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Even Worse
Even Worse cover
Studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic
Released April 12, 1988
Recorded December 1987, February 1988
Genre Comedy
Length 37:41
Label Scotti Brothers
Producer Rick Derringer
Professional reviews
"Weird Al" Yankovic chronology
Polka Party!
(1986)
Even Worse
(1988)
"Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits
(1988)
Singles from Even Worse
  1. "Fat"
    Released: April 12, 1988
  2. "Lasagna"
    Released: May 1988
  3. "I Think I'm a Clone Now"
    Released: June 14, 1988

Even Worse is the fifth album by "Weird Al" Yankovic, released in 1988. The name and cover of the album are direct parodies of Michael Jackson's Bad. Cover for the album Even Worse by Weird Al Yankovic This is an album cover. ... A studio album is a collection of previously unreleased, studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... This article is about the musician himself. ... is the 102nd day of the year (103rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Scotti Brothers Records was a California-based record label founded by Tony and Ben Scotti. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Rick Derringer (born Richard Zehringer, 5 August 1947, (age 59) in Fort Recovery, Ohio) is an American guitarist, vocalist, and entertainer. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... This article is about the musician himself. ... Polka Party! is the fourth album by song parodist Weird Al Yankovic, released in 1986. ... Weird Al Yankovics Greatest Hits is a compilation CD of songs by Weird Al Yankovic that features his best known songs from his first five studio albums. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Fat is a song by Weird Al Yankovic. ... is the 102nd day of the year (103rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: other events of 1988 Musical groups established in 1988 Record labels established in 1988 list of years in music 1980s in music // Peter Ruzicka becomes director of the Hamburg State Opera and State Philharmonic Orchestra. ... Lasagna is a song by Weird Al Yankovic. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... See also: other events of 1988 Musical groups established in 1988 Record labels established in 1988 list of years in music 1980s in music // Peter Ruzicka becomes director of the Hamburg State Opera and State Philharmonic Orchestra. ... I Think Im A Clone Now is a song by Weird Al Yankovic. ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year (166th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: other events of 1988 Musical groups established in 1988 Record labels established in 1988 list of years in music 1980s in music // Peter Ruzicka becomes director of the Hamburg State Opera and State Philharmonic Orchestra. ... An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ... This article is about the musician himself. ... Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958), commonly known as MJ as well as the King of Pop, is an American musician, entertainer, and pop icon whose successful career and controversial personal life have been a part of pop culture for the last three decades. ... Bad is an album of recorded music by pop music icon Michael Jackson, released in 1987. ...


This album, like Polka Party! before it, themed all but one of its parodies. On this album all but one parody were of popular songs which were then-recently remade. Singles from Polka Party! Released: October 21, 1986 Released: November 1986 Polka Party! is the fourth album by song parodist Weird Al Yankovic, released in 1986. ...

Contents

Track Listing

Track Title Length (Style) Parody of Description
1 "Fat" 3:37 "Bad" by Michael Jackson About a man's obesity that is blown out of proportion.
2 "Stuck In A Closet With Vanna White" 5:01 Style parody of The 'Back-in-Black' era AC/DC Song in which a man describes his bizarre recurring dreams to a doctor.
3 "(This Song's Just) Six Words Long" 3:37 "Got My Mind Set On You" as performed by George Harrison (Original version: Rudy Clark and James Ray) About the lack of lyrical content in the song. Ironically, Yankovic often pronounces the is in the title, making the chorus seven words long.
4 "You Make Me" 3:06 Style parody of the Oingo Boingo song "Grey Matter" A love song involving a person's desire to engage in strange and/or violent behavior compelled by the weirdness of another person.
5 "I Think I'm a Clone Now" 3:20 "I Think We're Alone Now" as performed by Tiffany (Original version: Tommy James & the Shondells About a man's experiences with his lab-created identical clone.
6 "Lasagna" 2:46 "La Bamba" (popularized by Ritchie Valens, though the parody is more likely inspired by Los Lobos' 1987 cover) A song centered largely around Italians and Italian food.
7 "Melanie" 3:58 Original Describes a socially inept apartment dweller's attempts to woo his neighbor Melanie.
8 "Alimony" 3:16 "Mony, Mony" as performed by Billy Idol (original version: Tommy James & the Shondells) About a man's ex-wife exploiting the money he owes her in alimony payments to take insane advantage of him.
9 "Velvet Elvis" 4:30 Style parody of "Don't Stand So Close to Me" and "Synchronicity II" by The Police An ode to a velvet Elvis picture.
10 "Twister" 1:03 Style parody of "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" and "Fight For Your Right (To Party)" by Beastie Boys A song about the Milton Bradley game "Twister".
11 "Good Old Days" 3:21 Style parody of "Only One" by James Taylor A song about a psychopath reminiscing about his childhood

