Bad Hair Day

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Bad Hair Day
Studio album by
"Weird Al" Yankovic
ReleasedMarch 12, 1996 (1996-03-12)
RecordedNovember 30, 1994–January 15, 1996
Genre
Length42:13
LabelRock 'n Roll, Scotti Brothers
Producer"Weird Al" Yankovic
"Weird Al" Yankovic chronology
The TV Album
(1995) 		Bad Hair Day
(1996) 		Running with Scissors
(1999)
Singles from Bad Hair Day
  1. "Amish Paradise"
    Released: March 12, 1996[1]
  2. "Gump"
    Released: May 7, 1996[2]
  3. "The Night Santa Went Crazy"
    Released: November 26, 1996

Bad Hair Day is the ninth studio album by the American parody musician "Weird Al" Yankovic, released on March 12, 1996. It was Yankovic's last studio album for the Scotti Brothers label before it was purchased by Volcano Entertainment in 1999. The album produced an array of hit comedy singles; lead single "Amish Paradise", which lampoons both Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise" and the Amish lifestyle, charted at No. 53 on the Billboard Hot 100, while "Gump", which parodies "Lump" by the Presidents of the United States of America and the movie Forrest Gump, reached at No. 102.

The musical styles on the album are built around parodies and pastiches of pop and rock music of the mid-1990s, largely targeting alternative rock and hip-hop alike. The album also includes style parodies, imitations of specific artists like They Might Be Giants and Elvis Costello. "Amish Paradise" caused a minor controversy after rapper Coolio expressed distaste at having his song parodied by Yankovic, although the two later made amends.

Bad Hair Day was met with mixed to positive reviews, with many critics praising "Amish Paradise" in particular; "Amish Paradise" went on to become one of Yankovic's best-known singles. The album peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard 200. Bad Hair Day sold 1,317,000 copies in the U.S. in 1996 alone, the highest sales tally for any comedy album in a single calendar year since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991. Bad Hair Day was Yankovic's sixth Gold record in the United States, and went on to be certified Double Platinum for sales of over two million copies in the U.S. by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album was also certified Platinum in Canada by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA).

  1. ^ "Weird Al Yankovic - Amish Paradise". AllMusic. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
  2. ^ "Weird Al Yankovic - Gump". AllMusic. Retrieved July 9, 2011.