"Мыңжардың" пародиасы: "Менің Болоньям"

1979 single by "Weird Al" Yankovic

"My Bologna" is the debut single by American musical parody artist "Weird Al" Yankovic, originally released in December 1979. It is a parody of the Knack's hit song "My Sharona". Yankovic originally wrote the lyrics while he attended California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California; the original version of the parody was recorded in a bathroom across the hall from the radio station at which Yankovic worked. The title refers to Bologna sausage, specifically the Oscar Mayer brand popular in the United States. Yankovic sent "My Bologna" to Dr. Demento, who aired the song on his nationwide radio program, The Dr. Demento Show. The song was a hit on the program, and eventually gained the number one spot on Dr. Demento's "Funny Five" countdown. After a fortuitous encounter with Doug Fieger (the lead singer of the Knack), and Rupert Perry (then vice president of Capitol Records), Capitol Records decided to release it as a single. Yankovic was paid $500 for the master tape of the song, and its B side, "School Cafeteria". A month after its commercial release, the single sold 10,000 copies. The song also received positive—albeit limited—reviews from media outlets. Although a music video was never produced for the song, an "unofficial" video was filmed, featuring a young Yankovic lip syncing to this song at Cuesta College in December 1979. "My Bologna" was later re recorded and released on Yankovic's debut album (1983), and the "bathroom version" was re released on the box sets Permanent Record: Al in the Box (1994) and Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of "Weird Al" Yankovic (2017).

In the late 1970s, Alfred "Weird Al" Yankovic, was a student at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) in San Luis Obispo, California, and in his spare time, he was a DJ for the university's radio station, KCPR. Yankovic had a penchant for comedy music and often played it on his radio show. In mid 1979, the song "My Sharona" by the Knack was receiving heavy airplay on the radio, and Yankovic started to consider spoofing the single. This parody eventually came to fruition during an ad hoc jam session with his friend Jon Iverson; while Iverson played the main riff to "My Sharona" on his guitar, Yankovic began to write lyrics for his parody. Yankovic's lyrics eventually coalesced into "My Bologna", an ode to the Oscar Mayer brand of Bologna sausage. The duo started to play it in and around the Cal Poly campus at parties and local theaters. In September 1979, Yankovic decided to record his parody in the men's bathroom across from the KCPR offices, because the tiled room made "an acoustically perfect studio." Yankovic then sent his recording to Barret "Dr. Demento" Hansen, a radio personality who hosted the syndicated Dr. Demento Show, which showcased comedy and oddball music. According to Dr. Demento himself, "The response I got when I played ['My Bologna'] on the air dwarfed not only that for all [Yankovic's] earlier tapes, but practically everything else I played that whole year." Later, the Knack performed at Cal Poly, and Yankovic approached the band and Rupert Perry (then vice president of Capitol Records) backstage. He informed them of who he was, and, according to Yankovic, "[the Knack lead singer] Doug Fieger [ ] said 'Oh, ['My Bologna' is] a really a great song!' and then he turned to Rupert Perry and said 'You guys oughta put this song out on Capitol Records' and Rupert said 'OK, let's do it!'" On March 14, 1982, Yankovic re recorded the song for his debut album, "Weird Al" Yankovic. He later joked that this was done because "somehow, we thought [the song] might sound better recorded in a professional 24 track studio than [it] did when [it was] recorded in a bathroom". The Capitol Records single version also appears on Permanent Record: Al in the Box (1994) "School Cafeteria" was never re recorded or made available on any studio albums, although a live on the radio version was released on the compilation album Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes 7.

Prior to the single's commercial release, the song was a hit on the Dr. Demento Show, and landed at number one on the radio show's "Funny Five" countdown chart. Within a month of the single being released by Capitol, it had sold 10,000 copies. However, Yankovic soon learned that Capitol Records had no interest in promoting the single.

Although an official video was never released, an "unofficial" video was filmed, featuring a young Yankovic lip syncing to this song at Cuesta College in December 1979. as part of a final project for a TV production class for a Cal Poly, KCPR classmate, Randy Kerdoon. Yankovic—who later referred to the video as "absolutely terrible, yet of earth shatteringly profound historical significance"—credits Kerdoon for producing and directing his first music video. This unofficial music video is included on the DVD "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection (2003) as an Easter egg.

Yankovic's 2022 comedy biographical film Weird: the Al Yankovic Story satirically claims that Yankovic was inspired to pen "My Bologna" after he heard "My Sharona" on the radio while he was making bologna sandwiches. A 2022 re recording of the song was also included as part of the movie's soundtrack.