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The song also features idiosyncratic sonic elements to increase the humor, such as: manualist sound effects courtesy of Mike Kieffer a chorus of kazoos, which joins in during the song's outro and Yankovic playing a short riff on his trademark instrument, the accordion. Lisa Popeil provides the female backup vocals, as well as the scream of Nancy Kerrigan. Backing Yankovic were Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz on drums, Steve Jay on bass, Jim West on guitar, and Kim Bullard on keyboards. Recording for the song began on July 27, 1994, at Santa Monica Sound Recorders in Santa Monica, California. Problems playing this file? See media help. Happy".) Yankovic later joked that he "wanted to write a song about these people because he didn't think they're getting quite enough media attention"-a reference to the stories' over-saturation in the news. (When singing about the latter story, Yankovic substitutes the term "penis" with euphemisms like "wiener" and "Mr. While each verse of "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" told the story of a different abnormal child, the verses in "Headline News" recount three famous tabloid stories of 19: the American vandal Michael Fay being caned in Singapore, figure skater Tonya Harding's ex-husband attacking her rival Nancy Kerrigan, and Lorena Bobbitt severing her husband's penis with a knife. Yankovic later realized that by releasing "Headline News" on the Permanent Record set rather than wait to include it on his next album, he could capitalize on the topicality of the parody's lyrics. However, after Scotti Brothers insisted that he record a new song to promote Permanent Record, Yankovic decided to feature a Crash Test Dummies parody as the set's lead single. Yankovic had heard the song earlier in the year and, at the time, believed that it had the potential to be parodied on his next studio album.

ĭue to this demand, Yankovic nearly had Scotti Brothers cancel the box set due to being unable to write under pressure before turning to the Crash Test Dummies's recent hit " Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm".

The label then stipulated that Yankovic would need to at least record a new single to promote the box set. Yankovic, however, explained that he would be unable to finish a new record in time, so his label decided to release a box set entitled Permanent Record: Al in the Box. While Yankovic was writing the original songs for a new album-which was later released in 1996 as Bad Hair Day-his label, Scotti Brothers Records, insisted that he release a new record in order to meet monetary projections for the fourth fiscal quarter of the year. “Headline News” charted at number four on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, making it Yankovic’s first single to chart domestically since 1992’s “ Smells Like Nirvana”. Crash Test Dummies themselves were pleased with the final result and even performed the song with Yankovic in concert twice. The song and video were met with mostly positive reviews from critics, although at least one critic for The Commercial Appeal felt that the source material was already dated upon the single's release.

Several notable individuals made cameos in the video, including Doug Llewelyn, Dr. The song's video took two days to film and ended up running over the allotted time that had been scheduled for production, costing the record label a considerable amount of money. In it, the three news stories are presented as if they are one-act plays to an audience. To help promote the song and album, Yankovic directed a music video that was a direct parody of the Crash Test Dummies’ original. The song was written after Yankovic's label insisted he craft a new song to promote the album Yankovic in turn combined the music of the Crash Test Dummies’ song with three news stories that were popular in late 1993 and early 1994. It was released as the lead-off single for the compilation box set Permanent Record: Al in the Box on September 27, 1994. It is a parody of the Crash Test Dummies’ 1993 hit “ Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm”. “ Headline News” is a parody song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. " Christmas at Ground Zero (Alternate Mix)" From the album Permanent Record: Al in the Box