With a number of knock backs from artists and labels over the years (see the list here) Weird Al has orchestrated more major acts than goals Germany scored over Brazil at this years World Cup including Pharrell Williams’s “Happy”, Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines”, Lorde’s “Royals,” and Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy.”
My last album, which came out three years ago, I had a video for every single song, and they all came out at once. And nobody said to Beyoncé, “Hey, you’re doing a Weird Al, aren’t ya?” So for the record, I was first. – Weird Al.