"Weird Al" Yankovic - Dare To Be Stupid
  • Author: "Weird Al" Yankovic
  • Album: Dare To Be Stupid
  • Size: 1816 mb
  • Genre: Rock, Pop
  • Format: flac, wma, mp3 archive
  • Label: Pony ‎– 25P7380
    Type: Cassette, Album
    Country: Japan
    Date of released: 1985
    Category: Rock, Pop
    Style: Pop Rock, Parody

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Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 Like A Surgeon
Music By – Billy Steinberg And Tom Kelly*
3:29
A2 Dare To Be Stupid 3:24
A3 I Want A New Duck
Music By – Chris Hayes, Huey Lewis
3:01
A4 One More Minute 4:02
A5 Yoda
Music By – Ray Davies
3:53
B1 George Of The Jungle
Performer [Special Appearance] – Bill Scott Written-By – Sheldon Allman, Stan Worth
1:00
B2 Slime Creatures From Outer Space 4:20
B3 Girls Just Want To Have Lunch
Music By – Robert Hazard
2:44
B4 This Is The Life
Engineer – George Tutko
3:02
B5 Cable TV
Backing Vocals – The Waters Sisters
3:34
Hooked On Polkas 3:50
B6a 12th Street Rag
B6b State Of Shock
B6c Sharp Dressed Man
B6d What's Love Got To Do With It
B6e Method Of Modern Love
B6f Owner Of A Lonely Heart
B6g We're Not Going To Take It
B6h 99 Luftballons
B6i Footloose
B6j The Reflex
B6k Bang Your Head
B6l Relax
B6m Ear Booker Polka

Credits

  • Arranged By – Al Yankovic*
  • Art Direction – Lane/Donald
  • Banjo – Al Viola
  • Bass Guitar, Banjo, Backing Vocals – Steve Jay
  • Clarinet – Joel Peskin
  • Drums, Percussion – Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz
  • Engineer – Tony Papa (tracks: A1 to B3, B5, B6)
  • Guitar – Rick Derringer
  • Guitar, Backing Vocals – Jim West
  • Illustration – Lou Beach
  • Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Accordion, Keyboards, Theremin – "Weird Al" Yankovic
  • Lyrics By – Al Yankovic* (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B3)
  • Management – Jay Levey
  • Performer [Musical Hands] – "Musical Mike" Kieffer
  • Photography By – Dennis Keeley
  • Piano – Sonny Burke
  • Producer – Rick Derringer
  • Saxophone – Jimmy Zavala*
  • Saxophone, Clarinet – Gary Herbig
  • Scratches – The Glove*
  • Synthesizer, Piano – Pat Regan
  • Trumpet – Warren Luening
  • Tuba – Tommy Johnson
  • Written-By – Al Yankovic* (tracks: A2, A4, B2, B4, B5)

Notes

Listed on the OBI for the Japanese album, It is near impossible to buy anywhere outside of japan.

Recorded at Santa Monica Sound Recorders.
Mixed and mastered digitally using the Mitsubishi X-80 system.

Parodies of:
A1: Madonna's "Like A Virgin"
A3: Huey Lewis And The News' "I Want A New Drug"
A5: The Kinks' "Lola"
B3: Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want To Have Fun"

Track A1 published by Billy Steinberg Music, Denise Barry Music (ASCAP), Brigitte Baby Publishing, Pollfer Publishing (BMI)
Track A3 published by Hulex Music (BMI)
Track A5 published by Davray Music Limited and Carlin Music Corp.
Track B1 published by Jay Ward Publishing (BMI)
Track B3 published by Heroic Music (ASCAP)
Tracks A2, A4, B2, B4, B5 published by Ear Booker Music, Holy Moley Music (BMI)
Publishing info for B6 is not listed.

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
FZ 40033 "Weird Al" Yankovic Dare To Be Stupid ‎(LP, Album) Rock'n'Roll Records FZ 40033 US 1985
C25Y-0129 "Weird Al" Yankovic Dare To Be Stupid ‎(LP, Album, Promo) Rock'n'Roll Records C25Y-0129 Japan 1985
5208-4-SB "Weird Al" Yankovic Dare To Be Stupid ‎(Cass, Album, RE) Scotti Bros. Records 5208-4-SB US 1990
FZ 40033 "Weird Al" Yankovic Dare To Be Stupid ‎(LP, Album) Scotti Bros. Records, Rock'n'Roll Records FZ 40033 Canada 1985
260-14-034 "Weird Al" Yankovic Dare To Be Stupid ‎(LP, Album) Rock'n'Roll Records 260-14-034 Germany 1985


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