Weird Al Wednesday – 1.15.25

Hey! Welcome back to my new music blog
featuring the comedic genius of Weird Al Yankovic
I hope you’ve been having fun and a few laughs;
that’s what this is all about. Time for our next video!

Welcome to week two of Weird Al Wednesday. You don’t have to be weird to enjoy these videos (but it helps). If you’re new to this blog and wondering just what in the hell is going on, you can check out my first installment HERE.

Alrighty then…..let the weirdness begin!

“Ricky” is credited as Al’s first official music video and may be the first comedic music video ever aired on MTV. Al turns Toni Basil’s cheerleading anthem “Mickey” into an “I Love Lucy” rerun complete with a rare onscreen appearance by Tress MacNeille (of Simpsons fame) as Lucy. Al plays himself and Ricky Ricardo (actor Desi Arnaz), giving us a sneak preview of future Al without his famous ‘stache. Al’s mentor Dr. Demento can be seen dancing at the end……his first of many cameos in Al’s videos. You’ll notice the songwriting team for both versions is the same.

First up..….this is “Mickey” by Toni Basil.

LYRICS

Oh Mickey, you’re so fine
You’re so fine, you blow my mind, hey Mickey, hey Mickey
Oh Mickey, you’re so fine
You’re so fine, you blow my mind, hey Mickey, hey Mickey

Oh Mickey, you’re so fine
You’re so fine, you blow my mind, hey Mickey, hey Mickey
Oh Mickey, you’re so fine
You’re so fine, you blow my mind, hey Mickey

Hey Mickey
You’ve been around all night and that’s a little long
You think you’ve got the right, but I think you’ve got it wrong
Why can’t you say goodnight? So you can take me home Mickey?

‘Cause when you say you will, it always means you won’t
You’re givin’ me the chills, baby, please, baby don’t
Every night you still leave me alone Mickey

Oh Mickey, what a pity, you don’t understand
You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand
Oh Mickey, you’re so pretty, can’t you understand
It’s guys like you, Mickey
Oh what you do Mickey, do Mickey
Don’t break my heart, Mickey

Hey Mickey
Now when you take me by the hooves, who’s ever gonna know
And every time you move I let a little more show
There’s something you can use, so don’t say no Mickey

So come on and give it to me anyway you can
Anyway you want to do it, I’ll take it like a man
But please baby, please don’t leave me in the damp Mickey

Oh Mickey, what a pity, you don’t understand
You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand
Oh Mickey, you’re so pretty, can’t you understand?
It’s guys like you, Mickey
Oh what you do Mickey, do Mickey
Don’t break my heart, Mickey

Oh Mickey, you’re so fine
You’re so fine, you blow my mind, hey Mickey, hey Mickey
Oh Mickey, you’re so fine
You’re so fine, you blow my mind, hey Mickey, hey Mickey

Oh Mickey, you’re so fine
You’re so fine, you blow my mind, hey Mickey, hey Mickey
Oh Mickey, you’re so fine
You’re so fine, you blow my mind, hey Mickey

Oh Mickey, what a pity, you don’t understand
You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand
Oh Mickey, you’re so pretty, can’t you understand?
It’s guys like you, Mickey
Oh what you do Mickey, do Mickey
Don’t break my heart, Mickey

Oh Mickey, what a pity, you don’t understand
You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand
Oh Mickey, you’re so pretty, can’t you understand?
It’s guys like you, Mickey
Oh what you do Mickey, do Mickey
Don’t break my heart, Mickey

Oh Mickey, what a pity, you don’t understand
You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand
Oh Mickey, you’re so pretty, can’t you understand?
It’s guys like you, Mickey
Oh what you do Mickey, do Mickey
Don’t break my heart, Mickey

Oh Mickey, what a pity, you don’t understand
You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand

Written by: Michael Donald Chapman, Nicholas Barry Chinn
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind

And now from 1983 here is Weird Al Yankovic with “Ricky”.

LYRICS

Hey Lucy, I’m home

Oh Ricky, you’re so fine
You’re so fine, you blow my mind
Hey Ricky, hey Ricky

Oh Lucy, you’re so fine
You’re so fine, you blow my mind
Hey Lucy, hey Lucy

Oh Ricky, you’re so fine
You play your bongos all the time
Hey Ricky, hey Ricky

Oh Lucy, you’re so fine
How I love to hear you whine
Hey Lucy

Hey Ricky
You always play your conga drums, you think you got the right
You wake up little Ricky in the middle of the night
Stop shakin’ your maracas now and just turn out the light, Ricky

I’m sick of Fred and Ethel always coming over here
Cause Fred eats all our pretzel sticks and then he spills his beer
Why don’t you serve your casserole and make them disappear, Lucy

Oh Ricky, what’s a girl like me supposed to do
You really drive me wild when you sing your babalu

Oh Lucy, you’re so dizzy, don’t you have a clue
Well, here’s to you, Lucy, I love you too Lucy, too, Lucy, let’s babalu, Lucy

Hey Ricky, You’re always playing at the Club, you never let me go
I’m begging and I’m pleading but you always tell me no
Oh, please honey please, let me be in your show Ricky……wah!

You always burn the roast and you drop the dishes too
You iron my new shirt and you burn a hole right through
You’re such a crazy redhead I just don’t know what to do, Lucy

Oh Ricky, What a pity, don’t you understand
That every day’s a rerun and the laughter’s always canned

Oh Lucy, I’m the Latin leader of the band
So here’s to you, Lucy, Let’s babalu, Lucy, too Lucy
Everybody rumba!

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha

Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Michael Donald Chapman/Nicholas Barry Chinn
Ricky lyrics © Universal Music – MGB Songs

Thanks for joining me today for another installment of Weird Al Wednesday. I hope you find these videos as entertaining as I do. Pack your sense of humor and come back next week for more Weird Al……and remember to leave your music theory PHDs at the door!

Embrace the weirdness!

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