Emboldened by the success of "Eat It" and "Like a Surgeon," Weird Al titled his fourth album Polka Party!, and the 1986 record-buying public shunned what they assumed was a full album of accordion music. It wasn't, but the title track was the latest of Al's reliable polka medleys rounding up the chart music of the day. This time around we've got #1 hits by two members of Genesis, the Queen of Soul's voice doing battle with mushy '80s production, and an inconsistent but underrated Australian band that Ben and Rich have bonded over for decades.

Tracks:

Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
Phil Collins - Sussudio
Eddie Murphy - Party All the Time
Lionel Richie - Say You, Say Me
Aretha Franklin - Freeway of Love
INXS - What You Need

Co-hosts: Rich Bunnell, Ben Marlin, Amanda Rodgers

Links:

"Sledgehammer" music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJWJE0x7T4Q

"Urban Renewal," the hip-hop/R&B Phil Collins tribute album: https://www.discogs.com/release/1925875-Various-Urban-Renewal

100+ pink Cadillacs at Aretha Franklin's funeral procession: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLTOnOUcLbU

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Other clips:

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Living with a Hernia
Otis Redding - Change Gonna Come
Bo Carter - Please Warm My Wiener
"Weird Al" Yankovic - Waffle King
"Weird Al" Yankovic - Talk Soup
Prince - 1999
Genesis - Misunderstanding
Ol' Dirty Bastard - Sussudio
Brandy - Another Day in Paradise
Kelis - I Don't Care Anymore
Eddie Murphy - Put Your Mouth on Me
Sisqo - Thong Song
Joe Pesci - Wise Guy
Eddie Murphy - My God Is Color Blind
Lionel Richie - You Are
Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin - Separate Lives
Aretha Franklin & Eurythmics - Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves
Lisa Simpson, Ann Wilson & Nancy Wilson - Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves
INXS - Need You Tonight
INXS - Don't Change
INXS - Heaven Sent
Eddie Murphy - Boogie in Your Butt

Weird Al's Polka Party! (1986), Tracks 1-6