Top 10 Weird Al Yankovic YouTube Music Videos that Will Make You Pee Your Pants

By Jeff T. Blade, published Apr 21, 2007
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I have listened to Weird Al Yankovic's music since I was a young teenager and still to this day at 35 years old am still entertained by his sense of humor and incredible music creativity. Below you will find a short Biography of Weird Al and my top 10 list of You Tube Music Videos that make me laugh still to this day.

Al Yankovic is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts. Since receiving his first accordion lesson a day before his seventh birthday, he has sold more than 12 million albums and recorded more than 150 parody and original songs. His works have earned him three Grammy Awards amongst nine nominations, three gold records, and five platinum records in the U.S. Yankovic's first Top 10 Billboard album and single were both released in 2006, nearly three decades into his career. The Album was titled "STRAIGHT OUTTA LYNWOOD" and the son on the album was titled "White and Nerdy". In addition to recording his albums, Yankovic has written and starred in his own movie (UHF) and television show, directed music videos for himself and other artists including Ben Folds and Hanson, and has made guest appearances in television shows such as The Simpsons, Behind the Music, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, and RobotChicken.

"Eat it" is a Parody of Michael Jackson's "Beat It"

Michael Jackson has always stated that he is a fan of Weird Al's music and has never had a problem with him parading his songs.

"I'm Fat" is a Parody of Michael Jackson's "I'm Bad"

Weird Al was not only given permission to parody this song but was also given permission to shoot the music video on the exact same set that Michael Jackson did for his I'm Bad Video

"White and Nerdy" is a Parody of Rap Star Chamillionaire's "Ridin"

Chamillionaire was also very pleased, even putting Yankovic's parody "White & Nerdy" on his official MySpace page before it was on Yankovic's own page.

"Amish Paradise" is a Parody of Rap Star COOLIO's "Gangster Paradise"

Top 10 Weird Al Yankovic YouTube Music Videos that Will Make You Pee Your Pants
Top 10 Weird Al Yankovic YouTube Music Videos that Will Make You Pee Your Pants

Weird Al Yankovic

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Takeaways
  • Al has sold more than 12 million albums and recorded more than 150 parody and original songs
  • He has won three Grammys amongst nine nominations, three gold records, and five platinum records.
  • He has always gone out of his way to get the artists permission to parody a song, he doesn't have to
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Good picks! loved your list.read my recently published weird al article!

Posted on 04/23/2007 at 7:04:00 PM

 
Thanks for the memories.

Posted on 04/22/2007 at 9:04:00 PM

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