"Weird Al" Yankovic Breaks Down His Most Iconic Tracks | GQ
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Published 2022-12-22
"My Bologna" music video courtesy of Randy Kerdoon.
Director - Graham Corrigan
Director of Photography - Grant Bell
Editor - Gerard Zarra
Talent - "Weird Al" Yankovich
Producer - Kristen Rakes
Associate Producer - Sam Dennis
Production Managers - Andressa Pelachi & Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator - Carolina Wachockier
Talent Booker - Mica Medoff
Camera Operator - Shay Eberle Gunst
Audio - Paul Cornett
Production Assistant - Brock Spitaels
Groomer - Vanessa Rene
Post Production Supervisor - Rachael Knight
Supervising Editor - Rob Lombardi
Assistant Editor - Justin Symonds
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0:00 “Weird Al” Yankovic’s Iconic Tracks
0:26 My Bologna
2:08 White And Nerdy
3:04 Another One Rides The Bus
4:00 Eat It
5:03 Amish Paradise
6:36 I Love Rocky Road
7:59 Smells Like Nirvana
9:40 Dare To Be Stupid
10:33 Albuquerque
11:26 Fat
13:13 Polka Face
14:24 Like A Surgeon
15:45 Hardware Store
16:37 “The Number 27”
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All Comments (21)
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Tony Hawk being in the Smells Like Nirvana video without Al knowing is the most Tony Hawk thing ever
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The fact that musicians consider being parodied by Weird Al to be a higher honor than winning a Grammy speaks volumes of this legend.
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He’s the only man to refer to himself as quirky and have everyone around him agree instead of cringe.
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Weird Al should, without a doubt, be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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When Al said “we lost A LOT of extras that day” I got concerned for the worst
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It's insane to me that Weird Al is 63. He's still got so much manic, friendly energy.
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I’m surprised he doesn’t mention the greatest thing about “Dare to be Stupid” which is that Mark Mothersbaugh was insanely envious about it and never truly forgave him for writing “the perfect Devo song” as he put it.
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When "Amish Paradise" came out, I was in middle school. Very coincidentally, we had a school field trip planned to Lancaster County, PA to visit an Amish area. The teachers wanted us to experience a different culture and way of life. The charter bus was blasting this song the entire way there. Was a very memorable trip and I still love the song.
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The fact that Al does NOT legally need permission to make a parody yet he still won't if the artist doesn't approve because he doesn't want to offend their art is legendary.
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It amazes me that this man has remained relevant for 40 years doing what he does. Parody is a niche at best. This man has made Parody a career. That's magic.
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Dude is a national treasure. We need more weird Al’s in the world.
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Weird Al was the friend everyone wanted to have in his 20s, the uncle everyone wanted to have in his 40s and now in his 60s he's the grampa everyone want to have.
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Weird Al is one of those rare performers that’s able to be funny without resorting to being mean
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The fact he heard he was going to have a pony based off him in My Little Pony, and immediately wanted to be the voice of said pony is an amazing
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Really surprised his "American Pie" parody "The Saga Begins" didn't make the cut for this "most iconic tracks". It is my favorite, and I always show it to people who are unfamiliar with Weird Al and like Star Wars.
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I love that for the Polka Face video he just told the animators "have fun!" A true artist, knowing that those artists would come up with something fun and unique he might never even think of
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I like that he has kept his drummer all these years. It speaks well of him.
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He was awesome in concert, he even hung around after to meet fans. Great guy, top tier performer
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It would be cool if Weird Al could do the Super Bowl Halftime Show at some point. 🙂
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I love the story of Paul McCartney fanboying out the moment Al arrived at a record party. He was fully prepared to walk in there and feel like an outcast and talk to no one, and within two minutes Paul McCartney is hugging him.
