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There are still several songs where I know the Weird Al lyrics better then the original

Party in the CIA > Party in the USA

I am constantly trying to convince my friends/family/strangers on street corners of this!

It's the truth.

Better put your hands up and get in the van Or else you'll get blown away Staging a coup like, yeah Brainwashing moles like, yeah We only torture the folks we don't like You're probably gonna okay Yeah, it's a party in the CIA Yeah, it's a party in the CIA

i lost on jeopardy is a timeless classic and nobody even knows what song it's parodying anymore except as trivia

Didn’t even realize that was a song parody until a couple of years ago

This list of songs that “Jeopardy” outcharted in 1983 is absolutely insane.

an entire era of music where i hear a line from a song and immediately sing the rest of the polka medley it was in

new astrology sign is which polka medley you know best

My daughter has just discovered the one with Poker Face so that’s our morning drive song.

the one with Losing My Religion and Do Me

mine is the one with wannabe, flagpole sitta, backstreet's back, etc

its either astrology sign or year we graduated, one or the other

chinese astrology is based on your birth year so i guess it's something like that

The polka medley from Running With Scissors has been living rent free in my head

White and Nerdy holds up better than Ridin Dirty

Only one had key and peele in the video!

The saga begins too easy

this was the first song i ever karaoked but i think i know them equally (thx sporcle lyrics quiz)

I think even Don Mclean has said he can't keep the words to American Pie straight anymore from listening to that

I Want a New Duck is better than whatever Huey was singing about.

I've churned butter once or twice

Coolio got so mad about Amish Paradise. Apparently they have since talked it out.

Mess with Al and you end up underground

It's "I think I'm a clone now" vs "I think we're alone" for me! The Al version is a better song

Like a Surgeon for sure

Definitely know more lyrics to “Yoda” than to “Lola”.

Omg I taught this to my 9yo after we watched his first Star Wars.

Eat It

Also I can't hear the real black hole sun without hearing it a la polka

the man destroyed bullet with butterfly wings and walked away without looking back

Smells Like Nirvana

dare to be stupid

That’s one of his originals!

yes I know it jumped into my head when I read merritt's post and I typed it, don't be pedantic

Yoda is so good it seems like the actual song and Lola is the parody.

Angry White Boy Polka has stood up to more repeat listenings on its own than the entire genre of nu metal.

this one is also easier to sing in mixed company than the original lyrics: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WPz...

WIERD AL YANKOVIC - Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies (Official HD Video)www.youtube.com Official HD Video for Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies by “Weird Al" Yankovic Listen to “Weird Al" Yankovic : https://weirdalyankovic.lnk.to/listenYD ...

I’m still working on the long verse from “Hardware Store”

You know you just can't go wrong with the rye... or the kaiser

24 years old, still true

Yeah

I heard the Weird Al version first for many songs, so the instinct is to remember them that way

most of them are better than the original but actually

It's all about the pentiums, baby

You’re just about as useless as JPGs to Helen Keller.

Related—there are more than a few films where I get the MAD Magazine parodies confused with the actual films.

How come you're always such a fussy young man? Don't want no Captain Crunch, don't want no Raisin Bran.

the saga begins and white & nerdy for me

I just heard an original that I'd only ever heard in weird al polka medleys before last night. beautiful experience to happen at 37.