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Posted: 8:50 a.m. Monday, Oct. 7, 2013

Weird Al parodies: Which one is the top of the charts?

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Weird Al parodies: Which one is the top of the charts?

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Perform This Way

It's All About the Pentiums

Another One Rides The Bus

The Saga Begins

Like A Surgeon

Amish Paradise

White & Nerdy

Fat

Smells Like Nirvana

Eat It

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so musical artists, no matter the genre, over the past 30 years must be really flattered.  From Nirvana to Queen to Don McLean and of course Michael Jackson, no hitmaker is immune to the likes of Weird Al Yankovic's talent to parody the hits.

 The accordion player took "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and turned it into "Smells Like Nirvana."  Queen got the treatment with Yankovic's "Another One Rides the Bus," his version of "Another One Bites the Dust."   

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The '60s anthem "American Pie," may not have a similar title, but "The Saga Continues" tackles the legend of "Star Wars" with lyrics like "my, my, this here Anakin guy," instead the traditional "my my Miss American Pie."  

What Weird Al Parody is your favorite?  Vote in our poll. 

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