List of songs recorded by "Weird Al" Yankovic

thumb|Yankovic in 1984

"Weird Al" Yankovic is a multiple Grammy Award-winning American musician, satirist, parodist, accordionist, director, television producer, and author.

He is known in particular for humorous songs which make fun of popular culture or parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts, or both. His works have earned him three gold and five platinum records in the U.S.

Songs on Yankovic's commercially released albums

Yankovic has written hundreds of songs over his entire career; however, listed below are the tracks that have appeared on his commercially released albums. These include his fourteen studio albums and seven compilation albums.

Studio albums

"Weird Al" Yankovic (1983)
"Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D (1984)
Dare to Be Stupid (1985)
Polka Party! (1986)
Even Worse (1988)
Peter and the Wolf (1988)
UHF – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff (1989)
Off the Deep End (1992)
Alapalooza (1993)
Bad Hair Day (1996)
Running with Scissors (1999)
Poodle Hat (2003)
Straight Outta Lynwood (2006)
Alpocalypse (2011)
Mandatory Fun (2014)

Compilation albums

Eat It (1984)
The Official Music of "Weird Al" Yankovic: Al Hits Tokyo (1984)
"Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits (1988)
The Best of Yankovic (1992)
The Food Album (1993)
Permanent Record: Al in the Box (1994)
Greatest Hits Volume II (1994)
The TV Album (1995)
The Best of "Weird Al" Yankovic (1999)
The Saga Begins (2000)
The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic (2009)
The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic 3.0 (2010)
Squeeze Box (2017)
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)

Songs

Each song's listing states the album or albums on which it appears, and whether the song is an original or a parody. Some songs are "style parodies", in which Yankovic emulates the general sound of a group without directly parodying one of their songs. These are listed as "Original, in the style of..."

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| "30 Rock Theme Parody"

| Medium Rarities (2017)

| Parody of "30 Rock Theme" composed by Jeff Richmond. From an episode of 30 Rock.

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| "Aardvark"

| Peter and the Wolf (1988)

| Original, part of "The Carnival of the Animals – Part Two", inspired by "The Carnival of the Animals" by Camille Saint-Saëns

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| "Achy Breaky Song"

| Alapalooza (1993) Permanent Record: Al in the Box (1994) Greatest Hits Volume II (1994)

| Parody of "Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus

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| "Addicted to Spuds"

| Polka Party! (1986) "Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits (1988) The Food Album (1993) Permanent Record: Al in the Box (1994)

| Parody of "Addicted to Love" by Robert Palmer

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| "Airline Amy"

| Off the Deep End (1992) The Best of Yankovic (1992)

| Original, in the style of "Switchboard Susan" by Nick Lowe

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| "Albuquerque"

| Running with Scissors (1999) The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic (2009)

| Original, in the style of "Dick's Automotive" by The Rugburns. Final section repeating the word "Albuquerque" parodies the end of "Education" by The Kinks.

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| "Alimony"

| Even Worse (1988) Permanent Record: Al in the Box (1994)

| Parody of "Mony Mony" as performed by Billy Idol, originally by Tommy James and the Shondells

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| "Alligator"

| Peter and the Wolf (1988)

| Original, part of "The Carnival of the Animals – Part Two", inspired by "The Carnival of the Animals" by Camille Saint-Saëns

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| "The Alternative Polka"

| Bad Hair Day (1996)

| A polka medley of...

"Loser" by Beck,
"Sex Type Thing" by Stone Temple Pilots,
"All I Wanna Do" by Sheryl Crow,
"Closer" by Nine Inch Nails,
"Bang and Blame" by R.E.M.,
"You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morissette,
"Bullet with Butterfly Wings" by The Smashing Pumpkins,
"My Friends" by Red Hot Chili Peppers,
"I'll Stick Around" by Foo Fighters,
"Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden,
"Basket Case" by Green Day,
with new music by "Weird Al" Yankovic

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| "Amish Paradise"

| Bad Hair Day (1996) The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic (2009) Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022) (rerecorded version)

| Parody of "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio feat. LV (which is a reworking of the Stevie Wonder song "Pastime Paradise"). Incorporates lyrics from "The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle" by Sherwood Schwartz. One extended scene in its video parodies the video to "Return to Innocence" by Enigma.

