Screenshot from UHF's music video.
Song: UHF
Running Time: X:XX
Year: 1989
Albums: UHF, The TV Album, Greatest Hits 2
Parody of: Original Song
Lyrics: Lyrics
Video: Yes
Download/Listen: None
Alternate Versions: UHF (Single Version)
Forum: Forum Discussion Page
Trivia
- 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 Bob.
- 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 and an extended opening.
- Al saying they "control the horizontal" and "the vertical, too" is a reference to the 1963 television show The Outer Limits.