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| Name        = "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D
| Type        = [[Album]]
| Artist      = [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]
| Cover       = Weird_Al_Yankovic_-_In_3-D.jpg
| Released    = [[February 28]], [[1984]]
| Recorded    = October, December 1983
| Genre       = Comedy
| Length      = 44:03
(contracted; show full)|3:21
|"[[Beat It]]" by [[Michael Jackson]]
|align="left"|About a parent's exasperating quest to get their child to eat properly.  Peaking at #12 on the [[Hot 100]], this song was Al's highest-charting single until [[White & Nerdy]] placed at #9 in the October 21, 2006 issue of [[Billboard Magazine]].
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|2
|"Midnight Star"
|4:35
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Style parody of "Hold the Line" by [[Toto (band)|Toto]]
|align="left"|About [[supermarket tabloid]]s. 
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|3
|"[[The Brady Bunch (song)|The Brady Bunch]]"
|2:41
|"[[The Safety Dance]]" by [[Men Without Hats]]
|align="left"|About a man's devotion to television and his dislike of the [[sitcom]] ''[[The Brady Bunch]]''. Also contains a lyrical adaptation of the "Brady Bunch Theme Song".
|- align="center"
|4
|"Buy Me A Condo"
|3:45
|Style parody of "[[Get Up, Stand Up]]" and "[[Buffalo Soldier]]" by [[Bob Marley]]
|align="left"|About a Jamaican immigrant to America who moves into the [[suburbs]] and changes his lifestyle from [[Rastafarian]] to [[yuppie]].{{fact}}
|- align="center"
|5
|"[[I Lost on Jeopardy]]"
|3:28
|"[[Jeopardy (song)|Jeopardy]]" by [[The Greg Kihn Band]] 
|align="left"|Describes a situation in which the narrator loses spectacularly on the [[game show]] ''[[Jeopardy!]]''. Greg Kihn has a cameo in the video for this track (parodying his own video for the original song), as well as original ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' host Art Fleming and musicologist [[Dr. Demento]]. Announcer [[D(contracted; show full)*"[[My Generation (The Who song)|My Generation]]" by [[The Who]].
*"[[W.A.Y. Moby Polka|Ear Booker Polka]]" by "Weird Al" Yankovic
The title is a reference to [[The Netherlands|Dutch]] novelty medley act [[Stars on 45]].
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|7
|"Mr. Popeil"
|4:42
|Style parody of "[[Rock Lobster (song)|Rock Lobster]]" and "[[Private Idaho]]" by [[The B-52's]]
{{fact}}
|align="left"|About the inventor Samuel Popeil, his myriad inventions of varying usefulness, and his son [[Ron Popeil|Ron's]] infomercials; one of the backing vocalists on the track is Samuel Popeil's daughter and Ron Popeil's sister, Lisa Popeil.  The song was featured prominently in one of Popeil's infomercials for his famous [[Showtime Rotisserie]].
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|8
|"[[King of Suede]]"
|4:15
|"[[King of Pain]]" by [[The Police]]
|align="left"|About the world's greatest fabric salesman. 
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|9
|"That Boy Could Dance"
|3:34
|Style parody of [[The Kinks]] {{fact}}
|align="left"|About a [[nerd|nerdy]] kid who becomes the envy of all when he steps on the dance floor. 
|- align="center"
|10
|"Theme From Rocky XIII (The Rye Or The Kaiser)"
|3:37
|"[[Eye of the Tiger]]" by [[Survivor (band)|Survivor]]
|align="left"|About a washed-up [[Rocky Balboa (character)|Rocky Balboa]], who now runs a [[Delicatessen|deli]] and occasionally beats up on sides of beef.
|- align="center"
|11
|"[[Nature Trail to Hell]]"
|5:50
|Contains elements of "[[Stairway to Heaven#Backmasking Controversy|Stairway to Heaven]]" by [[Led Zeppelin]], "Thriller" by [[Michael Jackson]], "[[A Day in the Life]]" by [[The Beatles]], "[[Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding]]" by [[Elton John]], and "[[Hells Bells]]" by [[AC/DC]]. The title is possibly a parody of "[[Highway to Hell]]" by [[AC/DC]] 
|align="left"|About a fictional [[slasher film]]. This song has a backward message that says "[[Satan]] eats [[Cheese Whiz]]!"
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==Personnel==
*"Weird Al" Yankovic - [[synthesizer]], [[piano]], [[accordion]], [[vocals]]
*[[Rick Derringer]] - [[guitar]], [[mandolin]]
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