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| "Amoeba"

| Peter and the Wolf (1988)

| Original, part of "The Carnival of the Animals – Part Two", inspired by "The Carnival of the Animals" by Camille Saint-Saëns

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| "Angry White Boy Polka"

| Poodle Hat (2003)

| A polka medley of...

"Last Resort" by Papa Roach,
"Chop Suey!" by System of a Down,
"Get Free" by The Vines,
"Hate to Say I Told You So" by The Hives,
"Fell in Love with a Girl" by The White Stripes,
"Last Nite" by The Strokes,
"Down with the Sickness" by Disturbed,
"Renegades of Funk" by Rage Against the Machine,
"My Way" by Limp Bizkit,
"Outside" by Staind feat. Fred Durst,
"Bawitdaba" by Kid Rock,
"Youth of the Nation" by P.O.D.,
"The Real Slim Shady" by Eminem,
with new music by "Weird Al" Yankovic

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| "Another One Rides the Bus"

| "Weird Al" Yankovic (1983) Permanent Record: Al in the Box (1994) The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic (2009) Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022) (re-recorded version)

| Parody of "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen. Recorded live on The Dr. Demento Show, and performed live in 1981 on Tomorrow Coast to Coast (presented by Tom Snyder), which marks the artist's first TV appearance.

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| "Another Tattoo"

| Alpocalypse (2011)

| Parody of "Nothin' on You" by B.o.B feat. Bruno Mars

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| "Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters from a Planet near Mars"

| UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff (1989)

| Original

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| "Beat on the Brat"

| Medium Rarities (2017) Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022) (rerecorded version)

| Cover of "Beat on the Brat" by the Ramones. Also on "Dr. Demento Covered In Punk" (2018).

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| "Bedrock Anthem"

| Alapalooza (1993) Permanent Record: Al in the Box (1994) Greatest Hits Volume II (1994) The TV Album (1995) The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic (2009)

| Parody of "Under the Bridge" and "Give It Away" by Red Hot Chili Peppers; about life in The Flintstones city of Bedrock. Its video was shot at the same location as the "Give It Away" video and also begins with a short reference to Blind Melon's "No Rain" video.

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| "The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota"

| UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff (1989) Permanent Record: Al in the Box (1994) The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic (2009)

| Original, in the style of Harry Chapin (the tune is quite similar to Chapin's "30,000 Pounds of Bananas") and Gordon Lightfoot.

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| "Cable TV"

| Dare to Be Stupid (1985) The TV Album (1995)

| Original, in the style of "Hercules" by Elton John

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| "Callin' In Sick"

| Bad Hair Day (1996)

| Original, in the style of "Lithium" and "Come as You Are" by Nirvana.

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| "Canadian Idiot"

| Straight Outta Lynwood (2006) The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic (2009)

| Parody of "American Idiot" by Green Day.

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| "Cavity Search"

| Bad Hair Day (1996)

| Parody of "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" by U2.

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| "The Check's in the Mail"

| "Weird Al" Yankovic (1983)

| Original

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| "Christmas at Ground Zero"

| Polka Party! (1986) Permanent Record: Al in the Box (1994) Greatest Hits Volume II (1994)

| Original, in the style of Phil Spector's Wall of Sound technique

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| "Close but No Cigar"

| Straight Outta Lynwood (2006)

| Original, in the style of Cake.

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| "CNR"

| Internet Leaks digital EP (2009) Alpocalypse (2011)

| Original, in the style of The Hives and The White Stripes, particularly Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground. Features a guitar lick borrowed from "Rock Me Amadeus". The video was done on JibJab, using the same style as White Stripes videos.

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| "Cockroaches"

| Peter and the Wolf (1988)

| Original, part of "The Carnival of the Animals – Part Two", inspired by "The Carnival of the Animals" by Camille Saint-Saëns

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| "Comedy Bang! Bang! Theme"

| Medium Rarities (2017)

| Cover of the Comedy Bang! Bang! theme originally by Reggie Watts, used in season 5.

