Chicken Pot Pie

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"Chicken Pot Pie"
Song by "Weird Al" Yankovic
ReleasedUnreleased
GenreParody

"Chicken Pot Pie" is an unreleased parody song written by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It was written as a parody of "Live and Let Die" by Paul McCartney and Wings; however, Yankovic voluntarily decided not to release it after McCartney declined to support the parody, as he felt it conflicted with his vegetarianism and condoned the consumption of meat.[1]

History[]

"Weird Al" Yankovic is an American musician, specializing in performing parodies of popular songs. At an airport, the British singer Paul McCartney approached him and said to him: "anytime you want to do one of my songs, it's yours". Two years passed before Yankovic decided to parody McCartney's James Bond song "Live and Let Die" and wrote "Chicken Pot Pie".[2]

As a courtesy, Yankovic always sought permission from any artists whose songs he parodied before releasing any song he had written (despite not being required to under American law following the case of Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.).[3][4] Following his personal rule, he approached McCartney for permission. Despite showing initial enthusiasm for being parodied,[5] McCartney declined to grant his consent. Yankovic stated: "Paul didn't want me to do it because he's a strict vegetarian and he didn't want a parody that condoned the consumption of animal flesh."[3] McCartney did propose that he would grant consent if it was called "Tofu Pot Pie", but Yankovic refused, citing that the chorus would contain the mimicking of a chicken clucking.[3]

Yankovic has performed segments of the song during live concerts,[5] debuting it in 1992 as part of his "Fast Food Medley" (a compilation of segments of some of Yankovic's food related songs).[2] Yankovic and McCartney never held any ill will over the declination, with McCartney agreeing to a comedy interview between the two in 1996.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Original Pot Pie Was Crustless; Listen To "Chicken Pot Pie" (Video)". South Florida Reporter. 2017-09-23. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  2. ^ a b "McCartney Vetoed Weird Al's Chicken Pot Pie". L.A. Weekly. 2006-11-25. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  3. ^ a b c Greene, Andy (2016-05-26). "Flashback: Weird Al's Rejected Wings Parody, 'Chicken Pot Pie'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  4. ^ "How 'Weird Al' eclipsed (almost) every star he ever parodied". The Washington Post. 2017-02-16. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  5. ^ a b "When Paul McCartney turned down Weird Al". AXS. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  6. ^ Cole, Stacey (2015-09-29). "Weird Al: 4 Artists Who Have Said No To A Parody. And 1 Artist Who Won't Even Allow Him To Make Eye Contact". Inquisitr. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
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