In the song "Cable TV" Al mentions that his friends are jealous because he's seen "Porky's" 27 times that week.
In "The Biggest Ball Of Twine In Minnesota", there is a line that says, "Oh the kids were so happy, they started singing 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall for the 27th time that day!"
In "Callin' In Sick" Al decides to sleep in late and hits his snooze alarm for the 27th time.
In "Polkamon" Al says "Hold on a minute, there's still at least one hundred and 27 more."
In "Hardware Store" Al says "There's a great big purple sign out front that says every 27th customer will get a ball peen hammer free."
In "Confessions Part III," Al says he hasn't changed is underwear in 27 days.
The official time for the song "Like A Surgeon" is 3 minutes and 27 seconds. (As listed on the "Like A Surgeon" promo 45 and "Like A Surgeon" / "King Of Suede" 45 "Golden Oldies")
The official time for "Velvet Elvis" is 4 minutes and 27 seconds. (As listed on the "Lasagna" 45 single.) {ib}
The longest individual track on any "Weird Al" CD is Track 2 of "Peter and the Wolf." It's time, 27 minutes and 53 seconds. {jb}
The official time of "I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead (Demo)" also lists as 3 minutes and 27 seconds. (As listed on the CD, "Demento Society Presents Basement Tapes 3," track number 8)
As reported in the CD insert for "The (MuchMusic) TV Album", the song "I Can't Watch This" is exactly 3 minutes and 27 seconds long. That's odd, since "Off The Deep End" reports it as 3 minutes and 31 seconds. {lu} {ib}
The official time for the song "The Saga Begins" is 5 minutes and 27 seconds. {bs}
The official time of "Truck Drivin' Song" is 2 minutes and 27 seconds.
Also, the song "I Lost on Jeopardy" is 3 minutes and 27 seconds long. (unconfirmed by liner notes) {lu}
The last piano chord in "Nature Trail To Hell" sounds for 27 seconds. (unconfirmed by liner notes) {sm}
In "This Is The Life," 27 seconds in, Al sings the line "This Is The Life" for the first time. (unconfirmed by liner notes)
In "This Is The Life," the second musical interlude, the one with the tap dancing, is 27 seconds long. (unconfirmed by liner notes) {ew}
The introduction of "Hooked On Polkas" is 27 seconds long. (unconfirmed by liner notes) {lr}
In the song "Here's Johnny" Al sings "Here's Johnny" for the first time 27 seconds into the song. (unconfirmed by liner notes) {ld}
The introduction of "You Make Me" is 27 seconds long. (unconfirmed by liner notes) {mf}
"UHF: The Official Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff" is 41:27 long. (unconfirmed by liner notes) {ld}
"Attack of The Radioactive Hamsters From a Planet Near Mars" is 3:27 long. (unconfirmed by liner notes) {ld}
The first verse of "Taco Grande" starts exactly 27 seconds into the song. (unconfirmed by liner notes)
There is an instrumental interlude in "She Never Told Me She Was A Mime" that lasts 27 seconds. (unconfirmed by liner notes) {ak}
In "Traffic Jam," there are 27 seconds of the song left after Al stops singing. {mg}
The first verse of "Gump" starts exactly 27 seconds into the song. (unconfirmed by liner notes) {jz}
In "Albuquerque," not including the time it is spelled out, the title is sung 27 times at the end of the song.
In the song "Polkamon" the phrase "Everybody Polkamon!" is said for the first time 27 seconds into the song. {aw}
"Velvet Elvis" is 270 seconds long. {mg}
In the long version of the song "UHF," the right speaker goes out for a split second twice in the song. It occurs at 0:27 and 1:27. {mg}
Al first started recording some songs on the 27th of the month.
2-27-85 I Want A New Duck
1-27-92 I Was Only Kidding
1-27-92 Bite Me (hidden track at end of disc)
1-27-92 Smells Like Nirvana
1-27-92 Polka Your Eyes Out
7-27-94 Headline News
3-27-96 Spy Hard (Main Title)
3-27-02 Genius In France
Recording of the final 6 songs of "Poodle Hat" began March 21, 2003, and the mixes were completed on April 17, 2003, literally 27 days. {bs}
Between Al's 11 studio albums there are exactly 127 tracks. {im}
Al's "I Lost On Jeopardy" can be found on "Wild and Crazy Tunes" which runs 27 minutes and 26 seconds. {jk}
"Weird Al" plays accordion track number 27 on Barnes & Barnes second CD, "Spazchow." The song is called "I Killed Her With Love." {ss}
The number of parodies in the boxed set, if you don't count polkas, is 27.