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| "A Complicated Song"

| Poodle Hat (2003)

| Parody of "Complicated" by Avril Lavigne.

The singer laments some mishaps resulting from everyday circumstances.

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| "Confessions Part III"

| Straight Outta Lynwood (2006)

| Parody of "Confessions Part II" by Usher

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| "Couch Potato"

| Poodle Hat (2003)

| Parody of "Lose Yourself" by Eminem

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| "Craigslist"

| Internet Leaks digital EP (2009) Alpocalypse (2011)

| Original, in the style of The Doors, particularly "Twentieth Century Fox", "Soul Kitchen", and When the Music's Over". Includes a spoken part reminiscent of the Oedipus complex segment of "The End".

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| "Dare to Be Stupid"

| Dare to Be Stupid (1985) "Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits (1988) The Transformers: The Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1987) Permanent Record: Al in the Box (1994) The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic (2009) Medium Rarities (Instrumental)

| Original, in the style of Devo, particularly "Big Mess". The video references "Whip It", "Satisfaction", "Beautiful World", "Jocko Homo", and "Smart Patrol". After one line, Al lip-syncs 'Yes!', taken from the Devo song "Explosions".

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| "Do I Creep You Out"

| Straight Outta Lynwood (2006)

| Parody of "Do I Make You Proud" by Taylor Hicks

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| "Dog Eat Dog"

| Polka Party! (1986) Permanent Record: Al in the Box (1994) The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic (2009)

| Original, in the style of Talking Heads, particularly "And She Was" and "Once in a Lifetime".

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| "Don't Wear Those Shoes"

| Polka Party! (1986)

| Original, although the intro is in the style of The Kinks' "Father Christmas".

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| "I Think I'm a Clone Now"

| Even Worse (1988) Permanent Record: Al in the Box (1994)

| Parody of "I Think We're Alone Now" as performed by Tiffany, originally by Tommy James and the Shondells

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| "I Want a New Duck"

| Dare to Be Stupid (1985) Permanent Record: Al in the Box (1994)

| Parody of "I Want a New Drug" by Huey Lewis and the News

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| "I Was Only Kidding"

| Off the Deep End (1992) The Best of Yankovic (1992)

| Original, in the style of Tonio K

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| "If That Isn't Love"

| Alpocalypse (2011)

| Original, in the style of Hanson

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| "Iguana"

| Peter and the Wolf (1988)

| Original, part of "The Carnival of the Animals – Part Two", inspired by "The Carnival of the Animals" by Camille Saint-Saëns

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| "I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead"

| "Weird Al" Yankovic (1983)

| Original

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| "I'll Sue Ya"

| Straight Outta Lynwood (2006) The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic (2009)

| Original, in the style of Rage Against the Machine. Notably similar in parts to "Bombtrack" and "Killing in the Name".

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| "I'm So Sick of You"

| Bad Hair Day (1996)

| Original, in the style of Elvis Costello.

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| "Skipper Dan"

| Internet Leaks digital EP (2009) Alpocalypse (2011)

| Original, in the style of Weezer. Based on the Jungle Cruise, an attraction in Adventureland in the Disney theme parks.

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| "Slime Creatures from Outer Space"

| Dare to Be Stupid (1985)

| Original, in the style of Thomas Dolby, particularly of the song "Hyperactive!"

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| "Smells Like Nirvana"

| Off the Deep End (1992) Permanent Record: Al in the Box (1994) Greatest Hits Volume II (1994) The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic (2009)

| Parody of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana. The video was shot on the same sound stage as the original, and featured the original janitor and many of the original extras.

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| "Snails"

| Peter and the Wolf (1988)

| Original, part of "The Carnival of the Animals – Part Two", inspired by "The Carnival of the Animals" by Camille Saint-Saëns

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| "Spam"

| UHF – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff (1989) The Food Album (1993) Permanent Record: Al in the Box (1994)

| Parody of "Stand" by R.E.M.

