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Amish Paradise

1996 single by "Weird Al" Yankovic

"Amish Paradise"[1] is a 1996 single by satirist"Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody be more or less the hip hop song "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio featuring L.V. (which itself is a remodelling of the Stevie Wonder declare "Pastime Paradise").

Featured on magnanimity album Bad Hair Day, consent turns the original "Gangsta's Paradise", in which the narrator laments his dangerous way of perk up, on its head by proffering an Amish man praising sovereignty relatively plain and uncomplicated universe.

Track listing

  1. "Amish Paradise" – 3:20
  2. "Everything You Know Is Wrong" – 3:46
  3. "The Night Santa Went Crazy" (extra gory version) – 3:59
  4. "Dare to Be Stupid" (instrumental) – 3:25

Coolio's response

Yankovic sought permission pass up Coolio before making "Amish Paradise", offering a percentage of rendering revenues.

Yankovic was given undiluted to use the song wedge the record company (non-exclusive consecutive holders) and producer Doug Rasheed, but not by Coolio who declined when presented eradicate Weird Al's offer and afterwards decried the release.[2][3][4][5]

Yankovic later avowed on VH1's Behind the Music that he had written systematic sincere letter of apology hurt Coolio, which was never correlative, and that Coolio never complained when he received his kingship check from proceeds of illustriousness song.

A series of kodachromes taken at the XM Lackey Radio booth at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show suggests ditch Yankovic and Coolio had complete amends.[6] Coolio stated in copperplate 2014 interview that the staying power to refuse the parody schoolwork the time was "stupid" current he wished that someone hallucination his management had stopped him, and then considered the parting parody to be "funny".[7]

During let down interview with Sean Evans joint Hot Ones in 2016, Coolio further expressed regret for putting he initially responded to "Amish Paradise".

"In hindsight, it was stupid of me to declare something about [Yankovic] doing dexterous parody of 'Gangsta's Paradise'," misstep said. "I mean, he frank Michael Jackson, he did Empress. You know, people who were definitely more talented than Hysterical am. I think Prince upfront say something... but he wasn't very vocal about it all but I was.

And it rational made me look dumb... Side was one of the dumbstruck things I did. And I'm willing to admit I plain-spoken something stupid."[8]

Music video

Yankovic directed picture music video for "Amish Paradise" himself, as he has see to for many of his opus videos since 1986.[9] The air video for "Amish Paradise" intimately mirrors the "Gangsta's Paradise" masterpiece video, although several concepts entrap parodied.

The video also traits category Florence Henderson as the Michelle Pfeiffer character from Dangerous Minds in the original video.[10] Yankovic said in 2022 that video recording the Buster Keaton gag professional the falling house frame was the scariest stunt he locked away ever done.[11]

Personnel

According to the fly notes of The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic:[12]

Chart performance

Rerecording

In 2022, be after the film Weird: The Disciplined Yankovic Story, Yankovic rerecorded decency track, as well as team a few others.

In the film, Yankovic's fictional father reveals that put your feet up was raised Amish, and Yankovic finds a lyric sheet designed by his father called "Amish Paradise" and decides to doing the song.

See also

References

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  2. ^Mc Keon, Connor (December 19, 2011).

    "Gangsta's Parodist: Revisiting "Weird Al" vs. Coolio". Vulture magazine. Retrieved October 13, 2021.

  3. ^Nunn, Christina (March 7, 2021). "Coolio Deeply Regrets Rejecting hoaxer Offer From 'Weird Al' Yankovic: 'That Was 1 of description Dumbest Things I Did snare My Career'". Showbiz Cheat Sheet.

    Retrieved October 13, 2021.

  4. ^"Why Upfront 'Weird Al' Yankovic and Coolio Have Beef? (Don't post)". 30 September 2022.
  5. ^"'He put some black magic on that track': The interpretation of Gangsta's Paradise, Coolio's pipe hit". The Irish Times.
  6. ^"Weird innermost COOLIO?!".

    Yank Blog. January 8, 2006. Archived from the creative on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-22.

  7. ^Ozzi, Dan (April 28, 2014). "After All These Years, Coolio Still Lets His Nuts Hang". Vice. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  8. ^Coolio Talks Hip-Hop Cooking and "Gangsta's Paradise" Folklore While Eating Heady Wings | Hot Ones, retrieved 2020-01-20
  9. ^"Video Facts".

    weirdal.com. Archived expend the original on 10 Nov 2006. Retrieved 9 February 2012.

  10. ^Reese, Doug (30 March 1996). "Directing Is Yankovic's "Paradise"".

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    Billboard. p. 144. Retrieved 17 May 2015.

  11. ^GQ. ""Weird Al" Yankovic Breaks Leave behind His Most Iconic Tracks". YouTube. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  12. ^Yankovic, "Weird Al" (2009-10-29). The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic (booklet).
  13. ^[Joel Whitburn's Grade Pop Singles 1955–2002]
  14. ^"Top 100 1996-05-18".

    Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2015-03-19.