Polka Party!

	Polka Party!
Studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic
Released	October 21, 1986
Recorded	April, August-September 1986
Genre	Comedy
Length	34:07
Label	Scotti Brothers
Producer	Rick Derringer
Professional reviews
	Allmusic link;
"Weird Al" Yankovic chronology
Singles from Polka Party!
	"Living with a Hernia"; Released: October 21, 1986; "Christmas at Ground Zero"; Released: November 1986;

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Polka Party! is the fourth album by song parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic, released in 1986. Commercially, the album was a failure, as both Dare to be Stupid and Weird Al Yankovic in 3-D, his previous two albums, outsold it. Nevertheless, the album peaked at #176 on the Billboard 200.

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"). This is also the only album by Weird Al that is named after one of his polka medleys.

[edit] 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!" Indeed, the entire song is very much an ode to Heads-esque new wave music, from the way Yankovic imitates Byrne's vocal "tics" to the arrangement of instruments.
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	Original	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: "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel "Sussudio" by Phil Collins "Party All the Time" by Eddie Murphy "Say You, Say Me" by Lionel Richie "Freeway of Love" by Aretha Franklin "What You Need" by INXS "Harlem Shuffle" by The Rolling Stones originally by Bob & Earl "Venus" by Bananarama originally by Shocking Blue "Nasty" by Janet Jackson "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco "Shout" by Tears for Fears "Papa Don't Preach" by Madonna "Ear Booker Polka" by "Weird Al" Yankovic
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	Style parody of The Kinks circa 1980s	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. Principally styled around the Kinks' 1980s singles "Come Dancing" and "Father Christmas".
8	"Toothless People"	3:23	Parody of "Ruthless People" by Mick Jagger	The song focuses around elderly 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 Phil Spector Christmas song	Apocalyptic song set to a cheerful Yuletide tune. This song is a notable entry in Al's generally harmless musical output, as the disturbing lyrics caused this song to be banned from the radio. (But is still a staple of the Dr. Demento Show.)