“Weird Al” Yankovic – Like A Surgeon (US 7″)
Posted by DjPaulT on 22nd October 2011
BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985
“Like a Surgeon” is a song by “Weird Al” Yankovic. It is a parody of “Like a Virgin” by Madonna.
Although Yankovic refuses to use parody ideas from other people, Madonna is partly responsible for “Like a Surgeon”. Madonna asked one of her friends how long it would take until Yankovic satirized her song “Like a Virgin” as “Like a Surgeon”. This friend was a mutual friend of Al’s manager, Jay Levey. When word got back to Yankovic, he decided it was a good idea and wrote the song. This is the only known time that Yankovic has gotten a parody idea directly from the original artist.
SIDE A:
Like A Surgeon 3:27
Written-By – A. Yankovic*, B. Steinberg*, T. Kelly*
SIDE B:
Slime Creatures From Outer Space 4:21
Written-By – A. Yankovic*
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Excellent
Sleeve: Excellent
CHARTS:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Like A Surgeon | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #47 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Rock’n'Roll Records – ZS4 04937
Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic, Pop
Style: Novelty
Credits: Producer – Rick Derringer
NOTES:
From the album “Dare To Be Stupid”
Find The 7″ On DISCOGS
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 16bit 44kHz using Adobe batch processing
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi PNG format, resized to JPEG format for posting.
PW: burningtheground
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