Al sings the phrase "One of Those Days" 27 times throughout the song. {sj}
Al sings the phrase "Jurassic Park" 27 times throughout the song. {jz}
In "The Saga Begins" the "alternate" lyrics for Radio Disney version ("hitting on the queen" is replaced) happens at 1:27 in the song. {mg}
The first three lines of "Good Old Days" include a total of 27 words. Also, there are 27 words in the lines, "Those were the good ol' days. Those were the good ol' days. The years go by, but the memories stay and those were the good ol' days." {ac}
The verse in "Smells Like Nirvana" that starts with the line "And I forgot the next verse" has 27 words in it. {jb} {jo}
In the song "I Was Only Kidding" Al finishes saying that phrase for the first time at exactly 27 seconds into the song. {te}
The third verse of "You Don't Love Me Anymore" contains 27 words. {aj}
Counting his name, and pronouns that describe him, Eddie Vedder is acknowledged 27 times in the song "My Baby's In Love With Eddie Vedder." {ac}
The "Pisces" verse of "Your Horoscope For Today" contains 27 words. {zm}
There are 27 television shows mentioned in "Couch Potato." {ge}
Including the title and credits, there are 27 lines of text in the liner notes for "Since You've Been Gone" {mm}
In the "Running With Scissors" CD booklet, the lyrics for "The Weird Al Show Theme" takes up 27 lines. {cb} {jl}
In the "Running With Scissors" booklet, if you count all the letters in "Pretty Fly For A Rabbi" and the number of scissors next to it, it adds up to 27. {jr}
The number of characters in "Girls Just Wanna Have Lunch" including spaces, is 27. {su}
The number of characters in "It's All About The Pentiums" including spaces, is 27. {yk} {jc}
The number of letters in "Why Does This Always Happen To Me" including spaces, is 27. {su}
Permanent Record has the Capitol Records Single Version of "My Bologna." If you count the numbers of letters in "Capitol Records Single Version" you get 27. {av}
27 artists helped to write the songs featured in "The Alternative Polka." {sm}
Al sings "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" in "The Alternative Polka." Count the letters and spaces in the title and you get 27. {af}
"Bullet With Butterfly Wings" by the Smashing Pumpkins is in "The Alternative Polka." There are 27 other songs on that album. {mc}
Green Day is the last song featured on the "Alternative Polka." The lead singer of Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong, has a 27 tattooed on his arm. {ni}
Al used The Hanson's "MMMbop" in "Polka Power!" According to their album "Nowhere To Hide" the song is 4:27 long. {su}
Avril Lavigne was born on September 27. Weird Al parodied her song into "A Complicated Song." {dt}
Al wrote a parody of a song written by Kurt Cobain. Al also did a cover of a song written by Jimi Hendrix and another song written by Jim Morrison in a polka medley. All three performers died at age 27. Also, Jimi Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942. {ib} {mo} {ld} {dt}
In "Polkas on 45" Al sings the Beatles "Hey Jude." This song appears on the Beatles' "1" album, which contains 27 songs. {aj}
In "Patterns" Al screams "I Got Blisters on My Fingers," a reference to what Ringo said at the end of "Helter Skelter" because the of the length of the song. The demo version of song is 27 minutes long. {pp} The "White Album" version of "Helter Skelter" runs 4 minutes 27 seconds. {bf}
"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen is song #27 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Rock & Roll. Al used this song as the basis for his "Bohemian Polka." {mg}
Turn Iwatani, the inventor of Pac-Man, was 27 when he invented it. Al wrote an unreleased song called "Pac Man." {jo}
In "Amish Paradise" Al sings, "at 4:30 in the morning I'm milking cows..." Al milks the cows 270 minutes into the day. {mg}
"Weird Al" hit #1 on Doctor Demento's Funny Five on the 27th of the month. On May 27, 1984, "King Of Suede" was number 1. On April 27, 1997, "Yoda" was number 1. {dt}
On April 27, 1997, "Yoda" hit #1 on the Dr. Demento Show Funny 25 for the 27th time in its history. {dt}
The first song from Weird Al's "Running With Scissors" album aired on the Dr. Demento Show #99-27. {dt}
The song "C'mon Ride The Bus," written by the great Luke Ski about Al, using sound clips of Al, and the song "Another One Rides The Bus," premiered on The Dr. Demento Show on August 27th, 2000. {rv}
On July 2, 2001, Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz appeared on The Crazy Jay Show (an internet radio show) to count off the Top 27 Weird Al songs of all time as voted by listeners in an online poll. {rv}
In 1991, 'Weird Al' parodied the late Kurt Cobain and his song 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' into 'Smells Like Nirvana.' The number of letters in the words 'Kurt', 'Cobain', 'Smells', 'Like,' and 'Nirvana' add up to 27. {dt}
In 'Albuquerque' Al is only stuck in the basement until he's 26 1/2, therefore he must turn 27 somewhere in the middle of the song, since it takes more than half a year to 'get married, buy a house and have two beautiful children.' If Nathaniel and Superfly were twins, it is possible that he could even still be 27 at the end of the song. {jp}
In the song, "White & Nerdy, " the phrase "white & nerdy" is repeated 27 times. {pb}