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Polka Party! is the fourth album by song parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic, released in 1986.

This album is known for having three of its four parodies be of theme songs to then-recent movies: Rocky IV ("Living in America" parodied into "Living with a Hernia"), Ruthless People ("Ruthless People" parodied into "Toothless People"), and Short Circuit ("Who's Johnny?" parodied into "Here's Johnny").

To date, this is Yankovic's lowest-selling album.

Track listing

Track Title Length (Style) Parody of Description
1 "Living with a Hernia" 3:20 "Living in America" by James Brown The song is about hernias. The video for which was shot on the concert set used in the movie Rocky IV.
2 "Dog Eat Dog" 3:42 Style parody of Talking Heads A loving ode to the corporate fast track. There is a line directly parodying "Once In a Lifetime"; "Sometimes I tell myself, this is not my beautiful stapler. Sometimes I tell myself this is not my beautiful chair!"
3 "Addicted to Spuds" 3:50 "Addicted to Love" by Robert Palmer About a man's obsession for potatoes and potato-related products.
4 "One of Those Days" 3:18 Style parody of "Ducks on the Wall" by The Kinks A song describing horrible things as if they were everyday annoyances. Each horrible thing escalates up to global annihilation while more mundane annoyances pop up at different times.
5 "Polka Party!" 3:15 Polka Medley A polka medley including the following songs:
6 "Here's Johnny" 3:24 "Who's Johnny" by El DeBarge The song is an ode to The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson announcer Ed McMahon.
7 "Don't Wear Those Shoes" 3:36 The beginning is a style parody of The Kinks song, "Father Christmas". The lyrical content is similar to "Blue Suede Shoes" by Carl Perkins A plea by the singer to his wife not to not wear certain shoes which he can't stand. She can do all sorts of other really bad things to the singer instead, which he would consider not as bad as wearing those particular shoes.
8 "Toothless People" 3:23 Parody of "Ruthless People" by Mick Jagger The song focuses around older people who are missing their teeth.
9 "Good Enough for Now" 3:03 Style parody of country love songs The song is about how the singer's lover, who, while not the best, will do for now.
10 "Christmas at Ground Zero" 3:09 Style parody of Christmas novelty songs Apocalyptic song set to a cheerful Yuletide tune.

Personnel

Production

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