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- For other uses, see Amish Paradise
Artist: "Weird Al" Yankovic
Album: Bad Hair Day
Date Released: March 12, 1996
Label: Volcano
Produced By: "Weird Al" Yankovic
Tracklisting:
- Amish Paradise
- Everything You Know Is Wrong
- The Night Santa Went Crazy (Extra Gory Version)
- Dare To Be Stupid (Instrumental)
Music Video[]
Amish Paradise parodies "Gangsta's Paradise" music video with Yankovic dressed in Amish garb and has a beard and features Florence Henderson in the role originally portrayed by Michelle Pfeiffer. The video shows many aspects of regular Amish life, such as raising a barn. In reference to L.V.'s performance in Coolio's video, a close on Al's face is seen, with him sweating more every time the scene is shown. When Yankovic states he's "scoring points for the afterlife," he takes off his hat to reveal a hairstyle very similar to that seen on the cover of Bad Hair Day. These are both parodies of Coolio's trademark hairstyle. Near the very end, Yankovic is shown walking away from a barn while everything around him moves backwards in a rewinding fashion; for this effect, the scene was recorded normally while Weird Al lip syncs the words backwards.
Song Notes: This is one of "Weird Al" Yankovic's biggest selling singles ever, and his biggest, ending a bit of a relative dry-spell he'd been having. This is also one of the more controversial songs in his career, as "Weird Al" thought he had permission, but Coolio said that he would have said no to it if he'd been asked to do the parody. Al wrote a long letter of apology, and never heard a response. Of course, Al's still going strong and Coolio's been showing up on stuff like The Surreal Life. So, y'know.... - Rev. Syung Myung Me
