"Weird Al" Yankovic discography

"Weird Al" Yankovic discography

"Weird Al" Yankovic
Releases
↙Studio albums	13
↙Live albums	1
↙Compilation albums	9
↙EPs	3
↙Singles	43
↙Video albums	6
↙Music videos	37

The discography of Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (English pronunciation: /ˈjæŋkəvɪk/;^[1] born October 23, 1959), an American singer-songwriter, music producer, actor, comedian, satirist, and a parodist consists of 13 studio albums, 43 singles, three EP's and nine compilations. Yankovic is known in particular for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts. Since his first-aired comedy song in 1976, he has sold more than 12 million albums—more than any other comedy act in history^[2]—recorded more than 150 parody and original songs,^[3][4][5] and has performed more than 1,000 live shows.^[6] His works have earned him three Grammy Awards among nine nominations, four gold records, and six platinum records in the United States. Yankovic's first top ten Billboard album (Straight Outta Lynwood) and single ("White & Nerdy") were both released in 2006, nearly three decades into his career.

In addition to recording his albums, Yankovic has written and starred in his own film, UHF, and his own television show, The Weird Al Show, and directed music videos for himself and other artists including Ben Folds, Hanson, Black Crowes, and The Presidents of the United States of America. He has also made guest appearances on many television shows, in addition to starring in his own Al TV specials.

Studio albums

Year	Title	Peak chart position					Certifications (sales thresholds)
		US [7]	US Com. [8]	AUS [9][10]	CAN [11]	NZ [12]
1983	"Weird Al" Yankovic Released: April 26, 1983 Label: Scotti Brothers Format: LP, CS	139	—	—	—	—	US: Gold[13]
1984	"Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D Released: February 28, 1984 Label: Scotti Brothers Format: LP, CS	17	—	61	—	—	CAN: Gold[14] US: Platinum[13]
1985	Dare to Be Stupid Released: June 18, 1985 Label: Scotti Brothers Format: LP, CS, CD	50	—	—	—	—	US: Platinum[13]
1986	Polka Party! Released: October 21, 1986 Label: Scotti Brothers Format: LP, CS, CD	177	—	—	—	—
1988	Even Worse Released: April 12, 1988 Label: Scotti Brothers Format: LP, CS, CD	27	—	73	—	44	CAN: Gold[14] US: Platinum[13]
1989	UHF – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff Released: July 18, 1989 Label: Scotti Brothers Format: LP, CS, CD	146	—	—	—	—
1992	Off the Deep End Released: April 14, 1992 Label: Scotti Brothers Format: CS, CD	17	—	45	—	—	CAN: Platinum[14] US: Platinum[13]
1993	Alapalooza Released: October 5, 1993 Label: Scotti Brothers Format: CS, CD	46	—	—	—	—	CAN: 2x Platinum[14] US: Gold[13]
1996	Bad Hair Day Released: March 12, 1996 Label: Scotti Brothers Format: CS, CD	14	—	—	—	—	CAN: Platinum[14] US: Platinum[13]
1999	Running with Scissors Released: June 29, 1999 Label: Volcano Records Format: CS, CD, download	16	—	18	16	—	AUS: Gold[15] CAN: Gold[14] US: Platinum[13]
2003	Poodle Hat Released: May 20, 2003 Label: Volcano Records Format: CS, CD, download	17	12	26	—	—
2006	Straight Outta Lynwood Released: September 26, 2006 Label: Volcano Records Format: CS, CD, download	10	1	27	—	—	US: Gold[13]
2011	Alpocalypse Release date: 21 June 2011[16] Label: Volcano Records Format: LP, CD, download	9	1	28	13	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Internationally released

