Readers' Poll: Favorite Weird Al Yankovic Songs

Long before I knew anything about the Kinks, I knew every word to Weird Al's "Yoda." I remember asking my friend Matt Neff what the song parodied. He went, "Uh...I think it's some real old song." There was no Internet back then, so information was hard to come by. The song is, of course, a parody of "Lola" by The Kinks. I remember hearing it on the radio and being like, "Oh, so THAT'S where Weird Al got 'Yoda' from." (I had a similar experience seeing Spaceballs long before I ever saw Star Wars. "Oh, Chewbacca is like Barf!") The 1985 song is a longtime favorite of Weird Al fans, and it's closed out his concerts for the last quarter-century. That's always a real bittersweet moment because you're sad the show is over, but you're delighted to hear "Yoda."