Fat is a song by Weird Al Yankovic. ... Bad was a 1987 hit recording by pop singer Michael Jackson. ... Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958), commonly known as MJ as well as the King of Pop, is an American musician, entertainer, and pop icon whose successful career and controversial personal life have been a part of pop culture for the last three decades. ... Vanna White (born Vanna Marie Rosich on February 18, 1957 is a American television personality, best known as the hostess and puzzle board operator on the long-running game show Wheel of Fortune. ... AC/DC are a hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. ... “Dreams” redirects here. ... Got My Mind Set on You is a song written by Rudy Clark and originally recorded by the late James Ray in 1962. ... George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943[1][2] – 29 November 2001[3]) was an Academy Award and Grammy Award-winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, author and sitarist best known as the lead guitarist of The Beatles. ... Oingo Boingo was a critically acclaimed American New Wave rock band better known for their influence, soundtrack contributions, and high energy Halloween concerts rather than their chart successes. ... I Think Im A Clone Now is a song by Weird Al Yankovic. ... I Think Were Alone Now is a song written by Ritchie Cordell that was a 1967 hit for American recording artists Tommy James & the Shondells and re-popularized 20 years later by Tiffany. ... Tiffany Renee Darwish (born October 2, 1971), known popularly as Tiffany, is an American singer who had a number of teen pop hits during the late 1980s. ... It has been suggested that Tommy James be merged into this article or section. ... Lasagna is a song by Weird Al Yankovic. ... La Bamba is a traditional song created in the Mexican state of Veracruz over 300 years ago. ... Richard Steven Valenzuela (May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959) was a pioneer of rock and roll. ... Los Lobos is an American rock band, heavily influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country music, folk, R&B, blues, and traditional Spanish and Mexican music such as boleros and norteños. ... Italian cuisine is characterized by its flexibility, its range of ingredients and its many regional variations. ... Melanie is a song performed by Weird Al Yankovic in which the lyricist stalks a girl named Melanie who lived across the street on the fifteenth floor of the Gilmore building. By the end of the song, he commits suicide by jumping from a sixteenth story window above her. ... Billy Idol (born William Michael Albert Broad, 30 November 1955 in Middlesex) is an English rock musician. ... It has been suggested that Tommy James be merged into this article or section. ... Dont Stand So Close to Me is a famous 1980 song and hit single by the British pop group The Police. ... Synchronicity II is a name of a song by The Police. ... The Police are a three-piece rock band consisting of singer/bassist Sting (Gordon Sumner), guitarist Andy Summers, and drummer Stewart Copeland. ... No Sleep Till Brooklyn is a song by the Beastie Boys. ... (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party) was the first single released from the Beastie Boys breakthrough album, Licensed to Ill (1986). ... The Beastie Boys are a musical group from the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan. ... For the Oakland Athletics outfielder, see Milton Bradley (baseball player) The Milton Bradley Company is an American game company established by Milton Bradley in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1860. ... Twister is a game of physical skill produced by Hasbro Games. ... Album by Bizzy Bone released in 2006. ... James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Belmont, Massachusetts. ...

Personnel

This article is about the instrument as a whole. ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... Synthesizer as used in music, is a term derived from a Greek word syntithetai < synthesis (συντίθεται < σύνθεσις) and is used to describe a device capable of generating and/or manipulating electronic signals for use in music creation, recording and performance. ... Rick Derringer (born Richard Zehringer, 5 August 1947, (age 59) in Fort Recovery, Ohio) is an American guitarist, vocalist, and entertainer. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... Stephen Steve Jay (born January 26, (year unknown) in Florida) is a bassist best known for working with the singer-songwriter Weird Al Yankovic. ... The electric bass guitar (or electric bass) is a bass string instrument played with the fingers by plucking, slapping, or using a pick. ... Nicolette Larson (July 17, 1952 - December 16, 1997) was a singer best known for Lotta Love, which peaked at #8 on Billboard Magazines Hot 100 chart in 1978. ... Jon Bermuda Schwartz (born August 18, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois) is a drummer best known for working with the singer-songwriter Weird Al Yankovic. ... A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound by being hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... The saxophone (colloquially referred to as sax) is a conical-bored instrument of the woodwind family. ... James Jim Kimo West (born December 18, (year unknown) in Toronto) is a guitarist best known for working with the singer-songwriter Weird Al Yankovic. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... A mandolin is a small, stringed musical instrument which is plucked, strummed or a combination of both. ...

Production

  • Producer: Rick Derringer
  • Engineer: Tony Papa
  • Arranger: "Weird Al" Yankovic

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1988 The Billboard 200 27

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1988 "Fat" The Billboard Hot 100 99

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