad Guy (Billie Ellish) [2019]
Hello (Adele) [2015]
Flowers (Miley Cyrus) [2023]
We Don't Talk About Bruno (Lin Manuel Miranda) [2021]
vampire (Olivia Rodrigo) [2023]
Old Town Road (Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus) [2018]
Despacito (Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee) [2017]
Shape of You (Ed Sheeran) [2017]
Uptown Funk (Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars) ]2014]
WAP (Cardi B. feat. Megan Thee Stallion) [2020]
thank u, next (Ariana Grande) [2019]
Shake It Off (Taylor Swift) [2014]

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Polkamania! · "Weird Al" Yankovic · Billie Eilish O'Connell · Finneas Baird O'Connell · Gregory Kurstin · Adele Laurie Blue Adkins · Miley Cyrus · Michael Ross Pollack · Gregory Aldae Hein · Lin-Manuel Miranda · Olivia Rodrigo · Daniel Nigro · Montero Lamar Hill · Kiowa Roukema · Attticus Matthew Ross · Michael Trent Reznor · Luis Fonsi · Erika Maria Ender · Kandi L. Burruss · Tameka D. Cottle · Edward Christopher Sheeran · Johnny McDaid · Steven McCutcheon (Steve Mac) · Kevin Briggs · Peter Gene Hernandez (Bruno Mars) · Philip Martin Lawrence · Jeffrey Bhasker · Devon Christopher Gallaspy · Nicholas Joseph Williams · Mark D. Ronson · Lonnie Simmons · Ronnie James Wilson · Charles K. Wilson · Rudy Taylor · Robert Lynn Wilson · Austin J. Owens · Belcalis Almanzar · Frank Brent Rodriguez · James Foye · Jordan Thorpe · Megan Jovon Pete · Victoria Monet McCants · Kimberly Anne Krysiuk · Thomas Lee Brown · Charles Michael Anderson · Michael David Foster · Taylor Monet Parks (Tayla Parx) · Ariana Grande · Njomza Vitia · Taylor Swift · Max Martin (Max Martin Sandberg) · Johan Karl Schuster (Shellback) · Al Yankovic

Polkamania!

℗ 2024 WAY MOBY

Released on: 2024-07-19

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[Video] - Goldinsounds covers "Why Does This Always Happen to Me?" (lemmy.world)

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This is an awesome cover of Al's Ben Folds pastiche. Unfortunately it's not available for download.

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📣 THE NEW WEIRD AL SINGLE IS OUT: Polkamania! (youtu.be)

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Weird Al's first new standalone single in 6 years (Hamilton Polka): "Polkamania!" has just dropped!

Audio is out now on streaming, and an official video should be out later today too! I'll switch the post link to the video as soon as I have it

E: Video added

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New "Weird Al" Yankovic Single Out Friday 7/19 (lemmy.world)

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Updates and information to be posted here as they arrive!

Original Bluesky post: https://bsky.app/profile/alyankovic.bsky.social/post/3kxdbf3563n2a

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And I will die on this hill. (lemmy.world)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/7371425

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Dave & Ethan’s 2000″ Weird Al Podcast: Episode 200": Interview with Jim "Kimo" West - Talking about his new album and some fun insights on the Return of Vanity Tour and W:TAYS (2000inch.com)

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WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story has been nominated for EIGHT Emmys! (lemmy.zip)

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The full list of nominations: https://www.emmys.com/shows/weird-al-yankovic-story

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Television Movie (Daniel Radcliffe)
Outstanding Television Movie
Outstanding Picture Editing
Outstanding Casting
Outstanding Music Composition
Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics (Now You Know)
Outstanding Sound Mixing
Outstanding Writing

According to Al on Facebook:

Congratulations to promising young newcomer Daniel Radcliffe, who just got his very first Emmy nomination!

Hey, I just got MY very first nominations too! In fact, I'm thrilled to say that WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story received a total of 8 EMMY NOMINATIONS this morning!!! We're up for Outstanding Television Movie, Lead Actor, Script, Song ("Now You Know"), Score, Casting, Editing, and Sound Mixing.

Winners will supposedly be announced in September (depending on the strike situation). Very, very excited about this - thanks, Television Academy!

Meanwhile, Al on Twitter:

Sorry for screaming at the top of my lungs, but WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY JUST GOT EIGHT EMMY NOMINATIONS!!!!

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Video: "Yoda" live with a full orchestra in Houston, Texas (2018) (yewtu.be)

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Alternative link: YouTube

This is the definitive performance of this song, if you ask me. Do we know who the backup singers are? I think of of them might be Lisa Popeil.

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Canadian Idiot: Great White North Version? (lemmy.world)

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Was anyone able to snag it when it was available on Apple music briefly? I'm not asking for direct links here, but I'm curious as to whether it exists in the wild.

It's a version of the song which has never been released that had the "Coo loo coo coo, coo coo coo coo" that the concert version has, but which was unable to he licensed for Straight Outta Lynwood.

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Peter and the Wolf / Carnival of the Animals Part II with Wendy Carlos (lemmy.world)

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Has everyone listened to it? What do you think?

Wendy Carlos is considered to be a synth pioneer, having come onto the scene in the '60s with her Moog-based albums. She later composed the scores for A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, and Tron. Her collaboration with Al is her dive into MIDI.

This album's been out of print for a long time, but it's available to stream at the Internet Archive.