Another One Rides the Bus

Infobox Single
Name = Another One Rides the Bus


Artist = "Weird Al" Yankovic
from Album =
Released = Winter 1981
B-side = "Gotta Boogie"
Format = 7" single
Recorded = September 14, 1980
Genre = Comedy
Length = 4:57
Label = TK Records
[ Writer = ]
Producer = "Weird Al" Yankovic
Last single = "My Bologna" (1979)
This single = "Another One Rides the Bus" (1981)
Next single = "Ricky" (1983)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = "Weird Al" Yankovic
Type = studio
Tracks =
# "Ricky"
# "Gotta Boogie"
# "I Love Rocky Road"
# "Buckingham Blues"
# "Happy Birthday"
# "Stop Draggin' My Car Around"
# "My Bologna"
# "The Check's In The Mail"
# "Another One Rides the Bus"
# "I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead"
# "Such a Groovy Guy"
# "Mr. Frump In The Iron Lung""Another One Rides the Bus" is a parody of Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It originally was released on Yankovic's first E.P. and was later re-released on Yankovic' debut album.

Track listing

The following tracks are on the single:
# "Another One Rides the Bus" – 2:36
# "Gotta Boogie" – 2:21

The promo single only contains "Another One Rides the Bus".

Development & Writing

Yankovic wrote the parody and debuted it live on the Dr. Demento Show. While practicing the song outside the sound booth, Yankovic ran into Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz who told Yankovic he was a drummer. Schwartz agreed to bang on Yankovic's accordion case to keep a good steady beat to the song. "Another One Rides the Bus" became so popular that it got Yankovic his first appearance on a TV show, "The Tomorrow Show" with Tom Snyder. On the show, Yankovic played his accordion and Schwartz banged on Yankovic's accordion case and played the bulb horns.

Music video

There is no music video for this single, though the "The Tomorrow Show" performance is included on the "" DVD, as a bonus feature.

References

*In 2005, BBC Scotland used the song in the trailer for the "Still Game" episode "Dial-a-Bus".
*This was the last song to be released under the "TK Records" label before it went bankrupt.

Chart positions

ee also

*List of singles by "Weird Al" Yankovic
*List of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic