# Best Weird Al Yankovic song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 28, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weird-al-yankovic-song/558706 "2010-10-28T22:04:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weird-al-yankovic-song/558706/1 "2010-10-28T22:04:17Z")
I already know White & Nerdy’s gonna win this by a land slide, but lets make it official. I took the top song from each of my album polls. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weird-al-yankovic-song/558706/2 "2010-10-28T23:00:46Z")
And so it ends… It was a nice run, tho. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weird-al-yankovic-song/558706/3 "2010-10-29T00:53:57Z")
I voted for Hardware Store, which is just all sorts of awesome, but White and Nerdy is quite sweet too. I’m also a big fan of It’s All About the Pentiums, though it didn’t make the final cut here. Oh, and about 85% of all his songs. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weird-al-yankovic-song/558706/4 "2010-10-29T00:54:44Z")
I like his originals. Like [Happy Birthday](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNNkXPGLC9o) and [Mr. Frump in the Iron Lung](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AKRqDtzOlQ) ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weird-al-yankovic-song/558706/5 "2010-10-29T03:22:20Z")
White and Nerdy, but only half a length ahead of Amish Paradise. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weird-al-yankovic-song/558706/6 "2010-10-29T03:29:42Z")
Where the hell is “It’s All About the Pentiums”? Or “Like A Surgeon”? “Dare to Be Stupid?” “I Lost on Jeopardy”? “Nature Trail to Hell”? At least give me an “Other” option. Well, of the ones on this list, I went with “Hardware Store.” ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weird-al-yankovic-song/558706/7 "2010-10-29T04:06:43Z")
They all got outvoted already. I really wish When I Was Your Age, Everything You Know Is Wrong and Generic Blues made the cut too ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weird-al-yankovic-song/558706/8 "2010-10-29T04:09:09Z")
Heh. That seems to be a running theme in these poll contents. Folks miss the specific polls, then turn up in the overall poll and wonder why X isn’t on it. ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weird-al-yankovic-song/558706/9 "2010-10-29T15:17:39Z")
I’d also put “Melanie” and “Good Old Days” right up there in my all-time Al faves, along with “All About The Pentiums,” but “One More Minute” is still the song I think of when it comes to his pure, unmitigated genius. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weird-al-yankovic-song/558706/10 "2010-10-29T15:19:57Z")
“One More Minute” for me as well. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weird-al-yankovic-song/558706/11 "2010-10-29T16:13:16Z")
> [@fusoya](#): > > They all got outvoted already. I really wish When I Was Your Age, Everything You Know Is Wrong and Generic Blues made the cut too Ah, I didn’t know that.