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Even Worse
Studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic
Released	April 12, 1988
Recorded	December 1987, February 1988
Genre	Comedy
Length	37:41
Label	Scotti Brothers
Producer(s)	Rick Derringer
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"Weird Al" Yankovic chronology
Polka Party! (1986)	Even Worse (1988)	"Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits (1988)

Even Worse is the fifth album by "Weird Al" Yankovic, released in 1988. The name and cover of the album are direct parodies of Michael Jackson's Bad.

This album, like Polka Party! before it, themed all but one of its parodies. On this album all but one parody were of popular songs which were then-recently remade.

1. "Fat" (Jackson, Yankovic) – 3:37
   • parody of" "Bad" by Michael Jackson, in which obesity is blown out of proportion.
2. "Stuck In A Closet With Vanna White" – 5:01
   • song in which a man describes his bizarre reoccurring dreams to a doctor in the style of Aerosmith.
3. "(This Song's Just) Six Words Long" – 3:37
   • parody of "Got My Mind Set On You" as performed by George Harrison (original version: Rudy Clark and James Ray), about the lack of lyrical content in the song. Ironically, Yankovic often pronounces the is in the title, making the chorus seven words long.
4. "You Make Me" (Yankovic) – 3:06
   • in the style of the Oingo Boingo song "Grey Matter". It also shares some close similarities to "Wild Sex (In the Working Class)"
5. "I Think I'm A Clone Now" (Cordell, Yankovic) – 3:20
   • parody of "I Think We're Alone Now" as performed by Tiffany, originally by Tommy James & the Shondells. About a man and his identical clone created in a lab and all things relating to the creation and situations dealing with the clone.
6. "Lasagna" (Traditional, Yankovic) – 2:46
   • parody of "La Bamba" (popularized by Ritchie Valens, though the parody is more likely inspired by Los Lobos' 1987 cover) centered largely around Italian stereotypes and Italian food
7. "Melanie" (Yankovic) – 3:58
   • song about a posthumous socially inept apartment dweller's attempts to woo his neighbor Melanie
8. "Alimony" (Cordell, Yankovic) – 3:16
   • parody of "Mony, Mony" as performed by Billy Idol, originally by Tommy James & the Shondells, about a man's ex-wife exploiting the money he owes her in alimony payments to take insane advantage of him.
9. "Velvet Elvis" (Yankovic) – 4:30
   • An ode to a velvet Elvis picture. The song is a style parody of the Police, and seems to be a combination of "Don't Stand So Close to Me" and "Synchronicity II."
10. "Twister" (Yankovic) – 1:03
    • A song about the Milton Bradley game "Twister", in the style of "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" by Beastie Boys.
    • The very beginning of the song is the same as "Fight For Your Right", as they both say, "Yeah!"
11. "Good Old Days" (Yankovic) – 3:21
    • A song about a psychopath who reminisces of his childhood, in the style of "Only One" by James Taylor

• "Weird Al" Yankovic - accordion, keyboards, vocals, background vocals
• Kim Bullard - synthesizer
• Rick Derringer - guitar
• Ronny Jay - scratching
• Steve Jay - bass, background vocals
• Nicolette Larson - background vocals
• Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz - percussion, drums
• Joe Sublett - saxophone
• Jim West - guitar, mandolin, background vocals

• Producer: Rick Derringer
• Engineer: Tony Papa
• Arranger: "Weird Al" Yankovic

Album

Singles