Weird Al Yankovic Sing You’re Beautiful
James Blunt gave Weird Al Jankovic his permission to send up his hit song You’re Beautiful before record bosses stepped in and put a stop to the parody. Yankovic said, “It was originally supposed to be the lead single on (his new album) Straight Outta Lynwood.”
But bosses at Atlantic Records, Blunt’s label, have refused to let it be included on Yankovic’s forthcoming new album.
Weird Al Yankovic says he actually got permission from Blunt to sing the parody You’re Pitiful, but the suits at Blunt’s label wouldn’t hear of it. “James had given it his blessing and we had a release date set, and then his label found out about it and told me that I couldn’t release the parody on my album under any circumstances,” Yankovic added. Read more!