The Essential “Weird Al” Yankovic

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Another One Rides the Bus
  2:36
  3.9 ★
• 2
  Polkas on 45
  4:20
  3.4 ★
• 3
  Eat It
  3:21
  3.9 ★
• 4
  I Lost on Jeopardy
  3:28
  2.9 ★
• 5
  Yoda
  3:57
  3.9 ★
• 6
  One More Minute
  4:04
  3.6 ★
• 7
  Like a Surgeon
  3:31
  3.9 ★
• 8
  Dare to Be Stupid
  3:26
  3.5 ★
• 9
  Dog Eat Dog
  3:44
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Lasagna
  2:47
  3.5 ★
• 11
  Melanie
  3:59
  2.6 ★
• 12
  Fat
  3:37
  3.9 ★
• 13
  UHF (single version)
  3:51
  2.0 ★
• 14
  The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota
  6:48
  4.4 ★
• 15
  Trigger Happy
  3:47
  4.0 ★
• 16
  Smells Like Nirvana
  3:45
  3.2 ★
• 17
  You Don’t Love Me Anymore
  4:02
• 18
  Bedrock Anthem
  3:42
  2.4 ★
• 19
  Frank’s 2000″ TV
  4:06
  2.6 ★
• 20
  Jurassic Park
  3:55
  3.0 ★
• CD 2
• 1
  Since You’ve Been Gone
  1:23
  3.2 ★
• 2
  Amish Paradise
  3:21
  4.2 ★
• 3
  Gump
  2:12
  3.6 ★
• 4
  Everything You Know Is Wrong
  3:49
  3.4 ★
• 5
  The Night Santa Went Crazy (extra gory version)
  4:02
  5.0 ★
• 6
  Your Horoscope for Today
  4:00
  3.4 ★
• 7
  It’s All About the Pentiums
  3:36
  3.6 ★
• 8
  The Saga Begins
  5:30
  3.7 ★
• 9
  Albuquerque
  11:24
  3.6 ★
• 10
  eBay
  3:37
  3.8 ★
• 11
  Bob
  2:30
  2.6 ★
• 12
  Hardware Store
  3:46
  3.8 ★
• 13
  I’ll Sue Ya
  3:53
  3.0 ★
• 14
  Canadian Idiot
  2:24
  3.5 ★
• 15
  Pancreas
  3:51
  2.8 ★
• 16
  Don’t Download This Song
  3:55
  3.0 ★
• 17
  White & Nerdy
  2:52
  4.2 ★
• 18
  Trapped in the Drive-Thru
  10:50
  3.8 ★
• CD 3
• 1
  Ricky
  2:37
  3.0 ★
• 2
  Midnight Star
  4:37
  2.8 ★
• 3
  Living With a Hernia
  3:20
  3.5 ★
• 4
  Good Old Days
  3:22
  3.2 ★
• 5
  Wanna B Ur Lovr
  6:15
  2.8 ★
• 6
  Genius in France
  8:56
  3.2 ★

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Bad Hair Day

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Polkamania!

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Weird: The Al Yankovic Story: Original Soundtrack

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story: Original Soundtrack 2022

