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Couch Potato (song)
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“Couch Potato”

Single by "Weird Al" Yankovic
from the album Poodle Hat
Released May, 2003
Genre Comedy
Length 4:18
Label Volcano Records
Writer(s) "Weird Al" Yankovic, Eminem
Producer "Weird Al" Yankovic
"Weird Al" Yankovic singles chronology
"It's All About The Pentiums"
(1999) "Couch Potato"
(2003) "Don't Download This Song"
(2006)

Poodle Hat track listing
"Couch Potato"
"Hardware Store"
"Trash Day"
"Party at the Leper Colony"
"Angry White Boy Polka"
"Wanna B Ur Lovr"
"A Complicated Song"
"Why Does This Always Happen To Me?"
"Ode to a Superhero"
"Bob"
"eBay"
"Genius In France"

"Couch Potato" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Lose Yourself" by Eminem. In it, the narrator details how much television he watches.

Contents [hide]
1 Track listing
2 Release
3 Music video
4 References in the song
4.1 Television shows
4.2 Television networks
4.3 Celebrities
5 Notes
6 References
7 See also



[edit] Track listing
The following track is on the downloadable single:

"Couch Potato" – 4:18

[edit] Release
Couch Potato was originally going to be the lead single of Poodle Hat, but due to Eminem's concern that it might hurt his career, its commercial release was postponed indefinitely. Couch Potato has never been released as a promo, nor a commercial single. It is only available on the Poodle Hat CD, or as a digital download on the internet.


[edit] Music video
Yankovic intended to make a music video for the song, but the plan was nixed at the last minute when Eminem denied Yankovic the right to make a video. According to Yankovic, the video would have included a "patchwork quilt" pastiche of scenes from other Eminem videos.[1]

Yankovic told the Chicago Sun-Times in 2003, "Last year, Eminem forced me to halt production on the video for my "Lose Yourself" parody because he somehow thought that it would be harmful to his image or career. So the irony of this situation with Michael is not lost on me"[citation needed].

Yankovic mocked the situation on his Al TV special where he staged a mock interview with the rapper using footage from a real Eminem interview on MTV News. Eminem said "I believe in...artistic expression." Al countered with "So you think, for example if somebody wanted to do, oh, I don't know, a parody of somebody else's video, they should be able to... artistically express themselves and just do it?" Eminem was shown at a loss for words.

Also in the mocked interview, "Weird Al" simply played the first verse on a boombox while sitting in a chair, reading a newspaper.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couch_Potato_(song)