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"Gump"
Single by "Weird Al" Yankovic from the album Bad Hair Day
B-side	"Spy Hard (Theme from the Motion Picture Spy Hard)" "Since You've Been Gone"
Released	May 7, 1996
Format	CD, cassette
Recorded	January 3, 1996
Genre	Comedy / parody
Length	2:10
Label	Scotti Brothers
Producer	"Weird Al" Yankovic
"Weird Al" Yankovic singles chronology
"Amish Paradise" (1996) "Gump" (1996) '"Spy Hard" (1996)
Bad Hair Day track listing
"Amish Paradise" "Everything You Know is Wrong" "Cavity Search "Callin' In Sick" "The Alternative Polka" "Since You've Been Gone" "Gump" "I'm So Sick of You" "Syndicated Inc." "I Remember Larry" "Phony Calls" "The Night Santa Went Crazy"

Gump is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Lump" by The Presidents Of The United States Of America and also parodies the title character from the movie Forrest Gump.

The Cover for the single is itself a parody of the Presidents of the United States of America's logo. This is one Yankovic's shortest parodies; second only to his remade version of "My Bologna".

The following tracks are on the single:

1. "Gump" – 2:10
2. "Spy Hard" (Theme from the Motion Picture Spy Hard) – 2:49
3. "Since You've Been Gone" – 1:22
4. "Since You've Been Gone (Karaoke Version)" – 1:22
5. "Callin' In Sick (Instrumental)" – 3:40
6. "Spy Hard" (Theme from the Motion Picture Spy Hard) (Instrumental) – 2:49
7. "Spy Hard" (Theme from the Motion Picture Spy Hard) (Orchestral Mix) – 2:49

The promo single only contains "Gump". The cassette single only contains "Gump" and "Spy Hard (Theme From The Motion Picture Spy Hard)".

The video for Gump is a double-parody of both the movie "Forrest Gump" and the Presidents of the United State's of America's music video for Lump.

• The video begins with a feather blowing through the air, much like the beginning of the original movie.
• Andy Comeau appears as the titular character, Forrest Gump.
• Yankovic appears as Chris Ballew, complete with bald head.
• John "Bermuda" Schwartz appears as Jason Finn, and Steve Jay appears as Dave Dederer. Yankovic has stated that originally his guitarist, Jim West, was supposed to play the part of Dederer, but his hair was too long. Jay later filled in.
• Throughout the video Forrest offers different people chocolates. He first offers Gladys Ormphby (Ruth Buzzi's Laugh-In character) some chocolates and she hits him with her purse. The second offer is to a large, strong man which results in Gump being spun around by his head. He then offers Pat Boone some chocolates. Boone greedily devours most of the box.
• The instruments used in the song are over-simplified as a parody of the Presidents Of The United States Of America's actual instruments (A basitar, or 2 stringed guitar for bass, and a guitbass which is a 3 stringed guitar). Al uses a one stringed bass in the video, while the guitarist uses a two stringed "guitar".
• As mentione before, half of the music video is also a parody of the "Lump" music video: Instead of singing in a bog/marsh, Al and his band are dancing in the water fountain in the middle of the park. The silhouette scene in the Lump music video is also parodied, with Al and his band making hand shadows against the background.
• At 1:02, during the silhouette scenes, Yankovic can be seen bending his guitar. This is similar to the videos for Smells Like Nirvana and Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*.

• List of singles by "Weird Al" Yankovic
• List of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic

• "Weird Al's" Official Page
• Al's Official MySpace Page
• The video on YouTube

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