Polkarama

"Polkas on 45"
Song by "Weird Al" Yankovic
from the album "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D
Released	February 28, 1984
Format	Cassette CD vinyl (12")
Recorded	December 13, 1983
Genre	Comedy polka
Length	4:23
Label	Scotti Brothers

"Hooked on Polkas"
Single by "Weird Al" Yankovic
from the album Dare to Be Stupid
Released	June 18, 1985 (Japan only)
Format	Cassette CD vinyl (12")
Recorded	March 25, 1985
Genre	Comedy polka
Length	3:51
Label	Scotti Brothers
"Weird Al" Yankovic singles chronology
"One More Minute" (1985) "Hooked on Polkas" (1985) "Dare to Be Stupid" (1986)
"One More Minute" (1985) "Hooked on Polkas" (1985) "Dare to Be Stupid" (1986)

"Polka Party!"
Song by "Weird Al" Yankovic
from the album Polka Party!
Released	October 21, 1986
Format	Cassette CD vinyl (12")
Recorded	August 29, 1986
Genre	Comedy polka
Length	3:15
Label	Scotti Brothers

"The Hot Rocks Polka"
Song by "Weird Al" Yankovic
from the album UHF
Released	July 18, 1989
Format	Cassette CD vinyl (12" and 7")
Recorded	May 24, 1989
Genre	Comedy polka
Length	4:50
Label	Scotti Brothers
Songwriter(s)	Mick Jagger Keith Richards (arr. "Weird Al" Yankovic)

"Polka Your Eyes Out"
Song by "Weird Al" Yankovic
from the album Off the Deep End
Released	April 1992
Format	Cassette CD
Recorded	January 27, 1992
Genre	Comedy polka
Length	3:50
Label	Scotti Brothers

"Bohemian Polka"
Song by "Weird Al" Yankovic
from the album Alapalooza
Released	October 5, 1993
Format	Cassette CD
Recorded	July 17, 1993
Genre	Comedy polka
Length	3:39
Label	Scotti Brothers
Songwriter(s)	Freddie Mercury (arr. "Weird Al" Yankovic)

"The Alternative Polka"
Song by "Weird Al" Yankovic
from the album Bad Hair Day
Released	March 12, 1996
Format	Cassette CD
Recorded	January 3, 1996
Genre	Comedy polka
Length	4:50
Label	Scotti Brothers

"Polka Power!"
Single by "Weird Al" Yankovic
from the album Running with Scissors
Released	September 26, 1999 (Germany only)
Format	Cassette CD
Recorded	April 20, 1999
Genre	Comedy polka
Length	4:21
Label	Volcano Zomba
"Weird Al" Yankovic singles chronology
"It's All About the Pentiums" (1999) "Polka Power!" (1999) "Pretty Fly for a Rabbi" (1999)
"It's All About the Pentiums" (1999) "Polka Power!" (1999) "Pretty Fly for a Rabbi" (1999)

"Angry White Boy Polka"
Song by "Weird Al" Yankovic
from the album Poodle Hat
Released	May 20, 2003
Format	Cassette CD
Recorded	March 21, 2003
Genre	Comedy polka
Length	5:04
Label	Volcano

"Polkarama!"
Song by "Weird Al" Yankovic
from the album Straight Outta Lynwood
Released	September 24, 2006
Format	Cassette CD
Recorded	April 12, 2006
Genre	Comedy polka
Length	4:17
Label	Volcano

Polka-style medleys of cover songs are a distinguishing part of American musician, satirist, parodist, and songwriter "Weird Al" Yankovic's catalog. They have appeared on twelve of his fourteen albums; his self-titled debut album and Even Worse do not contain medleys.

The medleys are composed of various popular songs, each one reinterpreted as a polka (generally an instrumentation of accordion, banjo, tuba, clarinet, and muted brass interspersed with sound effects) with the choruses or memorable lines of various songs juxtaposed for humorous effect. Yankovic has been known to say that converting these songs to polka was "...the way God intended." Yankovic said that the medleys were something he did "even before I had a record deal" in live performances, and that many of the songs are included due to not receiving a full parody version - "if there’s a song that I think is really ripe for parody but I just can’t think of a clever enough idea, sometimes it’ll end up in the polka medley." Regarding their popularity, Yankovic has said, "At this point, it's sort of mandatory for me to do a polka medley. Fans would be rioting in the streets, I think, if I didn't do a polka medley." Yankovic has always asked permission from every artist whose songs compose a medley due to royalties issues. He acknowledged some influence of Spike Jones in the medleys, such as the sound effects.

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