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The Results Are In!

Well, everyone. It's finally done.

After almost four months, this blog went over as many of Weird Al's direct song parodies (not his style/artist parodies or polka remixes!) as humanly possible. And we're happy to say that for both full song parodies and smaller parody medleys...

Weird Al won!

The final score for full song parodies is:

Originals: 18, Weird Al: 60

Weird Al didn't just win. He won by a landslide.

Due to the sheer number of victories by Weird Al in this category, we have put the full list of winners under the Read More. (We have also put a full list of the polls where voters were the most decisive, where no one voted to see results.)

The 18 original songs that beat Weird Al were:

Won't Get Fooled Again (The Who)

Another One Bites the Dust (Queen)

Taxman (The Beatles)

The Safety Dance (Men Without Hats)

It's Still Rock and Roll to Me (Billy Joel)

Eye of the Tiger (Survivor)

Girls Just Want to Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper)

U Can't Touch This (MC Hammer)

Zoot Suit Riot (Cherry Poppin' Daddies)

One Week (Barenaked Ladies)

Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) (The Offspring)

Complicated (Avril Lavigne)

Lose Yourself (Eminem)

Piano Man (Billy Joel)

American Idiot (Green Day)

Born This Way (Lady Gaga)

You Belong With Me (Taylor Swift)

Radioactive (Imagine Dragons)

Now for the bonus medley category! Despite the smaller amount of contenders, the race was a lot closer in this section, but Weird Al still pulled ahead! The bonus medley section's final score is:

Originals: 11, Weird Al: 17

The short, but sweet, Weird Al parodies proved to be:

Avocado

Fatter

I Feel Like Throwing Up

Flatbush Avenue

Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut

Take the L out of Liver

We Got the Beef

Burger King

Doctor, Doctor

Make Me Steak #3

Moldy Now

Blame It on the Drain

Bedrock Anthem (Under the Bridge portion)

Gee, I'm a Nerd

Lousy Haircut

Fast Food

I'm in Luv Wit Da Skipper

The victorious original songs were:

House of the Rising Sun (The Animals)

More Than a Feeling (Boston)

Take Me to the River (Al Green)

Crazy On You (Heart)

Time in a Bottle (Jim Croce)

Maneater (Hall & Oates)

Don't You (Forget about Me) (Simple Minds)

Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin)

Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney and Wings)

Black or White (Michael Jackson)

My Heart Will Go On (Celine Dion)

Fun Facts!

This blog had two ties during the course of the competition that required additional 24-hour tiebreakers.

"Feel Like Makin' Love" (Bad Company) and "I Feel Like Throwing Up" (Weird Al) both tied for 45.5% of 22 votes, with 9.1% of people electing to see results. "I Feel Like Throwing Up" later won with 58.8% of 17 votes from a lightning round tiebreaker.

"Whole Lotta Love" (Led Zeppelin) vs. "Whole Lotta Lunch" (Weird Al) both tied for 47.4% of 19 votes, with 5.3% electing to see results. "Whole Lotta Love" later won with 62.5% of 16 votes from a lightning round tiebreaker.

There were 8 original songs that got 0% of their polls' votes:

"Jeopardy" (The Greg Kihn Band) got 0% of 36 votes. If no one had voted to see results (2.8%), Weird Al would have gotten a full 100% sweep!

"Suddenly Last Summer" (The Motels) got 0% of 12 votes. 25% of voters elected to see results. This song lost to a medley song.

"Doctor! Doctor!" (The Thompson Twins) got 0% of 8 votes. 12.5% of voters elected to see results. This song lost to a medley song.

"I Want a New Drug" (Huey Lewis and the News) got 0% of 19 votes. 0% of voters chose to see results. Which means that "I Want a New Duck" is the first Weird Al song to win 100% of the votes against its opponent!

"Baby Don't Forget My Number" (Milli Vanilli) got 0% of 8 votes. 25% of voters elected to see results.

"MacArthur Park" (Richard Harris) got 0% of 32 votes. 3.1% of voters elected to see results.

"It's All About the Benjamins (Rock Remix)" (Puff Daddy) got 0% of 21 votes. 0% of votes chose to see results. "It's All About the Pentiums" is the second Weird Al song to win 100% of the votes against its opponent!

"Jack & Diane" (John Mellencamp) got 0% of 24 votes. 12.5% of voters chose to see results.

There was at least one instance that we could find of identical poll results:

Both "More Than a Feeling" vs. "More Than a Filling" and "Take Me to the River" vs. "Take Me to the Liver" saw the original song get 56% of 25 votes, the parody get 44%, and the "see results" option get no votes.

There was one unique matchup in which voters routinely disliked both original song and Weird Al's parody:

Multiple voters said it was hard to choose between "Baby Talks Dirty" (The Knack) and "Baby Likes Burping" (Weird Al) because both songs are (allegedly) very unpleasant to listen to.