The Hamilton Polka

The Hamilton Polka 2018

Release credits

• Aaron Kaplan
  assistant [2.11-12, 3.5-6]
• Al Quaglieri
  producer
• Alan Reed
  spoken vocals [18]
• Andrea Robinson
  background vocals [1.2-4, 3.2]
• Angie Jaree
  choir vocals [16]
• Bela
  other vocals [6]
• Bob Tebow
  bass vocals [1.2-4, 3.2]
• Brad Buxer
  orchestrator [20], programming [20], synthesizer [17]
• Brian Warwick
  assistant [13-18]
• Carl Studna
  photography
• Carmen Twillie
  background vocals [6]
• Colin Sauers
  assistant [1.15-20, 2.1-4]
• DJ Swamp
  turntable [5]
• Dan Regan
  trombone [6]
• David Joyce
  choir vocals [16]
• Dennis Keeley
  photography
• Don Pardo
  guest [4], spoken vocals [4]
• Donnie Sierer
  saxophone [13]
• Dorothy Remsen
  harp [3.1, 1.1]
• Doug Sanderson
  assistant [3.5-6, 2.10-12], brass [3.5-6, 2.10-12]
• Dweezil Zappa
  electric guitar [6], guest [6], guitar [6], solo [6]
• Fredrik Sarhagen
  assistant [6-9]
• Gary Herbig
  baritone saxophone [2.1-4, 3.3]
• Gene Morford
  background vocals [15]
• Herb Pedersen
  banjo [6]
• Jamey Dell
  assistant [1.9, 1.15-20, 3.3]
• Jason Rankins
  assistant [13-18]
• Jay Pope
  photography
• Jeff Moses
  assistant [6-9]
• Jerry Whitman
  background vocals [15]
• Jim Haas
  background vocals [15]
• Jim Self
  tuba [3.2, 1.2-4]
• Jim West
  acoustic guitar [15], background vocals [1.6, 1.8-12, 2.1-4, 2.6-9, 3.3-4], banjo [1-4, 6-9, 15], choir vocals [2.16, 3.5], finger snaps [15], guitar [2.1-14, 2.16, 2.18, 3.3-6, 1.5-7, 1.9-20], guitar family [1.2-4, 3.2], handclaps [15-16], keyboard [17], mandolin [1.10-12, 3.4], ukulele [15]
• Jimmy Z
  saxophone [3.2, 1.2-4]
• Joe Sublett
  saxophone [3.4, 1.10-12]
• Joel Miller
  bongos [1.1-4, 3.1-2]
• Joel Peskin
  clarinet [3.2, 1.2-4, 2.1-4]
• John Adams
  assistant [13-18]
• John Dickson
  French horn [15-16]
• Johnny Buzzerio
  photography
• Jon Joyce
  background vocals [15]
• Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz
  background vocals [6-9], bicycle bell [15], bongos [13], cabasa [15], chimes [16], choir vocals [5], claves [15], cowbell [13], cymbal [14], drum machine [2.10, 2.17-18, 3.5], drums (drum set) [2.1-4, 2.6-9, 2.11-16, 1.5-8, 1.18, 3.6], electronic drum set [16], finger snaps [15], handbell [15], handclaps [15-16], kazoo [15], maracas [13], membranophone [2.5, 2.11-12, 3.1-4, 3.6, 1.1-4, 1.9-16, 1.19-20], mouth harp [15], other vocals [6], percussion [2.1-4, 2.6-9, 2.11, 1.1-5, 1.7, 1.9-12, 1.18-20, 3.1-4, 3.6], shakers [15], slide whistle [15], tambourine [1.13, 2.15-16], timpani [2.15, 1.14], wood block [15]
• Julia Waters
  background vocals [6]
• Kim Bullard
  keyboard [3.5, 2.10, 2.16, 2.18], synthesizer [3.4, 1.10-14]
• Kim Erin
  choir vocals [16]
• Kirk Weddle
  photography
• Lee Thornburg
  trombone [2.6, 3.5-6], trumpet [2.6, 2.15-16, 3.5-6]
• Lisa Popeil
  background vocals [3.2, 2.1-4, 2.12, 1.2-4, 1.9], choir vocals [16]
• Mark Seliger
  photography
• Mark Wilder
  mastering
• Maxine Waters
  background vocals [6]
• Mel Blanc
  spoken vocals [18]
• Michael Blackwell
  photography
• Miles Jay
  double bass [15]
• Monique Donnelly
  choir vocals [16]
• Nick Lane
  trombone [15-16]
• Nicolette Larson
  background vocals [3.4, 1.10-12]
• Pat Regan
  piano [1.2-6, 3.2], synthesizer [3.2-3, 1.2-9]
• Pattie Brooks
  background vocals [1.2-4, 3.2]
• Peter Kelsey
  engineer [1]
• Petsye Powell
  background vocals [1.2-4, 3.2]
• Phillip Ramos
  assistant [13-18]
• Rafael Serrano
  engineer [2.10-18, 3.5-6]
• Randy Crenshaw
  choir vocals [16]
• Reginald “Sonny” Burke
  piano [5-6]
• Richard Bennett
  banjo [1.1, 3.1], ukulele [1.1, 3.1]
• Rick Derringer
  guitar [1.1, 1.5-7, 1.9-12, 3.1, 3.3-4], guitar family [1.2-4, 3.2], mandolin [1.2-4, 3.2], producer [1.1-14, 3.1-4]
• Ronny Jay
  turntable [1.10-12, 3.4]
• Rubén Valtierra
  keyboard [1-4, 8, 11]
• Sam Emerson
  photography
• Sarah O’Brien
  cello [15]
• Steve Jay
  background vocals [3.3-4, 1.6, 1.8-12, 2.1-4, 2.6-9], banjo [3.2, 2.15, 1.2-4], bass [1.1, 1.9, 3.1, 3.3], bass guitar [3.2, 3.4-6, 1.2-6, 1.10-16, 1.18-20, 2.1-16], bass synthesizer [18], bass vocals [13], choir vocals [3.5, 2.16], finger snaps [15], flute [15], handclaps [15-16], talking drum [1.2-4, 3.2]
• Tavis Werts
  trumpet [6]
• The Waters Sisters
  background vocals [13-14]
• Tom Evans
  saxophone [2.6, 3.5-6]
• Tommy Johnson
  tuba [1.16, 2.1-4]
• Tony Papa
  engineer [1.2-12, 1.15-20, 3.1-6, 2.1-4, 2.6-18], mix [1.9-12, 1.15-20, 2.1-4, 2.6-18, 3.3-6]
• Tony Zoeller
  assistant [10]
• Tress MacNeille
  spoken vocals [1], vocal [6]
• Warren Leuning
  trumpet [1.2-4, 3.2]
• Warren Luening
  trumpet [2.1-4, 3.3, 1.13]
• William Anderson
  harmonica [11], tenor saxophone [3]
• William K. Anderson
  harmonica [1.1, 3.1], saxophone [3.1, 1.1]
• “Musical Mike” Kieffer
  body percussion [3.2, 1.2-4]
• “Weird Al” Yankovic
  art direction, producer, accordion [2.1-4, 2.6-9, 2.15, 1.1-4, 1.10-12, 3.1-2, 3.4, 3.6], arranger [1.3-12, 1.14, 3.1, 3.3-4], background vocals [2.1-10, 2.12-15, 2.17-18, 1.5-6, 1.8-14, 1.16, 1.18-20, 3.3-6], bass harmonica [15], choir vocals [3.5, 2.16], finger snaps [15], handclaps [15-16], harmonica [15], harpsichord [15], keyboard [2.1-9, 2.12-13, 2.18, 1.6-12, 3.3-4, 3.6], lead vocals [3.1, 3.3-6, 1.1, 1.5-20, 2.1-18], piano [2.15, 1.2-4, 3.2], producer [1.15-20, 3.5-6, 2.1-18], synthesizer [1.2-4, 3.2], theremin [15], toy piano [15], vibraphone [15], vocal [3.2, 1.2-4]
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  The Essential “Weird Al” Yankovic

  2x CD
  26 October 2009
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  The Essential “Weird Al” Yankovic

  2x Digital Media
  26 October 2009
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  The Essential “Weird Al” Yankovic

  2x CD
  2009
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  The Essential “Weird Al” Yankovic: Limited Edition 3.0

  3x CD
  31 August 2010