Greatest Hits Volume II ("Weird Al" Yankovic album)

Greatest Hits Volume II
Greatest hits album by "Weird Al" Yankovic
Released	October 25, 1994
Recorded	Pre-1994
Genre	Comedy
Label	Scotti Brothers
"Weird Al" Yankovic chronology
Permanent Record: Al in the Box (1994) Greatest Hits Volume II (1994) The TV Album (1995)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone Record Guide	[2]

Greatest Hits Volume II is a compilation CD of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic that features his best known songs that did not appear on "Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits, plus the new single "Headline News" which first appeared on disc four of the boxed set Permanent Record: Al In The Box (released a month prior to Greatest Hits Volume II). The cover art for Greatest Hits Volume II was also taken from Permanent Record.

Track listing

Track	Title	Length	(Style) Parody of	Description	Original Album
1	"Headline News"	3:46	"Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" by Crash Test Dummies	About three news stories of the mid 1990s: Singapore caning American delinquent Michael Fay, Tonya Harding's boyfriend beating her figure-skating rival Nancy Kerrigan, and Lorena Bobbitt removing her husband's penis (although "wiener" and "Mr. Happy" are used as euphemisms) with a knife.	Permanent Record: Al in the Box
2	"Bedrock Anthem"	3:40	"Under the Bridge" and "Give It Away" both by the Red Hot Chili Peppers	Discusses someone who wants to be a Flintstone and live in Bedrock, and then lists multiple reasons why.	Alapalooza
3	"You Don't Love Me Anymore"	4:01	Style parody of James Taylor	A soft, acoustic ballad, about a girlfriend who did numerous exaggerated and mostly deadly things to the singer and his obliviousness to their extent. The music video is also a parody of "More Than Words" by Extreme.	Off the Deep End
4	"Smells Like Nirvana"	3:42	"Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana	Parody of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", poking fun at the original song's ambiguous and unintelligible lyrics.	Off the Deep End
5	"Achy Breaky Song"	3:23	"Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus	About a man who mentions several other groups and artists he would rather hear, including Donny and Marie, Barry Manilow, New Kids on the Block, the Village People, Vanilla Ice, the Bee Gees, Debby Boone, ABBA, Slim Whitman, Zamfir, Yoko Ono, and Tiffany.	Alapalooza
6	"UHF [Single Version]"	3:49	Original	A Rock song done in the style of a television network's image campaign song; title theme to the movie.	UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff
7	"Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*"	3:08	"Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits	The song features the slightly altered lyrics of the theme song from the television series The Beverly Hillbillies which are set to the tune of the original. The song actually appears in its entirety in the film as a computer-animated music video/dream sequence. Mark Knopfler himself played guitar on the track.	UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff
8	"Jurassic Park"	3:53	"MacArthur Park" by Jimmy Webb	About the plot of the movie Jurassic Park.	Alapalooza
9	"This Is the Life"	2:59	Style parody of a 1930's era orchestration	Exaggerated description of a lavish lifestyle, used in the gangster spoof movie Johnny Dangerously.	Dare to Be Stupid
10	"Polka Your Eyes Out"	3:49	Polka medley	A polka medley including the following songs: "Cradle of Love" by Billy Idol "Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega "Love Shack" by The B-52's "Clarinet Polka" (Public domain) "Pump Up The Jam" by Technotronic "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M. "Unbelievable" by EMF "Do Me!" by Bell Biv DeVoe "Enter Sandman" by Metallica "The Humpty Dance" by Digital Underground "Cherry Pie" by Warrant "Miss You Much" by Janet Jackson "I Touch Myself" by Divinyls "Dr. Feelgood" by Mötley Crüe "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice "Ear Booker Polka" by "Weird Al" Yankovic	Off the Deep End
11	"Yoda"	3:56	"Lola" by The Kinks	Describes the Dagobah-setting events of The Empire Strikes Back as told from the point of view of Luke Skywalker.	Dare to Be Stupid
12	"Christmas at Ground Zero"	3:07	Style parody of Christmas novelty songs	Apocalyptic song set to a cheerful Yuletide tune. This song is a notable entry in Al's generally harmless musical output, as the disturbing lyrics caused this song to be banned from the radio. (But is still a staple of the Dr. Demento Show.)	Polka Party!

References

1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r212486
2. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. pp. 893. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.