Dare to Be Stupid (song)

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"Dare to Be Stupid"
Single by "Weird Al" Yankovic
from the album Dare to Be Stupid
A-side	"The Touch"
Released	August 1986 (1986-08)
Recorded	January 3, 1985
Genre	New wave synth-pop parody
Length	3:23
Label	Scotti Brothers
Songwriter(s)	"Weird Al" Yankovic
Producer(s)	Rick Derringer
"Weird Al" Yankovic singles chronology
"Hooked on Polkas" (1985) "Dare to Be Stupid" (1986) "Living with a Hernia" (1986)
Dare to Be Stupid track listing
"Like a Surgeon" "Dare to Be Stupid" "I Want a New Duck" "One More Minute" "Yoda" "George of the Jungle" "Slime Creatures from Outer Space" "Girls Just Want to Have Lunch" "This Is the Life" "Cable TV" "Hooked on Polkas"
Music video
"Dare to Be Stupid" on YouTube

"Dare to Be Stupid" is an original song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a musical pastiche of the band Devo.^[1] Released as the flipside to "The Touch", the song was included in the soundtrack for The Transformers: The Movie and is his most popular original song.