Last Updated on 22 March 2025
The following list is a snapshot of society’s current opinions of the 170 best songs by ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic.
I found 21 different ranked lists online of “best Weird Al songs” and pulled them all into Excel and merged them all to get this definitive compilation. See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including links to all 21 lists that were averaged.
- White & Nerdy
- Amish Paradise
- Eat It
- Smells Like Nirvana
- The Saga Begins
- Like a Surgeon
- Trapped in the Drive-Thru
- Dare to Be Stupid
- Albuquerque
- Yoda
- Word Crimes
- Another One Rides the Bus
- Perform This Way
- Fat
- I Lost on Jeopardy
- Ebay
- It’s All About the Pentiums
- One More Minute
- Couch Potato
- This Is the Life
- Hardware Store
- Everything You Know Is Wrong
- Tacky
- Don’t Download This Song
- Polka Face
- My Bologna
- Melanie
- Bedrock Anthem
- Foil
- I Love Rocky Road
- That Boy Could Dance
- The Night Santa Went Crazy
- The Weird Al Show Theme
- Your Horoscope for Today
- Trash Day
- I’ll Be Mellow When I’m Dead
- Confessions Part III
- Party in the CIA
- The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota
- You Don’t Love Me Anymore
- Virus Alert
- Gump
- Living With a Hernia
- CNR
- Nature Trail to Hell
- Pretty Fly for a Rabbi
- Handy
- Skipper Dan
- Canadian Idiot
- Frank’s 2000-inch TV
- Good Enough For Now
- Christmas at Ground Zero
- Ricky
- Since You’ve Been Gone
- When I Was Your Age
- Achy Breaky Song
- Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies
- Polkas on 45
- It’s Still Billy Joel to Me
- Headline News
- Slime Creatures from Outer Space
- I Can’t Watch This
- Don’t Wear Those Shoes
- If That Isn’t Love
- TMZ
- You’re Pitiful
- (This Song’s Just) Six Words Long
- The Check’s in the Mail
- Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters From a Planet Near Mars
- Jerry Springer
- UHF
- Stuck in a Closet with Vanna White
- Craigslist
- Jurassic Park
- Polkarama
- Dog Eat Dog
- Wanna B Ur Lovr
- Captain Underpants Theme
- I Remember Larry
- Ode to a Superhero
- Polka Power
- Sports Song
- My Baby’s in Love With Eddie Vedder
- I Want a New Duck
- Bob
- Weasel Stomping Day
- I’ll Sue Ya
- Whatever You Like
- Pancreas
- Genius In France
- Theme from Rocky XIII
- Angry White Boy Polka
- Alimony
- Close But No Cigar
- A Complicated Song
- The Theme to Spy Hard
- Ringtone
- Livin’ in the Fridge
- King of Suede
- Why Does This Always Happen to Me?
- Midnight Star
- Mission Statement
- Stop Forwarding That Crap to Me
- Lasagna
- The White Stuff
- Germs
- Mr. Frump in the Iron Lung
- Taco Grande
- Phony Calls
- Polka Your Eyes Out
- The Alternative Polka
- Truck Drivin’ Song
- I Was Only Kidding
- First World Problems
- Party at the Leper Colony
- Jackson Park Express
- Trigger Happy
- Take Me Down
- Polkamon
- My Own Eyes
- Do I Creep You Out
- Another Tattoo
- One of Those Days
- Happy Birthday
- The Hot Rocks Polka
- Mr. Popeil
- Good Old Days
- Here’s Johnny
- Fun Zone
- The Brady Bunch
- I Think I’m a Clone Now
- Bohemian Polka
- I’m So Sick of You
- Talk Soup
- Grapefruit Diet
- Polka Party
- Gonna Buy Me a Condo
- Peter and the Wolf
- Hooked on Polkas
- Young, Dumb & Ugly
- George of the Jungle
- Syndicated Inc.
- She Never Told Me She Was a Mime
- Cable TV
- Spy Hard
- Airline Amy
- Girls Just Want to Have Lunch
- Gandhi II
- Velvet Elvis
- Harvey the Wonder Hamster
- Homer and Marge
- Gotta Boogie
- Such a Groovy Guy
- Generic Blues
- Waffle King
- Let Me Be Your Hog
- Spam
- Addicted to Spuds
- She Drives Like Crazy
- The Plumbing Song
- Twister
- You Make Me
- Spatula City
- Traffic Jam
- Stop Draggin’ My Car Around
- Toothless People
- Cavity Search
- Buckingham Blues
- Isle Thing
- Callin’ in Sick
