“Weird Al” Yankovic — Lyric Analysis

LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 132 songs across 13 albums by “Weird Al” Yankovic. They use 5,735 unique words out of 22,653 (lexical richness MATTR 0.75), with an average of 172 content words per song. Emotional tone: 68% of songs positive, 2% neutral, 30% negative.

Most used words by “Weird Al” Yankovic

1. know (277)
2. ba (210)
3. one (195)
4. baby (178)
5. really (160)
6. hoo (158)
7. love (130)
8. make (126)
9. right (118)
10. said (113)
11. say (112)
12. time (108)
13. see (99)
14. tell (99)
15. come (98)
16. eat (95)
17. night (92)
18. tv (87)
19. fat (86)
20. day (86)

Signature phrases

• “guy groovy guy” (34)
• “groovy guy groovy” (34)
• “cable tv” (31)
• “nature trail hell” (29)
• “dead mellow dead” (29)
• “mellow dead mellow” (29)
• “dare stupid” (28)
• “stop forwarding crap” (26)
• “hell nature trail” (26)
• “trail hell nature” (26)

Colors in the lyrics

• white (35)
• black (17)
• blue (7)
• red (6)
• green (5)
• purple (3)
• pink (3)
• gold (3)

Albums analyzed

• “Weird Al” Yankovic (1983)
• In 3‐D (1984)
• Dare to Be Stupid (1985)
• Polka Party! (1986)
• Even Worse (1988)
• Peter & the Wolf / Carnival of the Animals, Part II (1988)
• Off the Deep End (1992)
• Alapalooza (1993)
• Bad Hair Day (1996)
• Running With Scissors (1999)
• Poodle Hat (2003)
• Alpocalypse (2011)
• Mandatory Fun (2014)