Song: UHF

Running Time: X:XX

Year: 1989

Albums: UHF, The TV Album, Greatest Hits 2

Parody of: Original Song

Lyrics: Lyrics

Video: Yes

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Download/Listen: None

Alternate Versions: UHF (Single Version)

Forum: Forum Discussion Page

TriviaEdit

• This song is the theme from the movie UHF Starring "Weird Al" Yankovic.
• This is one of the many "Weird Al" songs where the theme is Television.
• “Weird Al” and his band parody in the music video in order: Guns n’ Roses, George Michael, Robert Palmer, Prince, Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel, ZZ Top, Billy Idol, The Beatles, INXS and Randy Newman.
• At some point in the music video, “Weird Al” parodies Bob Dylan. He does the same thing in the music video for Job.
• The music video for this song is noted as “Weird Al”’s most ambitious music video to date.
• The only difference between this and the single version is that this has an extended guitar solo.
• Al saying they "control the horizontal" and "the vertical, too" is a reference to the 1963 (jobs) television show The Outer Limits.