A few weeks ago’Weird Al' Yankovicteased fans with a shot from the recording booth, promising new music was on the way. He then made the surprise announcement earlier this week that a new single was about to drop. And now here it is.The Hamilton Polka.
Most Weird Al fans were quite suave and picked up right away that Yankovic was planning something withLin-Manuel Miranda. Especially since the surprise release was arriving on Hamiltondrop Friday. And Al didn’t disappoint. Well, there were a few sad faces who don’t know anything aboutHamiltonand thought they were getting a Cardi B parody of Bodak Yellow that would have found theking of all parodysinging about ‘orTHOpeDIC SHOES!’ Perhaps that will be saved for a later date.
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Weird Al are longtime mutual fans of each other’s work, and have become fast friends over the years. Miranda has made it no secret that he was a Weird Al nerd growing up, and was weened on his music as a young Child. Yankovic has been sighted numerous times as a huge influence in helping creating the playHamilton.
Weird Al is a big fan ofHamiltonand jumped at the chance to bring this medley to life, which takes all the best songs from the play and mashes them together into one five minute epic of a traditional Polka that you’ll be listing to for days on end, especially if you’re already a fan of the play. An interesting bit of trivia about the two friends, they both received news of their stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at the same time, and were with each other when the duel announcement was made.
This isn’t the first time the pair have worked together, though. Back in 2016, Lin-Manuel Miranda joined Weird Al on staged to help sing Al’s hitStar Warsparody of The Kinks' Lola calledYoda. Now, Al has returned the favor. And as luck would have it for all you Weirdos out there, both Miranda and Yankovic will be appearing onThe Tonight Showlater this evening to show off their stuff. Weird Al is known forputting on quite a good show.
You don’t have to wait long to get your hot little hands onThe Hamilton Polka. The Official Hamilton Polka Youtube has released the single for all to hear. And if that wasn’t enough for you, we also have that classic moment when Miranda joined Yankovic on stage to belt out lyrics about how Luke uses the force, lifted some rocks, and stood on his head. You can check it all out below. Then don’t forget to check out the pair when they debut the song later tonight on Jimmy Fallon. It’s going to be a moment you don’t want to miss. Seriously. This is bigger than the Oscars!
