UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack And Other Stuff
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| UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack And Other Stuff | ||
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| Missing image Weird_Al_Yankovic_-_UHF.jpg Album cover | ||
| Album by "Weird Al" Yankovic | ||
| Released | 1989 | |
| Recorded | 1988 | |
| Genre | Comedy | |
| Length | ?? min ?? sec | |
| Record label | Rock 'n Roll | |
| Producer | Rick Derringer | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| AMG | 3/5 | link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47D1ED847A47E20E0B11A40DEB561F61A8F1AACD83E284541D1B43844C30E79EC40A6D8B1E8B800E203E3FE2EBB580DCCC8EE56F8906F373E8BE4A260285E36&uid=CADMR0410222136&sql=10:ydjp7i28g7dr~T1) |
| "Weird Al" Yankovic Chronology | ||
| Even Worse (1988) | UHF (1989) | Off The Deep End (1992) |
UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack And Other Stuff (1989), sometimes referred to simply as UHF, is the soundtrack to the comedy cult film UHF, by "Weird Al" Yankovic. The album featured many music cuts from the movie as well as some of the commercials ("Spatula City") and other parody bits ("Gandhi II"). The album also featured new original material like "The Biggest Ball Of Twine In Minnesota" which brought the running order up to album length.
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Track listing
- "Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies" - 3:11
- Parody of Dire Straits' "Money For Nothing", a retelling of the story of the characters of the television show The Beverly Hillbillies.
- "Gandhi II" - 1:00
- Skit: commercial for Rambo-ish TV movie with Mahatma Gandhi as the protagonist; references the film Gandhi.
- "Attack Of The Radioactive Hamsters From A Planet Near Mars" - 3:28
- Rock song about a number of mutated hamsters terrorizing the planet
- "Isle Thing" - 3:37
- Parody of Tone Loc's "Wild Thing", about a girlfriend who introduced the singer to the television show Gilligan's Island.
- "The Hot Rocks Polka" - 4:50
- A polka medley of....
- "Brown Sugar",
- "You Can't Always Get What You Want",
- "Honkey Tonk Women",
- "Under My Thumb",
- "Ruby Tuesday",
- "Sympathy For The Devil",
- "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll",
- "Miss You",
- "Shattered",
- "Let's Spend The Night Together", and
- "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction".
- all by The Rolling Stones. Arrangement and new music by "Weird Al" Yankovic.
- A polka medley of....
- "UHF" - 5:09
- Rock song; title theme to the movie. This is the second longest version, the longest being in the movie itself, and the shortest being released on later albums such as Greatest Hits, Volume II.
- "Let Me Be Your Hog" - 0:16
- Rock snippet, heard in the movie as Uncle Harvey lounges in his pool.
- "She Drives Like Crazy" - 3:42
- Parody of Fine Young Cannibals' "She Drives Me Crazy" about a girlfriend with bad driving habits
- "Generic Blues" - 4:34
- Blues-style song with deliberately uninspired lyrics
- "Spatula City" - 1:07
- Skit: commercial for spatula outlet store
- "Fun Zone" - 1:45
- Theme to Stanley Spadowski's Clubhouse, the main show-within-a-show in the movie. Originally written for failed SNL replacement Welcome to the Fun Zone, this song is played at the beginning of every Weird Al concert.
- "Spam" - 2:59
- "The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota" - 6:50
- Lengthy folk-type song about a family road trip to a tourist location in Minnesota. The song was meant by Al to spoof the storytelling songs of Harry Chapin and Gordon Lightfoot, but the structure and chord changes closely mirror the Chapin song, "30,000 Pounds of Bananas".
Personnel
- "Weird Al" Yankovic - accordion, keyboards, vocals, background vocals
- Kim Bullard - synthesizer
- Rick Derringer - guitar, background vocals
- Guy Fletcher - synthesizer
- Steve Jay - bass, background vocals
- Jimmy Z. - harmonica
- Mark Knopfler - guitar
- Warren Luening - trumpet
- Jim Rose - vocals, announcer
- Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz - percussion, drums
- Donny Sierer - saxophone
- The Step Sisters - vocals
- The Waters Sisters - vocals, background vocals
- Jim West - banjo, guitar, background vocals, background music
Production
- Producer: Rick Derringer
- Engineers: Daryll Dobson, Tony Papa
- Assistant engineer: Jamey Dell, Bill Malina
- Arranger: "Weird Al" Yankovic
Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1989 | The Billboard 200 | 146 |