Year	Title	Peak Chart Position			Certifications (sales thresholds)
		US [7]	US Com. [8]	AUS [9][10]
1988	"Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits Released: October 18, 1988 Label: Scotti Brothers Format: LP, CS, CD	—	—	—	CAN: Gold[14]
1992	The Food Album Released: June 22, 1992 Label: Scotti Brothers Format: CD, CS	—	—	—	US: Gold[13]
1994	Permanent Record: Al in the Box Released: September 27, 1994 Label: Scotti Brothers Format: CD	—	—	—
	Greatest Hits Volume II Released: October 25, 1994 Label: Scotti Brothers Format: CD, CS	198	—	—	CAN: Gold[14]
1995	The TV Album Released: November 7, 1995 Label: Scotti Brothers Format: CD, CS	—	—	—
2009	The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic Released: October 27, 2009 Label: Volcano Format: CD, download	178	1	45
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Non-internationally released

Year	Album details	Country
1984	Eat It Released: May 1, 1984 Label: Scotti Brothers Format:	Japan
	The Official Music of "Weird Al" Yankovic Released: June 1984 Label: Scotti Brothers Format:
1992	The Best of Yankovic Released: 1992 Label: Scotti Brothers Format:	Korea
2000	The Saga Begins Released: January 25, 2000 Label: Volcano Records Format:	Japan

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions			Album
		US [17]	AUS [9]	UK [18][19]
1979	"My Bologna"	—	—	—	Non-album single[I]
1981	"Another One Rides the Bus" [II]	104	—	—	"Weird Al" Yankovic
1983	"Ricky"	64	—	—
	"I Love Rocky Road" [II]	106	—	—
1984	"Eat It"	12	1	36	"Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D
	"King of Suede"	62	—	—
	"I Lost on Jeopardy"	81	—	—
	"This Is the Life"	—	—	—	Dare to Be Stupid
1985	"Like a Surgeon"	47	19	—
	"I Want a New Duck"	—	—	—
	"One More Minute"	—	—	—
	"Hooked on Polkas"[IV]	—	—	—
1986	"Dare to Be Stupid"	—	—	—
	"Living with a Hernia"	—	—	—	Polka Party!
	"Christmas at Ground Zero"	—	—	—
1988	"Fat"	99	11	80	Even Worse
	"Lasagna"	—	—	—
	"I Think I'm a Clone Now"	—	—	—
1989	"UHF"	—	—	—	UHF
	"Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*"	—	—	—
	"Isle Thing"	—	—	—
1992	"Smells Like Nirvana"	35	24	58	Off the Deep End
	"You Don't Love Me Anymore"	—	—	—
	"Taco Grande"	—	—	—
1993	"Jurassic Park"	—	—	—	Alapalooza
	"Bedrock Anthem"	—	—	—
	"Achy Breaky Song"	—	—	—
1994	"Headline News" [II]	104	—	—	Permanent Record: Al in the Box
1996	"Amish Paradise"	53	—	—	Bad Hair Day
	"Gump" [II]	102	—	—
	"Spy Hard"	—	—	—	Non-album single
	"The Night Santa Went Crazy"	—	—	—	Bad Hair Day
1999	"The Saga Begins"	—	—	—	Running with Scissors
	"It's All About the Pentiums"	—	—	—
	"Polka Power!"[VII]	—	—	—
	"Pretty Fly for a Rabbi"[VIII]	—	67	—
2006	"Don't Download This Song"[X]	—	—	—	Straight Outta Lynwood
	"White & Nerdy"	9	—	80
	"Canadian Idiot"[X]	82	—	—
2007	"eBay"[IIX] [II]	115	—	—	Poodle Hat
2008	"Whatever You Like"[XI] [II]	104	—	—	Alpocalypse
2009	"Craigslist"[XI]	—	—	—
	"Skipper Dan"[XI]	—	—	—
	"CNR"[XI]	—	—	—
	"Ringtone"[XI]	—	—	—
2011	"Perform This Way"[XI]	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

• I^ Although "My Bologna" was later re-recorded and re-released on Yankovic's debut album, the earlier single version was never released on a studio album, although it did appear on the now out-of-print box set Permanent Record.
• II^ Chart on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.
• IV^ "Hooked on Polkas" was exclusively released as a single in Japan.
• VII^ "Polka Power!" was exclusively released as a single in Germany.
• VIII^ "Pretty Fly for a Rabbi" was exclusively released as a single in Australia.
• X^ "Don't Download This Song", "Canadian Idiot", and "eBay", were all released as album cuts in the U.S. "Canadian Idiot" was released as a promo single exclusively in Australia.
• XI^ Released as a digital single.

