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Weird Al Yankovic The Essential Weird Al Yankovic
2010 3x CD Digipak
Novelty
Parody
Comedy

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Way Moby, Volcano, Legacy, Sony

Phonographic Copyright (p) RCA/JIVE Label Group
Copyright (c) RCA/JIVE Label Group
Marketed By Sony Music Entertainment
Distributed By Sony Music Entertainment
Glass Mastered At Sony DADC, Terre Haute
Glass Mastered At Sony DADC, Terre Haute
Glass Mastered At Sony DADC, Terre Haute
© 2009, 2010 RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment.
℗ 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010 RCA/JIVE Label Group

Track 1-1 and 3-1: ℗ 1983 RCA/JIVE Label Group
Tracks 1-2 to 1-4 and 3-2: ℗ 1984 RCA/JIVE Label Group
Tracks 1-5 to 1-8: ℗ 1985 RCA/JIVE Label Group
Tracks 1-9 and 3-3: ℗ 1986 RCA/JIVE Label Group
Tracks 1-10 to 1-12 and 3-4: ℗ 1988 RCA/JIVE Label Group
Tracks 1-13 to 1-14: ℗ 1989 RCA/JIVE Label Group
Tracks 1-15 to 1-17: ℗ 1992 RCA/JIVE Label Group
Tracks 1-18 to 1-20: ℗ 1993 RCA/JIVE Label Group
Tracks 2-1 to 2-5: ℗ 1996 RCA/JIVE Label Group
Tracks 2-6 to 2-9: ℗ 1999 RCA/JIVE Label Group
Tracks 2-10 to 2-12 and 3-5 to 3-6: ℗ 2003 RCA/JIVE Label Group
Tracks 2-13 to 2-18: ℗ 2006 RCA/JIVE Label Group

Tracks 1-1 and 3-1 from the album [m=5638]
Tracks 1-2 to 1-4 and 3-2 from the album [m5732]
Tracks 1-5 to 1-8 from the album [m=5672]
Tracks 1-9 and 3-3 from the album [m=5745]
Tracks 1-10 to 1-12 and 3-4 from the album [m=5694]
Tracks 1-13 and 1-14 from the album [m=5796]
Tracks 1-15 to 1-17 from the album [m=5905]
Tracks 1-18 to 1-20 from the album [m=5933]
Tracks 2-1 to 2-5 from the album [m=6000]
Tracks 2-6 to 2-9 from the album [m=6022]
Tracks 2-10 to 2-12, 3-5 and 3-6 from the album [m=6040]
Tracks 2-13 to 2-18 from the album [m=6063]

Track 1-1 is a parody of Another One Bites the Dust by Queen (John Deacon)
Track 1-2 is a medley of Beer Barrel Polka (Lew Brown/Wladmir Timm/Jaromir Vejvoda/Vaclav Zeman); Jocko Homo [Devo] (Mark Mothersbaugh); Smoke on the Water [Deep Purple] (Richard Blackmore/Ian Gillan/Roger Glover/Jean Maillard/Ian Paice); Sex (I'm A...) [Berlin] (John Crawford/Davie Diamond/Terri Nunn); Hey Jude [The Beatles] (John Lennon/Paul McCartney); L.A. Woman [The Doors] (John Densmore/Robert Krieger/Raymond Manzarek/Jim Morrison); In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida [Iron Butterfly] (Douglas Ingle); Hey Joe [Jimi Hendrix] (Billy Roberts); Burning Down the House [Talking Heads] (David Byrne/Christopher Frantz/Jerry Harrison/Martina Weymouth); Hot Blooded [Foreigner] (Louis Grammatico/Michael Jones); Bubbles in the Wine [Lawrence Welk] (Bob Calame/Frank Loesser/Lawrence Welk); Every Breath You Take [The Police] (Sting); Should I Stay or Should I Go? [The Clash] (Nicholas Headon/Michael Jones/John Mellor/Paul Simonon); Jumpin' Jack Flash [The Rolling Stones] (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards); My Generation [The Who] (Pete Townshend); and Ear Booker Polka (Al Yankovic).
Track 1-3 is a parody of Beat It by Michael Jackson (Michael Jackson)
Track 1-4 is a parody of Jeopardy by Greg Kihn band (Greg Kihn/Joseph Wright)
Track 1-5 is a parody of Lola by The Kinks (Ray Davies)
Track 1-7 is a parody of Like a Virgin by Madonna (Thomas Kelly/William Steinberg)
Track 1-12 is a parody of Bad by Michael Jackson (Michael Jackson)
Track 1-16 is a parody of Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana (Kurt Cobain/Nirvana)
Track 1-18 is a parody of Under the Bridge & Give It Away by Red Hot Chili Peppers (Anthony Kiedis/Flea/John Frusciante/Chad Smith)
Track 1-20 is a parody of MacArthur Park by Richard Harris (Jimmy Webb)
Track 2-2 is a parody of Gangsta's Paradise by Coolio (Artis Ivey, Jr./Larry Sanders/Doug Rasheed/Stevie Wonder)
Track 2-3 is a parody of Lump by The Presidents of the United States of America (Chris Ballew/The Presidents of the United States of America)
Track 2-7 is an adaptation of It's All About the Benjamins by Puff Daddy (Sean Puffy Combs/Notorious B.I.G./Sean Jacobs/Jason Phillips/David Styles/Kimberly Jones/Deric Angelettie/Linda Laurie/Terry Etlinger)
Track 2-7 contains an interpolation of I Did It for Love
Track 2-8 is a lyrical adaptation of American Pie (Don McLean)
Track 2-10 is a parody of I Want It That Way by the Backstreet Boys (Max Martin/Andreas Carlsson)
Track 2-14 is a parody of American Idiot by Green Day (Billy Joe Armstrong/Mike Pritchard/Frank Wright)
Track 2-17 is a parody of Ridin' by Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone (Hakeem Seriki/Oscar Salinas/Juan Carlos Salinas/Anthony Henderson)
Track 2-18 is a parody of Trapped in the Closet by R. Kelly (Robert Kelly)
Track 2-18 contains a portion of the composition Black Dog by Led Zeppelin (James Patrick Page/John Baldwin/Robert Plant)
Track 3-1 is a parody of Mickey by Toni Basil (Mike Chapman/Nicky Chinn)
Track 3-3 is a parody of Living in America by James Brown (Dan Hartman/Charlie Midnight)

Track 1-1 recorded live on the Dr. Demento Radio Show, KMET Los Angeles (September 14, 1980)

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Gilligan's Island Theme lyrics courtesy of Sherwood Schwartz & George Wyle
Barcode: 8 8697-76558-2 1 (Text)
Barcode: 886977655821 (Scanned)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L328 (Disc 1)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L327 (Disc 2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L328 (Disc 3)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 50A2 (Disc 1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI AKNOE (Disc 2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 50B0 (Disc 3)
Matrix / Runout: DIDP-171986 1 A03 (Disc 1)
Matrix / Runout: DIDP-171987 1 A01 (Disc 2)
Matrix / Runout: DIDX-474457 1 A02 (Disc 3)