Finally... a shoutout to the two polls that got the most votes overall:

"My Sharona" (The Knack) vs "My Bologna" (Weird Al), which got 342 votes.

"Another One Bites the Dust" (Queen) vs. "Another One Rides the Bus" (Weird Al), which got 458 votes.

Thank you all so much for tuning into this competition! After a brief hiatus, we will be back for Phase 2: Artist/Style Parodies!

Here are all the Weird Al parodies that won the main contest:

My Bologna

Beverly Hillbillies/Miss You

Baby Likes Burping

You Don't Take Your Showers

I Love Rocky Road

Ricky

Stop Draggin' My Car Around

Eat It

I Lost on Jeopardy

King of Suede

I Want a New Duck

Like a Surgeon

Yoda

Addicted to Spuds

Here's Johnny

Living with a Hernia

Toothless People

Alimony

Fat

I Think I'm a Clone Now

Lasagna

(This Song's Just) Six Words Long

Isle Thing

Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies

She Drives Like Crazy

Spam

The Plumbing Song

Smells Like Nirvana

Taco Grande

The White Stuff

Achy Breaky Song

Bedrock Anthem

Green Eggs and Ham

Jurassic Park

Livin' in the Fridge

Headline News

Amish Paradise

Cavity Search

Gump

I'll Repair for You (Theme from Home Improvement)

Laundry Day

Phony Calls

Syndicated, Inc.

It's All About the Pentiums

The Saga Begins

eBay

Trash Day

Confessions Part III

Do I Creep You Out

Trapped in the Drive-Thru

White & Nerdy

You're Pitiful

Homer and Marge

Whatever You Like

Another Tattoo

Party in the CIA

Foil

Handy

Tacky

Word Crimes

This blog saw 0% of voters choose to "see results" for 31 polls:

"More Than a Feeling" (Boston) and "More Than a Filling" (Weird Al)

"Take Me to the River" (Al Green) and "Take Me to the Liver" (Weird Al)

"Crazy on You" (Heart) and "Throw Gravy on You" (Weird Al)

"Time in a Bottle" (Jim Croce) and "If I Could Make Love to a Bottle" (Weird Al)

"I Love Rock 'N Roll" (Joan Jett & the Blackhearts) and "I Love Rocky Road" (Weird Al)

"Mickey" (Toni Basil) and "Ricky" (Weird Al)

"It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" (Billy Joel) vs. "It's Still Billy Joel to Me" (Weird Al)

"Don't You (Forget About Me)" (Simple Minds) vs. "Don't You (Forget About Meat)" (Weird Al)

"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (Cyndi Lauper) vs. "Girls Just Wanna Have Lunch" (Weird Al)

"I Want a New Drug" (Huey Lewis and the News) vs. "I Want a New Duck" (Weird Al)

"Like a Virgin" (Madonna) vs. "Like a Surgeon" (Weird Al)

"Who's Johnny (Short Circuit theme)" (El DeBarge) vs. "Here's Johnny" (Weird Al)

"I Think We're Alone Now" (Tiffany) vs. "I Think I'm a Clone Now" (Weird Al)

"La Bamba" (Los Lobos) vs. "Lasagna" (Weird Al)

"Got My Mind Set on You" (George Harrison) vs. "(This Song's Just) Six Words Long" (Weird Al)

"Wild Thing" (Tone Lōc) vs. "Isle Thing" (Weird Al)

"She Drives Me Crazy" (Fine Young Cannibals) vs. "She Drives Like Crazy" (Weird Al)

"Livin' on the Edge" (Aerosmith) vs. "Livin' in the Fridge" (Weird Al)

"Gangsta's Paradise" (Coolio) vs. "Amish Paradise" (Weird Al)

"Thank U" (Alanis Morissette) vs. "Fast Food" (Weird Al)

"My Heart Will Go On" (Celine Dion) vs. "Free Delivery" (Weird Al)

"It's All About the Benjamins (Rock Remix)" (Puff Daddy) vs. "It's All About the Pentiums" (Weird Al)

"One Week" (Barenaked Ladies) vs. "Jerry Springer" (Weird Al)

"American Pie" (Don McLean) vs. "The Saga Begins" (Weird Al)

"Complicated" (Avril Lavigne) vs. "A Complicated Song" (Weird Al)

"Hot in Herre" (Nelly) vs. "Trash Day" (Weird Al)

"American Idiot" (Green Day) vs. "Canadian Idiot" (Weird Al)

"Do I Make You Proud" (Taylor Hicks) vs. "Do I Creep You Out" (Weird Al)

"Party in the U.S.A." (Miley Cyrus) vs. "Party in the CIA" (Weird Al)

"Radioactive" (Imagine Dragons) vs. "Inactive" (Weird Al)

"Blurred Lines" (Robin Thicke) vs. "Word Crimes" (Weird Al)

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Winner #106!

