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"Weird Al" Yankovic
Dare To Be Stupid

Album US 1985 on Rock 'N' Roll Records label
Rock, Pop, Folk, World and (Pop Rock, Parody, Comedy, Polka)

This is the Columbia, Pitman pressing variant of the original release as indicated by a small inverted "P" stamped in the runout areas. Recorded at Santa Monica Sound Recorders. Mixed and mastered digitally using the Mitsubishi X-80 system. Parodies of: A1: Madonna's "Like A Virgin" A3: Huey Lewis And The News' "I Want A New Drug" A5: The Kinks' "Lola" B3: Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" Track A1 published by Billy Steinberg Music, Denise Barry Music (ASCAP), Brigitte Baby Publishing, Pollfer Publishing (BMI) Track A3 published by Hulex Music (BMI) Track A5 published by Davray Music Limited and Carlin Music Corp. Track B1 published by Jay Ward Publishing (BMI) Track B3 published by Heroic Music (ASCAP) Tracks A2, A4, B2, B4, B5 published by Ear Booker Music, Holy Moley Music (BMI) Publishing info for B6 is not listed. Lyrics are printed on the inner sleeve.

Musicians

	"Weird Al" Yankovic voc, bvoc, acc, *1959 US arranged by, lead vocals, backing vocals, accordion, keyboards, theremin, lyrics by, written by, album by
	Al Viola g, 1919-2007 US banjo
	Steve Jay b, *1951 US bass guitar, banjo, backing vocals
	Joel Peskin sax, US clarinet
	Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz dr, drums, percussion
	Rick Derringer voc, g, *1947 US guitar, producer
	Jim West acg, *1953 CA guitar, backing vocals
	"Musical Mike" Kieffer , performer, musical hands
	Sonny Burke key, org, p, piano
	Jimmy Z h, ts, saxophone
	Gary Herbig ts, sax, US saxophone, clarinet
	Chris "The Glove" Taylor key, str, scratches
	Pat Regan key, US synthesizer, piano
	Warren Luening tr, fh, 1941-2012 US trumpet
	Tommy Johnson tu, 1935-2006 US tuba
	Bill Scott , 1920-1985 US performer, special appearance

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