"Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D

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Template:Album infobox "Weird Al" Yankovic In 3-D, sometimes referred to simply as In 3-D, is the second album by song parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic, released in 1984.

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Production
4 Charts
5 Awards

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Track listing

"Eat It" (Jackson, Yankovic) - 3:21
- parody of "Beat It" by Michael Jackson, about a parent's exasperating quest to get his son to eat properly. This song is Al's highest-charting single to date.
"Midnight Star" (Yankovic) - 4:35
- a song about supermarket tabloids
"The Brady Bunch" - 2:41
- parody of "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats, about a man's devotion to television and his dislike of the sitcom The Brady Bunch
"Buy Me A Condo" (Yankovic) - 3:53
- about a man who moves into the suburbs and changes his lifestyle from Rastafarian to yuppie
- style parody of Bob Marley
"I Lost On Jeopardy" (Kihn, Yankovic) - 3:28
- parody of "Jeopardy" by The Greg Kihn Band, in which the narrator loses spectacularly on the game show Jeopardy!
- Greg Kihn has a cameo in the video for this track (parodying his own video for the original song), as well as original Jeopardy host Art Fleming and musicologist Dr. Demento. Announcing legend Don Pardo lends his voice to a segment of the song, and appears in the video as well.
- The Potpourri answer that stumps Al in the video is the mathematical formula for a Lorentz boost.
"Polkas On 45" (Brown, Yankovic) - 4:20
- polka medley of then-current pop music; the title is a reference to Dutch novelty medley act Stars on 45
  - It is a polka medley of....
    - "Jocko Homo" by Devo,
    - "Smoke On The Water" by Deep Purple,
    - "Sex (I'm A...)" by Berlin,
    - "Hey Jude" by The Beatles,
    - "L.A. Woman" by The Doors,
    - "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" by Iron Butterfly,
    - "Hey Joe" by Jimi Hendrix,
    - "Burning Down The House" by Talking Heads,
    - "Hot Blooded" by Foreigner,
    - "Every Breath You Take" by The Police,
    - "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" by The Clash,
    - "Jumpin' Jack Flash" by The Rolling Stones, and
    - "My Generation" by The Who.
      - with new music by "Weird Al" Yankovic.
"Mr. Popeil" (Yankovic) - 4:42
- style parody of The B-52's, about the inventor Ron Popeil and his myriad inventions of varying usefulness; one of the backing vocalists on the track is Popeil's daughter Lisa.
"King Of Suede" (Yankovic) - 4:15
- parody of "King of Pain" by The Police, about a man's shopping mall suede shop
"That Boy Could Dance" - 3:34
- about a nerdy kid who becomes the envy of all when he steps on the dance floor
"Theme From Rocky XIII (Rye or the Kaiser)" (Yankovic) - 3:37
- parody of "Eye Of The Tiger" by Survivor, about a washed-up Rocky Balboa, who now runs a deli and occasionally beats up on sides of beef
"Nature Trail To Hell" (Yankovic) - 5:50
- about a fictional slasher flick; It includes a deliberately-hidden backwards message: if played backwards, the phrase "Satan eats Cheese Whiz" is clearly audible