Ten years ago this week, “Weird Al” Yankovic released Mandatory Fun, the first comedy album in history to debut at #1 on the Billboard albums chart. Today, in celebration of that unprecedented feat, Al is releasing his new single and video “Polkamania!,” a medley of some of the biggest and most memorable songs of the last decade.
In keeping with Al’s many previous polka medleys, “Polkamania!” lampoons the biggest hits by today’s most iconic artists. Just a few of the the songs and artists included in the medley are Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers,” Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy,” ” Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” Adele’s “Hello,” and Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off.”
For “Polkamania!,” Al also enlisted a dozen of his favorite animators and filmmakers including past collaborators such as Jarrett Heather (“Word Crimes”), Bill Plympton (“Don’t Download This Song,” “TMZ”), Liam Lynch (“Craigslist,” “First World Problems”), Ghostbot (“Party in the CIA”), and Augenblick Studios (“Another Tattoo,” “Your Horoscope for Today,” and the Amish sequence in WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story). Notable new collaborators include British animator Cyriak and A24’s Hazbin Hotel creator Vivienne Medrano.
Get the Track:
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Music Video | Stream on Spotify
It features these songs:
- Bad Guy (Billie Ellish) [2019]
- Hello (Adele) [2015]
- Flowers (Miley Cyrus) [2023]
- We Don't Talk About Bruno (Lin Manuel Miranda) [2021]
- vampire (Olivia Rodrigo) [2023]
- Old Town Road (Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus) [2018]
- Despacito (Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee) [2017]
- Shape of You (Ed Sheeran) [2017]
- Uptown Funk (Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars) ]2014]
- WAP (Cardi B. feat. Megan Thee Stallion) [2020]
- thank u, next (Ariana Grande) [2019]
- Shake It Off (Taylor Swift) [2014]
Publishing Information
Polkamania! · "Weird Al" Yankovic · Billie Eilish O'Connell · Finneas Baird O'Connell · Gregory Kurstin · Adele Laurie Blue Adkins · Miley Cyrus · Michael Ross Pollack · Gregory Aldae Hein · Lin-Manuel Miranda · Olivia Rodrigo · Daniel Nigro · Montero Lamar Hill · Kiowa Roukema · Attticus Matthew Ross · Michael Trent Reznor · Luis Fonsi · Erika Maria Ender · Kandi L. Burruss · Tameka D. Cottle · Edward Christopher Sheeran · Johnny McDaid · Steven McCutcheon (Steve Mac) · Kevin Briggs · Peter Gene Hernandez (Bruno Mars) · Philip Martin Lawrence · Jeffrey Bhasker · Devon Christopher Gallaspy · Nicholas Joseph Williams · Mark D. Ronson · Lonnie Simmons · Ronnie James Wilson · Charles K. Wilson · Rudy Taylor · Robert Lynn Wilson · Austin J. Owens · Belcalis Almanzar · Frank Brent Rodriguez · James Foye · Jordan Thorpe · Megan Jovon Pete · Victoria Monet McCants · Kimberly Anne Krysiuk · Thomas Lee Brown · Charles Michael Anderson · Michael David Foster · Taylor Monet Parks (Tayla Parx) · Ariana Grande · Njomza Vitia · Taylor Swift · Max Martin (Max Martin Sandberg) · Johan Karl Schuster (Shellback) · Al Yankovic
Polkamania!
℗ 2024 WAY MOBY
Released on: 2024-07-19
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So good! He never misses.