Music Blog

Weird Al Wednesday – 5.21.25

Nancy's Notes 🖊️🎶

Hey! Welcome back to Weird Al Wednesday
featuring the comedic genius of Al Yankovic.
“Say, Al! Last week we featured Hot Rocks Polka
and everyone had a rootin’ tootin’ good time!
I don’t wanna find myself in a rut or become
predictable BUT how about we do one more
polka party this week. Whaddya say, Al?”

© tenor.com

This week we’re going to take a look at Weird Al’s 1988 “Polka Party!” featuring a medley of such songs as “Sledgehammer”, “Say You, Say Me”, “Papa Don’t Preach”, and others. Al is well-known for his polka medleys and has included them on 12 of his 14 albums. He also performs a polka medley at all his live shows. “Polka Party!” is the third polka medley recorded by Al and is from his fourth album, Polka Party! Peaking at #177 on the Billboard 200, Polka Party! was met with mixed reviews and was considered a commercial and critical failure. Despite this, the album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording. Polka Party! is one of Als few studio albums not to be certified either Gold or Platinum by the RIAA. Boy, what a bunch of Derogatory Debby Downers! Well, that’s ok; it’s my blog and I’m featuring it anyway! 😝

This is “Polka Party” by Weird Al


LYRICS

You could have a big dipper
Going up and down all around the bends
You could have a bumper car bumping
This amusement never ends

I wanna be your sledgehammer
Why don’t you call my name?
Oh, let me be your sledgehammer
This will be my testimony, yeah, yeah

There’s a girl that’s been on my mind all the time
Su-su-sudio, oh-oh
Now she don’t even know my name
But I think she likes me just the same
Su-su-sudio, whoa-oh

And my girl wants to party all the time
Party all the time, party all the time
My girl wants to party all the time, party all the time
She parties all the time

Say you, say me
Say it for always, that’s the way it should be
Say you, say me
Say it together naturally

We’re going riding on the freeway of love
Wind’s against our back
We’re going riding on the freeway of love
In a big Cadillac

That’s why you need, ooh
That’s why this what you need, I’ll give you what you need

Yah, yah, yah, do the Harlem polka, everybody now
Yah, yah, yah, do the Harlem polka

She’s got it, yeah baby, she’s got it
Well, I’m your Venus, I’m your fire
What’s your desire?

Nasty, nasty boys don’t mean a thing
Oh, you nasty boys
Nasty, nasty boys don’t ever change
Oh, you nasty boys

I like this part

Ooh, rock me Amadeus
Ooh, rock me Amadeus
Ooh, rock me Amadeus, ooh

Shout, shout, let it all out
These are the things I can do without, come on
I’m talking to you, come on

Please papa don’t preach, I’m in trouble deep
Papa don’t preach, I’ve been losing sleep
But I’ve made up my mind, I’m keeping my baby
Oh, I’m gonna keep my baby
I’m gonna keep my baby

Keep my baby
Keep my baby
Keep my baby
Hey

Source: Musixmatch
Polka Party! lyrics © Real World Music Ltd

I don’t know where that guy gets his energy!

Thanks for joining me this week and every week as we celebrate the weirdness that is Weird Al Yankovic. I haven’t had this much fun since last Wednesday!

And remember what I like to say …. “It’s good to laugh!”

That’s all she wrote, kids. See you on the flip side. 😎

NAR©2025

All text, graphics and videos are copyright for Nancy’s Notes 🖊️🎶, The Sicilian Storyteller, The Elephant’s Trunk andThe Rhythm Section, et. al., and are not to be used without permission. NAR©2017-present.

42 thoughts on “Weird Al Wednesday – 5.21.25”

  4. In Band class we had twelve officers. Every year on the last day of band camp the officers did some sort of skit. I was a senior and band president at the time and had a hand in picking what we were going to do. We decided to pick a few songs that would feature each of the officers lip synching. We did about 30 seconds of each song before segueing into the next one. As our finale, we used Polka Party because the medley has 12 songs – one for each of us. We all lined up in single file and there was a single spotlight that shown on the officer lip synching. As each new song of the medley began, the next officer would push the previous one out of the spotlight. On the final “Keep my baby, Keep my baby” the entire stage lit up and we all sang that part together. It is one of my favorite band stories!

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

  11. This medley was really well-executed, and it makes perfect sense for Al to recapture his polka roots. (From a woman who spent far too much time folk dancing in her youth, still scarred by Lawrence Welk trauma!)

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

  13. Love it!
    Whenever I hear polka music, I have this memory of being at a family wedding and absolutely no one was dancing. They played a polka, my mother grabbed me, and we polkaed around the dance floor laughing hysterically. Pretty soon, the dance floor was filled.

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

Tell me what you're thinking. 🖊️