Living with a Hernia 4094099 211019978 2008-05-08T12:52:57Z RussBot 279219 Robot-assisted fix [[WP:DPL|links to disambiguation page]] English {{Infobox Single | Name = Living with a Hernia | Cover = Living-with-a-hernia-front.jpg | Artist = [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] | from Album = [[Polka Party! (album)|Polka Party!]] | Released = [[October 21]] [[1986]] | B-side = "Don't Wear Those Shoes" | Format = 7", 12" | Recorded = [[August 4]] [[1986]] | Genre = Comedy | Length = 3:16 | Label = [[Scotti Brothers Records|Scotti Brothers]] | [ Writer = ] | Producer = "Weird Al" Yankovic | Chart position = none | Last single = "[[Dare to be Stupid (song)|Dare to Be Stupid]]"<br />(1986) | This single = "Living with a Hernia"<br />(1986) | Next single = "[[Christmas at Ground Zero]]"<br />(1986) | Misc = {{Extra tracklisting | | Album = [[Polka Party!]] | Type = studio | Tracks = # "[[Living with a Hernia]]" # "Dog Eat Dog" # "[[Addicted to Spuds]]" # "One of Those Days" # "[[Polka Medleys#Polka Party!|Polka Party!]]" # "[[Here's Johnny (song)|Here's Johnny]]" # "Don't Wear Those Shoes" # "[[Toothless People]]" # "Good Enough For Now" # "[[Christmas at Ground Zero]]" }}}} "'''Living with a Hernia'''" is a song by [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]. It is a parody of "[[Living in America (song)|Living in America]]" by [[James Brown]]. The song mostly describes the terrible "aggravation" and "back pain" that a hernia causes. The narrator himself claims to be suffering from a hernia, and that he's "Got to have an operation". Interestingly enough, this is not Yankovic's first 'Rocky Theme' parody. He has also performed a parody of [[Eye of the Tiger]], the theme from [[Rocky III]], called [["Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D|"Theme From Rocky XIII (The Rye Or The Kaiser)"]] in 1984. ==Track listing== The following tracks are on the single: # "Living with a Hernia" &ndash; 3:16 # "Don't Wear Those Shoes" &ndash; 3:35 The promo single only contains "Living with a Hernia". ==Single Cover== The single cover shows a man throwing a ball and getting a hernia in the process. The man throwing the ball, as well as the grid in the background are references to famous [[England|English]] [[photographer]] [[Eadweard Muybridge]]'s famous sequencing photographs. Muybridge was the first person to successfully capture fast motion on film, using his device named the [[Zoopraxiscope]]. == Music video == The [[music video]] is a parody of James Brown's performance in [[Rocky IV]], and was filmed on the same stage as the original. Several parodies and [[pastiches]] were purposely included in the video. *When Yankovic is at the doctor's office, he is sitting next to a woman with a vise on her head, a man in an all-body cast, and a man who has been decapitated. *Many spoofs of James Brown's dancing appear in the video: At one point he performs the [[split]]s and screams in pain. He often bends over, due to back pain. In one scene Al is shuffling left, but then starts sliding unnaturally, he then suddenly yells "Wait a minute!". Also, in the classroom, he twists one foot 360 degrees. *A montage, during the mid-section of the song, shows Yankovic doing ordinary things (Playing [[basketball]], going shopping, walking in the park, and [[bowling]]), however, due to the fact that his hernia is causing so much pain, he performs all of them extremely slowly. The entire montage is filmed in a fast motion style. *Yankovic lists several common types of [[hernia]] (instead of U.S. cities). They include: incomplete, [[Epigastric hernia|epigastric]], [[Sliding hernia|bladder]], strangulated, [[Lumbar disc hernia|lumbar hernia]], Richter's hernia, obstructed, [[Inguinal hernia|inguinal]], and direct. *When Yankovic lists the last five common types of hernia, the viewers are shown a board with the title "Top 10 Hernias of the Week". This title is incorrect, as he only lists nine types of hernia. *At the end of the video, Yankovic exclaims "I feel bad!" (a pun on James Brown's famous line, "I feel good!") He then becomes rigid, and falls down. ==See also== *[[List of singles by "Weird Al" Yankovic]] *[[List of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic]] {{"Weird Al" Yankovic}} [[Category:"Weird Al" Yankovic songs]] [[Category:1986 singles]] {{1980s-rock-song-stub}} [[it:Living With A Hernia]]