The results are in and the winner of our hundred-and-sixth poll - "Blurred Lines" (Robin Thicke) vs. "Word Crimes" (Weird Al) - is...

"Word Crimes"!

"Word Crimes" got 96.2% of 53 votes, while its opponent "Blurred Lines" got 3.8%. 0% of voters elected to see results.

So far the score is...

Originals: 18, Weird Al: 60

Bonus Medley Score:

Originals: 11, Weird Al: 17

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Winner #105!

The results are in and the winner of our hundred-and-fifth poll - "Happy" (Pharrell Williams) vs. "Tacky" (Weird Al) - is...

"Tacky"!

"Tacky" got 75.6% of 45 votes, while its opponent "Happy" got 20%. 4.4% of voters elected to see results.

So far the score is...

Originals: 18, Weird Al: 59

Bonus Medley Score:

Originals: 11, Weird Al: 17

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Winner #104!

The results are in and the winner of our hundred-and-fourth poll - "Radioactive" (Imagine Dragons) vs. "Inactive" (Weird Al) - is...

"Radioactive"!

"Radioactive" got 58.8% of 34 votes, while its opponent "Inactive" got 41.2%. 0% of voters elected to see results.

So far the score is...

Originals: 18, Weird Al: 58

Bonus Medley Score:

Originals: 11, Weird Al: 17

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Winner #103!

The results are in and the winner of our hundred-and-third poll - "Fancy" (Iggy Azalea) vs. "Handy" (Weird Al) - is...

"Handy"!

"Handy" got 73.7% of 38 votes, while its opponent "Fancy" got 21.1%. 5.3% of voters elected to see results.

So far the score is...

Originals: 17, Weird Al: 58

Bonus Medley Score:

Originals: 11, Weird Al: 17

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Winner #102!

The results are in and the winner of our hundred-and-second poll - "Royals" (Lorde) vs. "Foil" (Weird Al) - is...

"Foil"!

"Foil" got 56.4% of 39 votes, while its opponent "Royals" got 41%. 2.6% of voters elected to see results.

So far the score is...

Originals: 17, Weird Al: 57

Bonus Medley Score:

Originals: 11, Weird Al: 17

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Winner #101!

The results are in and the winner of our hundred-and-first poll - "You Belong With Me" (Taylor Swift) vs. "TMZ" (Weird Al) - is...

"You Belong With Me"!

"You Belong With Me" got 58.3% of 36 votes, while its opponent "TMZ" got 36.1%. 5.6% of voters elected to see results.

So far the score is...

Originals: 17, Weird Al: 56

Bonus Medley Score:

Originals: 11, Weird Al: 17

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Winner #100!

The results are in and the winner of our hundredth poll - "Born This Way" (Lady Gaga) vs. "Perform This Way" (Weird Al) - is...

"Born This Way"!

"Born This Way" got 73% of 37 votes, while its opponent "Perform This Way" got 24.3%. 2.7% of voters elected to see results.

So far the score is...

Originals: 16, Weird Al: 56

Bonus Medley Score:

Originals: 11, Weird Al: 17

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Vs. Weird Al (Song Parodies) is almost complete!

We've finally made it! As of yesterday, this blog has made polls for all of Weird Al's song parodies. If any were missed, that is likely because they were either 1) performed but not written by Weird Al, 2) could not fit comfortably into either the main song parody and medley categories, or 3) missed due to human error.

So, what's next? Over the coming week, we will post results for the remaining polls that have time left. Afterwards, we'll share the grand total of originals vs. Weird Al to see who emerges victorious.

And after that... well, hopefully, no one will mind if the blog takes a little break. We may post silly polls just for fun, but most of that time will be spent preparing for stage 2 of the blog.

Up until now, we've been examining the music that Weird Al made to parody specific songs. But what about his artist/style parodies? Or his polka remixes? Only time will tell what we choose to challenge next...

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Winner #99!

The results are in and the winner of our ninety-ninth poll - "Party in the U.S.A." (Miley Cyrus) vs. "Party in the CIA" (Weird Al) - is...

"Party in the CIA"!

"Party in the CIA" got 75.7% of 37 votes, while its opponent "Party in the U.S.A." (Miley Cyrus) got 24.3%. 0% of voters elected to see results.

So far the score is...

Originals: 15, Weird Al: 56

Bonus Medley Score:

Originals: 11, Weird Al: 17

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Please listen to both songs before you vote!

"Blurred Lines"

"Word Crimes"

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Winner #98!

The results are in and the winner of our ninety-eighth poll - "Nothin' on You" (B.o.B.) vs. "Another Tattoo" (Weird Al) - is...

"Another Tattoo"!

"Another Tattoo" (Weird Al) got 66.7% of 18 votes, while its opponent "Nothin' on You" (B.o.B.) got 27.8%. 5.6% of voters elected to see results.

So far the score is...

Originals: 15, Weird Al: 55

Bonus Medley Score:

Originals: 11, Weird Al: 17