"Weird Al" Yankovic U.S. singles discography
This is a brief listing of singles released in the U.S.
For a much more detailed listing of all output related to Al, see
Jon Schwartz's discography.
All pre-1997 releases are on Rock 'n' Roll/Scotti Bros. Records and all post-1997 releases are on Way Moby/Volcano Entertainment, unless otherwise specified.
All versions are the same as the album versions unless otherwise specified.
Promo items are not listed unless they contain different material or no commercial item was released in that format.
1979
- My Bologna/School Cafeteria (45, Capitol Records) [Both songs were recorded in the bathroom across the hall from his college radio station, and neither version is on any of his main albums, but the A-side is on Dr. Demento's Dementia Royale and Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty Records of All Time Vol. 4: The 1970's, both on Rhino Records, and on his boxed set Permanent Record: Al in the Box.]
1981
- Another One Rides the Bus, Happy Birthday/Gotta Boogie, Mr. Frump in the Iron Lung (45 EP, Placebo Records) [All versions except title track are different than what eventually appeared on his first LP. This version of "Happy Birthday" is available on Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes No. 2 available through The Demento Society in 1994 (taken from 45 source) and on his boxed set Permanent Record: Al in the Box (taken from tape source).]
- Another One Rides the Bus/Gotta Boogie (45, t.k. records) [same versions as EP]
1983
- Ricky/Buckingham Blues (45)
- I Love Rocky Road/Happy Birthday (45) [credited to "Wierd Al" Yankovic]
1984
- Eat It/Eat It (12" promo)
- Eat It/That Boy Could Dance (45)
- I Lost on Jeopardy/I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead (45)
- I Lost on Jeopardy/Mr. Popeil (12" promo) [A-side is extended mix]
- King of Suede/Nature Trail to Hell (45)
- This Is the Life/Buy Me a Condo (45)
- This Is the Life/This Is the Life (12" promo)
1985
- Like a Surgeon/Slime Creatures from Outer Space (45)
- Eat It/I Lost on Jeopardy (Golden Oldies 45)
- I Want a New Duck/Cable TV (45)
- One More Minute/Midnight Star (45)
1986
- The Touch - Stan Bush/Dare To Be Stupid (45) [single from "Transformers: The Movie"]
- Living with a Hernia (12" promo)
- Living with a Hernia/Don't Wear Those Shoes (45)
- Like a Surgeon/King of Suede (Golden Oldies 45)
- Christmas at Ground Zero (12" promo)
- Christmas at Ground Zero/One of Those Days (45)
1988
- Fat/Fat (12" promo)
- Fat/You Make Me (45)
- Lasagna/Velvet Elvis (45)
- I Think I'm a Clone Now/(This Song's Just) Six Words Long (45)
1989
- UHF/Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters from a Planet Near Mars (45 & cassette) [A-side is shorter edit of LP version]
- Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies (CD promo)
- Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies//Generic Blues (cassette)
- Isle Thing/The Hot Rocks Polka (CD promo)
1991
- Babalu Music (CD promo, Columbia)
1992
- Smells Like Nirvana/Waffle King (cassette & CD promo) [CD includes B-side even though it's not listed; also released in Europe as 45, and as CD & 12" with additional track "Trigger Happy"]
- You Don't Love Me Anymore/I Was Only Kidding (cassette) [also released as 12" in Europe with dance mix!]
- Taco Grande (CD promo)
- The White Stuff (unreleased CD promo)
- I Can't Watch This (unreleased CD promo)
1993
- Jurassic Park (CD promo)
- Jurassic Park/Frank's 2000" TV (cassette)
- Bedrock Anthem (CD promo)
- Bedrock Anthem/Young, Dumb and Ugly (cassette)
- Achy Breaky Song (CD promo)
1994
- Headline News/Christmas at Ground Zero (alternate Mix) (CD & cassette)
1996
- Amish Paradise/Everything You Know Is Wrong (cassette)
- Amish Paradise/Everything You Know Is Wrong/The Night Santa Went Crazy (extra gory version)/Dare To Be Stupid (instrumental) (CD)
- Gump/Spy Hard (Theme from the motion picture Spy Hard) (cassette)
- Gump/Spy Hard (Theme from the motion picture Spy Hard)/Since You've Been Gone/Since You've Been Gone (Karaoke Version)/Callin' In Sick (Instrumental)/Spy Hard (Instrumental) (Theme from the motion Picture Spy Hard)/Spy Hard (Orchestral Mix) (Theme from the motion Picture Spy Hard) (CD)
- Spy Hard (CD promo)
- The Night Santa Went Crazy/Christmas At Ground Zero (CD promo)
1999
- The Saga Begins (CD promo)
- It's All About The Pentiums (CD promo)
2006
- White & Nerdy (CD promo)
- White & Nerdy/Confessions Part III/Trapped In The Drive-Thru (12" promo)
2008
- Whatever You Like (digital download only) (October 7)
2009
- Craigslist (digital download only) (June 16)
- Skipper Dan (digital download only) (July 14)
- CNR (digital download only) (August 4)
- Ringtone (digital download only) (August 25)
2011
- Perform This Way (digital download only) (April 25)
original version February 28, 1993; updated as necessary; conversion to HTML October 20, 2006
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