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| "Spatula City"

| UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff (1989)

| Excerpt from UHF

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| "Sports Song"

| Mandatory Fun (2014)

| Original, in the style of college football fight songs

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| "Spy Hard"

| Medium Rarities (2017)

| Original, in the style of James Bond opening themes composed by John Barry, especially Thunderball and Goldfinger. Also a single from the Spy Hard Soundtrack, and a bonus track on the "Gump" single

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| "Stop Draggin' My Car Around"

| "Weird Al" Yankovic (1983)

| Parody of "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" by Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

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| "Stop Forwarding That Crap to Me"

| Alpocalypse (2011)

| Original, in the style of the work of Jim Steinman. Notably similar to "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" and "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer than They Are" as performed by Meat Loaf.

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| "Stuck in a Closet with Vanna White"

| Even Worse (1988)

| Original, in the style of Van Halen

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| "Such a Groovy Guy"

| "Weird Al" Yankovic (1983)

| Original

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| "Super Duper Party Pony"

| Medium Rarities (2017)

| Original. From the episode "Pinkie Pride" of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.

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| "Syndicated Inc."

| Bad Hair Day (1996)

| Parody of "Misery" by Soul Asylum

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| "Tacky"

| Mandatory Fun (2014)

| Parody of "Happy" by Pharrell Williams

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| "Taco Grande"

| Off the Deep End (1992) The Best of Yankovic (1992) The Food Album (1993) Permanent Record: Al in the Box (1994)

| Parody of "Rico Suave" by Gerardo. Features guest appearance by Cheech Marin.

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| "Take Me Down"

| Medium Rarities (2017)

| Original. Also available on SLO Grown, SLO Unplugged II & Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes No. 8.

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| "Talk Soup"

| Alapalooza (1993)

| Original, in the style of Peter Gabriel, particularly "Steam" with the hook from Stevie Wonder's hit "Superstition"

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| "That Boy Could Dance"

| "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D (1984)

| Original, in the style of The Doobie Brothers' "China Grove".

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| "Theme from Rocky XIII (The Rye or the Kaiser)"

| "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D (1984) The Food Album (1993) (also known as "The Rye or the Kaiser (Theme from Rocky XIII)")

| Parody of "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor

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| "This Is the Life"

| Dare to Be Stupid (1985) Permanent Record: Al in the Box (1994)

| Original, in the style of late 1920s through early 1930s jazz. who also plays piano.

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| "Word Crimes"

| Mandatory Fun (2014)

| Parody of "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams

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| "Yoda"

| Dare to Be Stupid (1985) Permanent Record: Al in the Box (1994) Greatest Hits Volume II (1994) The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic (2009) Medium Rarities (Demo)

| Parody of "Lola" by The Kinks. Lyrics recap the plot of The Empire Strikes Back as told from the point of view of Luke Skywalker.

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| "You Don't Love Me Anymore"

| Off the Deep End (1992) Permanent Record: Al in the Box (1994) The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic (2009)

| Original, in the style of Nicolette Larson; the video is inspired by the video for "More Than Words" by Extreme.

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| "You Make Me"

| Even Worse (1988) Permanent Record: Al in the Box (1994)

| Original, in the style of Oingo Boingo, particularly "Grey Matter".

| A different, live in the studio version recorded the same year is on Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes No. 7

| "Baby Likes Burping"

| 1980

| Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes No. 11

| "You Don't Take Your Showers"

| 1980

| Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes No. 14

| "You're Pitiful"

| 2006

| Non-Album Single

| Parody of "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt

| "True Player for Real"

| 2009

| This Gigantic Robot Kills

| collaboration with MC Lars

| "Circus Parade"

| 2010

| Yo Gabba Gabba! Music Is Awesome 3

| From the "Circus" episode of Yo Gabba Gabba!

| "Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)"

| 2013

| The Gay Nineties Old Tyme Music: Daisy Bell

| "If I Could Be Weird Al"

| 2011

| The FuMP Volume 27

| Cameo appearance on comedy song based off Yankovic, with spoken outro directly from him.

