![]() In 2003, Yankovic was prepared to produce a music video for the song "Couch Potato" off his eleventh studio album Poodle Hat when Eminem refused to give permission to shoot it out of concerns that it may hurt his public image. In 1999, Yankovic released a music video for the computer hardware-themed song "All About the Pentiums," a parody of the rock remix of the song "It's All About the Benjamins" by Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs (shown below, left). In 1996, Yankovic's Amish-themed parody of the rap song "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio was released (shown below, right), which Coolio later claimed he had not Yankovic permission to parody. In 1992, Yankovic released "Smells Like Nirvana" as a parody of the grunge rock song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana (shown below, left). In 1988, Yankovic released the music video for "Fat," a parody of the song "Bad" by Michael Jackson (shown below, right). In 1985, Yankovic's "Like a Surgeon" parody of the pop song "Like a Virgin" by Madonna was released (shown below, left). ![]() In 1984, Yankovic released the music video for his parody of Michael Jackson's "Beat It" titled "Eat It" (shown below, right). In 1983, Yankovic released the music video for the song "I Love Rocky Road," a parody of the song "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" by Arrows (shown below, left). In 1980, Yankovic released the song "Another One Rides the Bus" as a parody of the song "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen (shown below, right). In 1979, Yankovic recorded the song "My Bologna" as a parody of that year's hit rock song "My Sharona" by the Knack (shown below, left). During his sophomore year of college, Yankovic was given the nickname "Weird Al" by other students and used it as his on-air persona while DJing at the university's radio station. ![]() A song from the tape titled "Belvedere Cruisin" was subsequently played on the Dr. ![]() Demento) a homemade audio tape containing parody songs performed with an accordion. In 1976, Yankovic gave radio host Barret Hansen (a.k.a. ![]()
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