Verified listings:
- My Bologna - "Weird Al" Yankovic
- My Bologna - Alfred Yankovic
- My Bologna - Weird Al Yankovic
Assumed/incorrect titles:
- My Baloney
- My Balogna
Recorded:
- early September, 1979 (single version)
- March, 1982 (album version)
Recording location:
- men's restroom, KCPR FM radio station, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA (single version)
- Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, CA (album version)
Released:
- 1979 (single version)
- 1983 (album version)
Available on (*):
- 1979 45 rpm single (Capitol 4816, December 24, 1979; single version)
- 1980 LP Dr. Demento's Dementia Royale (Rhino RNLP 010, April, 1980; single version)
- 1983 LP "Weird Al" Yankovic (Rock 'n' Roll BFZ 38679, May 3, 1983; album version)
- 1985 LP Dr. Demento Presents The Greatest Novelty Records Of All Time Volume IV: The 1970s (Rhino RNLP 823, plus RNBC 490 box set; single version)
- 1994 CD set Permanent Record:Al In The Box (Rock 'n' Roll 72392 75451-2, September 27, 1994; single version, although early pressings mistakenly had album version)
- 1996 CD The Dr. Demento Collection: The Late '70s (Time-Life Music R2-7174, late 1996; single version)
Parody of:
- My Sharona - The Knack (1979)
Topics (not including words that are part of the title):
- food
- meat
Alternate versions:
- The original bathroom recording was first played as an unreleased tape by Alfred Yankovic. It was released as a single by "Weird Al" Yankovic. Any plays prior to April, 1983 are the original recording unless otherwise noted.
- Plays from April, 1983 and later are the album version unless otherwise specified. Starting in the mid-1990s, Dr. Demento tended to favor the original recording instead of this re-recording.
- The original version is more specifically listed as (Capitol Records single version) on Permanent Record: Al In The Box.
interesting facts (click to see playlist of show on which fact was mentioned, if applicable):
- When Al met members of The Knack backstage at a concert in San Luis Obispo, they said they liked his song, and they were instrumental in making it his first national record release (on their label, Capitol Records).
- While it is widely reported that this was recorded in the bathroom at KCPR, it is believed that only the accordion was recorded there, and the vocals overdubbed in the KCPR studio.
Chart information:
- #139 1983 (as part of album "Weird Al" Yankovic)
Also credited as:
- Alfred Yankovic
- "Weird Al" Yankovic & Wendy Carlos
- "Weird Al" Yankovic & The Amino Acids
- "Weird Al" Yankovic w/ The Amino Acids
Common misspellings:
- Wierd Al Yankovich
General type of music:
- parody
- comedy
Real name:
- Alfred Matthew Yankovic
Group members:
- "Weird Al" Yankovic (accordion/vocals)
- Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz (drums)
- Steve Jay (bass)
- Jim West (guitar)
Based in:
- southern California
Also recorded with:
- Mike Weyrck & Steve Willis
- Vince Sanchez
- Tom Walters, Jon Iverson, & Joel Miller
- Richard "Bopcat" Bennett
- Barnes & Barnes
- Brian Wilson
- Wendy Carlos
- The Amino Acids
interesting facts (click to see playlist of show on which fact was mentioned, if applicable):
- First submitted a song to Dr. Demento in 1973.
- Dr. Demento first aired one of his songs in 1976.
- First national release was 1979.
- The most-requested artist in the history of "The Dr. Demento Show".
- During college in the late 1970s, was a DJ at the campus radio station, KCPR, San Luis Obispo, CA.
- Graduated from California Polytechnic State University in 1980 with a degree in architecture.
- regular sidekick on the live KMET version of the show in the early 1980s
- His 2006 hit "White & Nerdy" was a #9 single, surpassing his previous high of #12 with "Eat It" in 1984.
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