Weird Al’s ‘Your Pitiful’ Almost Didn’t See the Light of Day

If you have ever heard the hit single by James Blunt, “Your Beautiful,” where he sings in a very high voice with a romantic guitar riff in the background, than you already know of the song that I am talking about. Now to the point: Weird Al Yankovic made a song to parody this hit single called “Your Pitiful.” But the song never really and never truly will, see the light of the day for Al, or James. You see both artists were in agreement here that they did indeed want to have a funny parody of the tune floating around for people to enjoy, but other forces that were greater than they prevented their endeavors from ever truly becoming a reality. And here is why. Check out, 'Your Pitiful' the music video! What was the Deal? After his falling out with Coolio, over the parodying of the hit Coolio rap song, “Gansta Paradise,” where Al rewrote it and dubbed his song, “Amish Paradise,” a song and accompanying hit music video by Weird Al where he depicts the life of an Amish person, as they go about their day to day, inundated with funny perks like referring to the Amish as ‘Technologically Impaired.’ Al has forever since that release made certain to go directly to the artist, rather than the record label that they are signed to, in order to get their stamp of approval before he parodies their hit songs. With this tune, “Your Pitiful” Al did just that. He met with James Blunt, who loved his idea and said, “It’s a go.” But the record label that Blunt was signed to, Atlantic, was not so fond of this notion. Once the video and the song were finished with production, Atlantic put their foot down and threatened to sue, and so Al did the only respectable thing that any comedian would do when facing these odds: he gave it out for free. Sue me for what? Nothing? Other Weird Al Songs that Got Him Some Flack Madonna was pissed off at Al because of his 1980s release, ‘Like a Surgeon,’ where he parodies her hit song, ‘Like a Virgin.’ Michael Jackson will be forever pissed off at Al for making mockeries of his songs with Al hits like, ‘I’m Fat,’ and ‘Just Eat It.’ Other artists that have gotten pissed at Al recently also include Eminem, who was annoyed over Al’s parody, ‘Couch Potato.’ How Does He Keep Doing It? Al is motivated by one thing: make things funnier. If an artist has a song that makes a hit, Al naturally sees a funnier side of the song. And quite often he is right. He also is very fond of incorporating some element of food into all of his tunes. With his early 2000 parody of the R Kelly Song, “Trapped in the Closet,” where Al writes a ten minute song called, ‘Trapped in the Drive Through.’ Why I Love Weird Al It’s hard not to love such a weird and funny guy. A dude who doesn’t care what people think of him, and is always thinking of another way to make me laugh. Also, it’s quite hilarious to see him pissing so many rich superstars off; that will never grow old.