Fat Lyrics

[Verse 2]
When I walk out to get my mail
It measures on the Richter scale

Down at the beach, I'm a lucky man
I'm the only one who gets a tan

If I have one more pie a la mode
I'm gonna need my own zip code


[Pre-Chorus]
When you're only having seconds
I'm having twenty-thirds

When I go to get my shoes shined
I gotta take their word


[Chorus]
Because I'm fat, I'm fat, sham on
(Fat, fat, really really fat)
You know I'm fat, I'm fat, you know it
(Fat, fat, really really fat)
You know I'm fat, I'm fat, you know it you know
(Fat, fat, really really fat)
And my shadow weighs forty-two pounds
Lemme tell you once again who's fat

[Bridge]
If you see me comin' your way
Better give me plenty space
If I tell you that I'm hungry
Then won't you feed my face
[Chorus]
Because I'm fat, I'm fat, sha mone
(Fat, fat, really really fat)
You know I'm fat, I'm fat, you know it
(Fat, fat, really really fat)
You know I'm fat, I'm fat, you know it, you know
(Fat, fat, really really fat)
Woo woo woo, when I sit around the house
I really sit around the house

You know I'm fat, I'm fat, come on
(Fat, fat, really really fat)
You know I'm fat, I'm fat, you know it, you know it
(Fat, fat, really really fat)
You know, you know, you know, come on
(Fat, fat, really really fat)
And you know all by myself I'm a crowd
Lemme tell you once again
You know I'm huge, I'm fat, you know it
(Fat, fat, really really fat)
You know I'm fat, you know, hoo
(Fat, fat, really really fat)
You know I'm fat, I'm fat, you know it, you know
(Fat, fat, really really fat)
And the whole world knows I'm fat and I'm proud
Just tell me once again who's fat

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Genius Annotation

Weird Al turns Michael Jackson’s “Bad” into the life of an obese man.

In the video, a close parody of the Martin Scorsese-directed original (down to using the same subway sets), Al even mocks the controversial “crotch grab”, but with random sound effects whenever he performs it.

Q&A

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What did "Weird Al" Yankovic say about "Fat"?
Genius Answer

Part of me didn’t want to do another Michael Jackson parody. I was still primarily known as the ‘Eat It“ guy and I didn’t want to become known as the guy who just rides Michael’s coattails. But when I heard the song "Bad,” almost immediately the concept of “Fat” came to mind, and I visualized myself expanding to 800 pounds and bouncing around a subway set, and I just thought those visuals were too funny not to be used. So once again we approached Michael and he was kind enough to let us shoot it on a subway set he had constructed for part of his Moonwalker video.

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What has Al said about the music video?
Genius Answer

In 2014, Al told Vulture:

The very first time that I saw the ‘Bad’ video on TV, I had the epiphany that ‘Fat’ was a pretty obvious parody idea for me. Since I had already done ‘Eat It,’ it seemed like a natural sequel. As I was watching the video, I just imagined an 800-pound version of myself trying to get through the turnstiles on a subway, and I thought before the video was over, okay, I am doing this. I have to do this. Thankfully, Michael Jackson let me use his subway set, which had not been struck yet; it was still on a soundstage in Culver City. So we were able to shoot there. I was able to hire plus-size dancers, which you’d think you wouldn’t be able to find pretty readily, but in Los Angeles, you can find virtually anything you need. I also remember that these were late-’80s special effects. If I were to do the ‘Fat’ video now, it would be a fairly simple job in CGI to have my face expand from normal to huge. Back then, that wasn’t a viable option, so I had to have latex bladders glued to my cheeks and I had a team of my visual-effects people blowing through tubes, which ran down my shirt and my pants and onto the floor. They blew my face up with these tubes. It was pretty old-school, but it looked great. [The suit] wasn’t uncomfortable. Half of it you weren’t even seeing. I was like swimming around in that suit. So you kind of got the gist of what I was doing. But it was difficult to move quickly. I would turn and then the suit would turn like a half-second later.

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