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Featured era: 2006
White & Nerdy
“Just too white and nerdy.”
- Featured era
- 2006
- Peak era
- 2006-2007
- Company
- "Weird Al" Yankovic
- Category
- Viral Videos
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"Weird Al" Yankovic's "White & Nerdy"
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About This Video
- From:
- alyankovicVEVO
- Added:
- October 2, 2009
- Length:
- 2:52
What Was It?
"White & Nerdy" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic from his 2006 album "Straight Outta Lynwood", a parody of "Ridin'" by Chamillionaire and Krayzie Bone. The narrator wants to roll with the gangstas but can't, because he is just too white and nerdy.
The video, shot in high definition, is packed with nerd culture, from a comic book store to a Trivial Pursuit card and a scene of Wikipedia vandalism. Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele play gangsters, Seth Green appears in front of a wall of action figures, and Donny Osmond dances with Yankovic.
It leaked to YouTube on September 17, 2006, a day before its planned AOL premiere. The song became Yankovic's first Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 9, 23 years after his first appearance on the chart.
Things You Probably Forgot
- Donny Osmond dancing with Weird Al
- Editing Wikipedia in a music video
- An early cameo from Key and Peele
- Chamillionaire praising Weird Al's rapping
The Story
- 2006 The video leaked to YouTube on September 17, a day before its planned AOL premiere.
- 2006 The song peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, Yankovic's first Top 10 hit.
- 2007 Chamillionaire thanked Yankovic when "Ridin'" won Best Rap Song at the Grammy Awards.
Its Legacy
The official video is on YouTube. The song remains Yankovic's biggest chart hit and was his first single to go platinum.
Memories
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