Other appearances

• "Weird Al" Yankovic & Wendy Carlos – Peter and the Wolf
  • A split concept album by Yankovic and Carlos, featuring a parody of the original Peter and the Wolf story by Sergei Prokofiev and a parody of The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns entitled "The Carnival of the Animals - Part Two."
• Crispin Hellion Glover – The Big Problem ≠ The Solution. The Solution = Let It Be — 1989
  • Yankovic is listed as an accordionist in the album's extensive production credits.^[20]
• Babalu Music! — October 22, 1991
  • A collection of music from and related to the television sitcom I Love Lucy. Yankovic's contribution as producer seems not to extend past the title track.^[4]
• Frankie Yankovic – Songs of the Polka King, Vol. 1 — September 24, 1996
  • Accordion and backing vocals for "Who Stole the Kishka?"
• Pokémon The Movie 2000 (soundtrack) — July 18, 2000
  • Includes Yankovic's "Polkamon"^[4]
• Ben Folds – Songs for Silverman — April 26, 2005
  • Performs background vocals for the song "Time".
• Sandra Boynton – Dog Train — 2005
  • Yankovic sings a duet with Kate Winslet on "I Need a Nap".
• MC Lars – This Gigantic Robot Kills — 2009
  • Played and arranged the accordion hook on "True Player for Real".
• Mike Phirman – The Very Last Songs I Will Ever Record (Part One) — 2010
  • Provides lead rap vocals on "Street Meat (You Keep Tauntin' Me)"
• Yo Gabba Gabba! Music is Awesome! Volume 3 — September 13, 2011
  • Yankovic performs "Circus Parade" with the characters from the show.

Songs not commercially released

Main article: List of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic#Songs not commercially released

Music videos

Year	Title	Director[21]
1980	"My Bologna"	Unknown
1983	"Ricky"	Janet Greek
	"I Love Rocky Road"	Drof Soref
	"Eat It"	Jay Levey
	"I Lost on Jeopardy"	Francis Delia
1984	"This is the Life"	Jay Levey
1985	"Like a Surgeon"	Jay Levey & Robert K. Weiss
	"Dare to Be Stupid"
	"One More Minute"
1986	"Living with a Hernia"	Jay Levey
	"Christmas at Ground Zero"	Al Yankovic
1988	"Fat"	Jay Levey
1989	"Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies"	Jay Levey
	"UHF"
1992	"Smells Like Nirvana"
	"You Don't Love Me Anymore"
1993	"Jurassic Park"	Mark Osborne and Scott Nordlund
	"Bedrock Anthem"	Al Yankovic
1994	"Headline News"
1996	"Amish Paradise"
	"Gump"
	"Spy Hard"
1999	"The Saga Begins"
	"It's All about the Pentiums"
2003	"Bob"
2006	"Don't Download This Song"	Bill Plympton
	"I'll Sue Ya"	Thomas Lee
	"Virus Alert"	David C. Lovelace
	"Close but No Cigar"	John Kricfalusi and Katie Rice
	"Pancreas"	Jim Blashfield
	"Weasel Stomping Day"	Seth Green
	"White & Nerdy"	Al Yankovic
	"Do I Creep You Out"	JibJab
2007	"Trapped in the Drive-Thru"	Doug Bresler
2009	"Craigslist"	Liam Lynch
	"Skipper Dan"	Divya Srinivasan
	"CNR"	JibJab
	"Ringtone"	Supernews
2011	"Perform This Way"	Al Yankovic
	"Whatever You Like"
	"Party in the CIA"	Roque Ballestros
	"TMZ"	Bill Plympton
	"Polka Face"	10 Different Animators

See also

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

References

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