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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| 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
| Label       = [[Scotti Brothers Records|Scotti Brothers]]
| Producer    = [[Rick Derringer]]
| Reviews     = 
* [[All Music Guide]] {{rating-5|4.5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gh4gtq9ztu46~T1 link]
| Last album  = ''[["Weird Al" Yankovic (album)|"Weird Al" Yankovic]]'' <br /> (1983)
| This album  = '''''"Weird Al" Yankovic In 3-D''''' <br /> (1984)
| Next album  = ''[[Dare to Be Stupid]]'' <br /> (1985)
| Misc        = {{Singles
| Name        = In 3-D
| Type        = studio
| single 1    = [[Eat It]]
| single 2    = [[King of Suede]]
| single 3    = [[I Lost on Jeopardy]]
| single 1 date = [[February 28]], [[1984]]
| single 2 date = April 1984
| single 3 date = [[June 4]], [[1984]]
}}
}}
'''''"Weird Al" Yankovic In 3-D''''', sometimes referred to simply as '''''In 3-D''''', is the second album by [["Weird Al" Yankovic]], released in 1984.  It is notable for the first of Yankovic's [[polka]] [[wiktionary:Medley|medley]]s; these [[pastiches]] of hit songs, set to polka music, have since appeared on nearly all of Yankovic's albums to date.  This album also marked a musical departure from his self-titled debut: the [[accordion]] was no longer used in every song, and the arrangements of the parodies were now closer to the originals.

==Track listing==
{| class="wikitable"
!Track
!Title
!Length 
!(Style) Parody of
!width="300px"|Description
|- align="center"
|1
|"[[Eat It]]"
|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]].
|- align="center"
|2
|"Midnight Star"
|4:35
|Style parody of "Hold the Line" by [[Toto (band)|Toto]]
|align="left"|About [[supermarket tabloid]]s. 
|- align="center"
|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]].
|- 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 [[Don Pardo]] lends his voice to a segment of the song, and appears in the video as well.
|- align="center"
|6
|"[[Polka Medleys#Polkas On 45|Polkas On 45]]"
|4:23
|[[Polka Medleys|Polka Medley]]
|align="left"|A polka medley including the following songs: 
*"[[Jocko Homo]]" by [[Devo]],
*"[[Smoke on the Water]]" by [[Deep Purple]],
*"Sex (I'm A...)" by [[Berlin (band)|Berlin]],
*"[[Hey Jude]]" by [[The Beatles]],
*"[[L.A. Woman (song)|L.A. Woman]]" by [[The Doors]],
*"[[In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (song)|In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida]]" by [[Iron Butterfly]],
*"[[Hey Joe]]" by [[Jimi Hendrix]],
*"[[Burning Down the House]]" by [[Talking Heads]],
*"[[Hot Blooded]]" by [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]],
*"Bubbles In The Wine" by [[Lawrence Welk]],
*"[[Every Breath You Take]]" by [[The Police]],
*"[[Should I Stay or Should I Go]]" by [[The Clash]],
*"[[Jumpin' Jack Flash]]" by [[The Rolling Stones]], and
*"[[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]].
|- align="center"
|7
|"Mr. Popeil"
|4:42
|Style parody of "[[Rock Lobster (song)|Rock Lobster]]" and "[[Private Idaho]]" by [[The B-52's]]
|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]].
|- align="center"
|8
|"[[King of Suede]]"
|4:15
|"[[King of Pain]]" by [[The Police]]
|align="left"|About the world's greatest fabric salesman. 
|- align="center"
|9
|"That Boy Could Dance"
|3:34
|Style parody of [[The Kinks]] 
|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]]!"
|-
|}

==Personnel==
*"Weird Al" Yankovic - [[synthesizer]], [[piano]], [[accordion]], [[vocals]]
*[[Rick Derringer]] - [[guitar]], [[mandolin]]
*[[Steve Jay]] - [[banjo]], [[drums]], [[bass guitar|bass]]
*Mike Kieffer
*Warren Luening - [[trumpet]]
*Joe Miller - [[bongos]]
*[[Don Pardo]] - [[announcer]]
*Joel Peskin - [[clarinet]]
*Lisa Popeil - background vocals
*Petsye Powell - background vocals
*Pat Regan - synthesizer, piano
*Andrea Robinson - background vocals
*[[Jon Schwartz (drummer)|Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz]] - [[percussion instrument|percussion]], drums
*Eric Denne - [[tuba]]
*Robert Tebow - vocals (bass)
*[[Jim West (guitarist)|Jim West]] - guitar
*Jimmy "Z" Zavala - [[saxophone]]

==Production==
*Producer: Rick Derringer
*Art direction: Donald, Lane
*Artwork: Jim Heimann
*Cover illustration: Jim Heimann

==Charts==
'''Album'''
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="60%"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left"|1984
|align="left"|The Billboard 200
|align="left"|17
|-
|}

'''Singles'''
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="60%"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Single
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left"|1984
|align="left"|"Eat It"
|align="left"|The Billboard Hot 100
|align="left"|12
|-
|align="left"|1984
|align="left"|"I Lost On Jeopardy"
|align="left"|The Billboard Hot 100
|align="left"|81
|-
|align="left"|1984
|align="left"|"King of Suede"
|align="left"|The Billboard Hot 100
|align="left"|62
|-
|}

==Awards==
'''Grammy Awards'''
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="60%"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Award
!align="left"|Winner
|-
|align="left"|1984
|align="left"|Best Comedy Performance Single or Album, Spoken or Musical
|align="left"|"Eat It"
|-
|}

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