EBay (song)

EBay (song)

Infobox Single
Name = eBay


Artist = "Weird Al" Yankovic
from Album = Poodle Hat
B-side =
Released = March 20, 2003 (album) January 2007 (Digital single)
Format = Digital download
Recorded = 2003
Genre = Comedy rock
Length = 3:36
Label = Volcano Records
Writer = "Weird Al" Yankovic
Producer = "Weird Al" Yankovic
Certification =
Last single = "Canadian Idiot" (2006)
This single = "eBay" (2007)
Next single = "Whatever You Like" (2008)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Poodle Hat
Type = studio
Tracks =
# "Couch Potato"
# "Hardware Store"
# "Trash Day"
# "Party at the Leper Colony"
# "Angry White Boy Polka"
# "Wanna B Ur Lovr"
# "A Complicated Song"
# "Why Does This Always Happen to Me?"
# "Ode to a Superhero"
# "Bob"
# "eBay"
# "Genius in France"

"eBay" is a song and radio-only single by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "I Want It That Way" by The Backstreet Boys. In it, the narrator describes how often he purchases items on eBay.

Track listing

The following tracks are on the downloadable single:
# "eBay" - 3:36

Release

Released in 2003, "eBay" was never intended to be released as a single (whether in a radio-only, commercial, or promo format), however, after the post-Christmas quirks of 2006, it debuted as #15 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=344&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Bubbling+Under+Hot+100+Singles&ci=3081676&cdi=9168739&cid=01%2F13%2F2007 Top Music Charts - Hot 100 - Billboard 200 - Music Genre Sales ] ]

Music video

The song "eBay" was actually performed live at eBay Live! 2003. A portion of this performance can be seen at the beginning of the CNBC documentary "The eBay Effect: Inside a Worldwide Obsession". [ [http://weirdal.0catch.com/collection/trade.html#tvdvd TV Appearances on DVD] ] Though no official video was produced, it has inspired the creation of numerous user-generated videos, usually featuring slides of the items mentioned.

Items bid on

The following are items bought or bid on in the song, in the order they are featured in the lyrics:
*Used pink bathrobe
*Rare mint snowglobe
*Smurf TV tray
*Pet rock
*"ALF" alarm clock
*William Shatner's old toupée
*
*Slightly damaged golf bag
*Beanie Babies new with tags
*Tchotchkes
*Watch
*Dukes of Hazzard ash tray
*"Pac-Man Fever" lunchbox
*Case of vintage tube socks
*Kleenex used by Dr. Dre
*That Farrah Fawcett poster
*PEZ dispensers
*Toaster

Chart positions

References

ee also

*List of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic

External links

* [http://www.updatexp.com/ebay-song.html Streamed Version of Ebay]


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