Draft:Hardware Store (song)

"Hardware Store"
"Hardware Store"
Song by "Weird Al" Yankovic
from the album Poodle Hat
Released	May 20, 2003
Recorded	March 26, 2002
Genre	Pop, speed music
Length	3:44
Songwriter(s)	"Weird Al" Yankovic
Producer(s)	"Weird Al" Yankovic

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"Hardware Store" is a song by the American satirist and parody artist "Weird Al" Yankovic from his 2003 album Poodle Hat.

Background

According to "Weird Al" Yankovic, the song was originally going to be a pastiche, but he won't say which artist.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Musical structure

The song includes fast paced vocals that were intentional,^[6] as Yankovic wanted them to be as fast as possible so the song couldn't be played live.^[7]

Personnel

According to the CD liner notes,^[8]

"Weird Al" Yankovic – lead and backing vocals, keyboards
Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz – drums
Jim West – guitars
Steve Jay – bass
Lisa Popeil – "some tricky bits"^[9]

References

^ Yankovic, Weird Al. "Recording Dates". "Weird Al" Yankovic. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
^ Yankovic, "Weird Al" (2009-10-29). The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic (booklet).
^ Yankovic, Alfred (July 15, 2014). "Hmm. ..." Reddit. IAmA. Retrieved July 15, 2014. I guess 'Hardware Store' would fall in that category as well – that was originally going to be in somebody else's style, but then I scrapped that idea and made it a pure original.
^ "Weird Al" Yankovic Breaks Down His Most Iconic Tracks. GQ. December 23, 2022. Event occurs at 15:59. Retrieved December 27, 2022. It started out as a pastiche, but I won't tell you of which band because its going to wind up as a Wikipedia entry.
^ Yankovic, Weird Al. "Ask Al". "Weird Al" Yankovic. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine (May 20, 2003). "Weird Al Yankovic - Poodle Hat Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
^ Boisvert, Lauren (2024-12-19). "3 Fan-Favorite Songs So Difficult To Play That They Were Never Performed Live". American Songwriter. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
^ Poodle Hat (CD liner notes). "Weird Al" Yankovic. Volcano Entertainment. 2003. 61422-32194-2.
^ Yankovic, Weird Al. "Players". weirdal.com. Retrieved 14 March 2025.

[Weird_Al_recording_dates-1] Yankovic, Weird Al. "Recording Dates". "Weird Al" Yankovic. Retrieved 2025-02-18.

[2] Yankovic, "Weird Al" (2009-10-29). The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic (booklet).

[originals_reddit-3] Yankovic, Alfred (July 15, 2014). "Hmm. ..." Reddit. IAmA. Retrieved July 15, 2014. I guess 'Hardware Store' would fall in that category as well – that was originally going to be in somebody else's style, but then I scrapped that idea and made it a pure original.

[4] "Weird Al" Yankovic Breaks Down His Most Iconic Tracks. GQ. December 23, 2022. Event occurs at 15:59. Retrieved December 27, 2022. It started out as a pastiche, but I won't tell you of which band because its going to wind up as a Wikipedia entry.

[5] Yankovic, Weird Al. "Ask Al". "Weird Al" Yankovic. Retrieved 2024-07-07.

[allmusic-6] Stephen Thomas Erlewine (May 20, 2003). "Weird Al Yankovic - Poodle Hat Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved May 29, 2014.

[7] Boisvert, Lauren (2024-12-19). "3 Fan-Favorite Songs So Difficult To Play That They Were Never Performed Live". American Songwriter. Retrieved 2025-02-18.

[8] Poodle Hat (CD liner notes). "Weird Al" Yankovic. Volcano Entertainment. 2003. 61422-32194-2.

[Weird_Al-9] Yankovic, Weird Al. "Players". weirdal.com. Retrieved 14 March 2025.

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