"Weird Al" Yankovic In 3-D

"Weird Al" Yankovic In 3-D, sometimes referred to simply as In 3-D, is the second album by song parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic, released in 1984. (see 1984 in music).

Track listing

1. "Eat It" (Jackson, Yankovic) – 3:21
   • parody of "Beat It" by Michael Jackson, about a parent's exasperating quest to get his son to eat properly
2. "Midnight Star" (Yankovic) – 4:35
   • a song about supermarket tabloids
3. "The Brady Bunch" – 2:41
   • parody of "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats, about a man's devotion to television and his dislike of the sitcom The Brady Bunch
4. "Buy Me A Condo" (Yankovic) – 3:53
   • about a man who moves into the suburbs and changes his lifestyle from Rastafarian to yuppie
5. "I Lost On Jeopardy" (Kihn, Yankovic) – 3:28
   • parody of "Jeopardy" by The Greg Kihn Band, about a guy who loses spectacularly on the game show Jeopardy!
6. "Polkas On 45" (Brown, Yankovic) – 4:20
   • polka medley of then-current pop music; the title is a reference to Dutch novelty medley act Stars on 45
     • It is a medley of....
       • "Jocko Homo" by Devo,
       • "Smoke On The Water" by Deep Purple,
       • "Sex (I'm A...)" by Berlin,
       • "Hey Jude" by The Beatles,
       • "L.A. Woman" by The Doors,
       • "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" by Iron Butterfly,
       • "Hey Joe" by Jimi Hendrix,
       • "Burning The House Down" by Talking Heads,
       • "Hot Blooded" by Foreigner,
       • "Every Breath You Take" by The Police,
       • "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" by The Clash,
       • "Jumpin' Jack Flash" by The Rolling Stones, and
       • "My Generation" by The Who
         • with new music by "Weird Al" Yankovic.
7. "Mr. Popeil" (Yankovic) – 4:42
   • style parody of The B-52's, about the infomercial king Ron Popeil and his myriad inventions of varying usefulness
8. "King Of Suede" (Yankovic) – 4:15
   • parody of "King of Pain" by The Police, about a man's shopping mall suede shop
9. "That Boy Could Dance" – 3:34
   • about a nerdy kid who becomes the envy of all when he steps on the dance floor
10. "Theme From Rocky XIII" (Yankovic) – 3:37
    • parody of "Eye Of The Tiger" by Survivor, about a washed-up Rocky Balboa, who now runs a deli and occasionally beats up on sides of beef
11. "Nature Trail To Hell" (Yankovic) – 5:50
    • about a fictional slasher flick; It includes a deliberately-hidden backwards message: if played backwards, the phrase "Satan eats Cheeze Whiz" is clearly audible

Personnel

• "Weird Al" Yankovic – synthesizer, piano, accordion, vocals
• Rick Derringer – guitar, mandolin
• Steve Jay – banjo, drums, bass
• Mike Kieffer
• Warren Luening – trumpet
• Joe Miller – bongos
• Don Pardo – announcer
• Joel Peskin – clarinet
• Lisa Popiel – background vocals
• Petsye Powell – background vocals
• Pat Regan – synthesizer, piano
• Andrea Robinson – background vocals
• Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz – percussion, drums
• Jim Self – tuba
• Robert Tebow – vocals (bass)
• Jimmy West – guitar
• Jimmy "Z" Zavala – saxophone

Production

• Producer: Rick Derringer
• Art direction: Donald, Lane
• Artwork: Jim Heimann
• Cover illustration: Jim Heimann

Charts

Album

Singles

Awards

Grammy Awards