| "F**k You"

| 2011

| Garfunkel and Oates

| Live recording released on YouTube

| "Cheese Confesses"

| 2014

| Pinkie Pie's Party Playlist

| Includes "Pinkie the Party Planner (reprise)"; from the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic episode "Pinkie Pride". Credited as "Cheese Sandwich"

| "The Goof Off"

| 2014

| Pinkie Pie's Party Playlist

| From the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic episode "Pinkie Pride". Credited as "Cheese Sandwich".

| Live in the Moment ("Weird Al" Remix)

| 2018

| Digital Single

| A Polka remix of Live in the Moment by Portugal the Man

| "Who's Gonna Stop Me"

| 2020

| digital single

| Guest vocals on this Portugal. The Man single

|"Scarif Beach Party"

|2022

|"Lego Star Wars: Summer Vacation"

|"Now You Know"

|2022

|Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Songs from The Weird Al Show

Some episodes of The Weird Al Show contained songs that were not released on studio albums.

Water Is Wet (as Fred Huggins)
I Like You (as Fred Huggins)
Cheese Is Good
Camp Super Fun
The Al's Mailbag Theme Song
Who's At The Door
Hey, Tahj Mowry
What's With The Singing
Why Don't We Show A Clip
Why Did You Come
I Made You Into A Freak
I Quit
It's Nice To Be Nice (as Fred Huggins)
I'm A Little Kitty (as Fred Huggins)

Songs not commercially released

This is a list of songs Yankovic has written and/or performed, but have not been commercially released.

"12th Street Rag"
"1999", originally by Prince
"63,524 Bottles of Beer on the Wall"
"Another One Bites the Dust", originally by Queen
"The Ballad of Kent Marlowe", from the ABC telefilm Safety Patrol
"Beverly Hillbillies/Miss You", a parody of "Miss You" by the Rolling Stones
"Crusin' Down Higuera", a 1979 rework of Belvedere Cruisin'
"Conan", the theme song to Conan (Performed on June 30, 2011)
"Deja Vu (But Worse)", a songification of the 2024 presidential campaign with The Gregory Brothers
"Doctor Doctor", a parody of "Doctor! Doctor!" by the Thompson Twins
"Green Eggs & Ham", a parody of "Numb" by U2
"I'm Stupid Blues"
"Never Met A Person As Wonderful As Me"
"Nobody But Me" by The Isley Brothers
"Nobody Here But Us Frogs"
"The North Korea Polka (Please Don't Nuke Us)", performed on an episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver that highlighted tensions between North Korea and the United States, which aired on 13 August 2017.
"Orgy on My Own"
"Peaches", originally by The Presidents of the United States of America
"Polka Patterns", written for the math TV show Square One
"Purple Haze", originally by Jimi Hendrix
"Radio Radio", originally by Elvis Costello
"School's Out", originally by Alice Cooper
"Sweet Home Alabama", originally by Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Toyland Song", A song Al made for a television ad, centered around Radio Shack's Toyland section of their store. The song has never gotten a physical release.
"We All Have Cell Phones, So C'mon Let's Get Real", an original based on a fake 1999 AL-TV interview with Michael Stipe of R.E.M.
"We Got The Beef", a parody of "We Got The Beat" by The Go-Go's
"We Won't Eat Another Gyro", a parody of "We Don't Need Another Hero" by Tina Turner
"You're Pitiful", a parody of "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt, made available for free on June 8, 2006, at WeirdAl.com after objections from Atlantic Records, despite Yankovic receiving the approval of Blunt himself.
"You Light Up My Life" (punk version)
A polka medley performed at a 1982 Missing Persons concert including parts of "Jocko Homo", "Homosapien", "Sex Junkie", "T.V.O.D.", "Bad Boys Get Spanked", "TV Party", "Janitor", and "People Who Died"

Because Yankovic is arguably the most successful parody artist, songs posted to file sharing networks are often misattributed to him due to their humorous subject matter. Much to the disdain of Yankovic, this includes songs that are racist, sexually explicit, or otherwise offensive. A young listener who had heard several of these offensive tracks by way of a file sharing service confronted Yankovic online, threatening a boycott due to his supposedly explicit lyrics.

Yankovic cites these misattributions as "his real beef with P2P sites":