Background and Recording
After success in the early 80s, comedy artist "Weird Al" Yankovic released Polka Party! in 1986. Despite featuring parodies of hit songs like "Living in America" and "Addicted to Love" the album was a critical and commercial failure, not producing a charting single and only managing to peak at number 177 on the Billboard 200. After the disappointment with Polka Party! Yankovic went on record saying, "I thought it was the end of my career." For most of 1987, Yankovic took a short recording break.
In November 1987, Yankovic returned to the studio to craft his follow-up to Polka Party! Once again, former The McCoys guitarist Rick Derringer was brought in to produce the album. During the first session, two songs were recorded, "Stuck In A Closet With Vanna White," and "Melanie." The next month, three songs were recorded, "Good Old Days," "You Make Me," and "Velvet Elvis." Finally, in the early winter of 1988, the remaining songs were recorded.
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