Changes: Amish Paradise

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This page is for "Amish Paradise", the song. For the single, click here.

Song: Amish Paradise

Running Time: 3:20

Year: 1996

Albums: Bad Hair Day, Amish Paradise, Pretty Fly For A Rabbi

Parody of: Gangsta's Paradise by Coolio

Genre: Gangsta rap

Lyrics: Lyrics

Video: Yes

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Watch Behind The Scenes

Download/Listen: Mp3

Forum: Forum Discussion Page

Trivia

The Amish are an Anabaptist Christian denomination, formed in 1693 by Swiss Mennonites led by Jacob Amman. Many of them emigrated to the United States in the early 1700s and large communities of them still exist in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. They are known for their traditional lifestyles, antiquated clothing, and an almost total avoidance of modern technology.
This song is the source of one of the biggest controversies of Al's career; Al was told that the original artist Coolio had given his permission for the parody, but after the song was released Coolio insisted he had never given permission and that Al's parody "desecrated" his song. Al says that to this day he doesn't know exactly how the miscommunication occurred, but is sorry that Coolio was offended.
- Al and Coolio notably made nice at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show, where they were photographed smiling together. In a 2014 interview, Coolio says he regretted refusing permission and that he now finds "Amish Paradise" funny.
The bridge of the song ("No phones, no lights, no motorcars...") comes from the end credits theme to "Gilligan's Island".
Florence Henderson, who played the matriarch Carol Brady on The Brady Bunch, plays the woman Al sings to in the music video (a role played in Coolio's original video by Michelle Pfeiffer).
Though it takes place in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the music video was shot outside of Los Angeles in Ventura County.
Al's parents make cameos in the video as Amish people.
The second-last scene of the music video was shot backwards; Al had to learn how to sing his lines backwards. (pronounced "Seada-Rape Shima Ne-Nenible-Steaive Teknethial Barpootsh-Tub").

Charts

Single

Year	Chart	Position
1996	The Billboard Hot 100	53

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-''This page is for Amish Paradise The Song. For the album [[Album:Amish Paradise|click here]].''
+''This page is for "Amish Paradise", the song. For the single, [[Album:Amish Paradise|click here]].''
 [[Image:Amish.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The Amish Paradise music video]]
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 Year: '''1996'''
-Albums: '''{{Al|Bad Hair Day}}, and {{Al|Amish Paradise}}'''
+Albums: '''[[Bad Hair Day]], {{Al|Amish Paradise}}, {{Al|Pretty Fly For A Rabbi}}'''
 Parody of: '''[[Wikipedia:Gangsta's Paradise (song)|Gangsta's Paradise]] by [[Wikipedia:Coolio|Coolio]]'''
+Genre: '''Gangsta rap'''
 Lyrics: '''[[Lyrics:Amish Paradise|Lyrics]]'''
-Video: '''[[Visuals:Amish Paradise|Yes]]'''
+Video: '''Yes'''
-:[http://youtube.com/watch?v=Uj-JflMMKpk Watch]
+:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfZLb33uCg Watch]
+:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-ccJU88ntg Watch Behind The Scenes]
 Download/Listen: '''[http://www.mcm.edu/~heiclub/Wierd%20Al%20Yankovic%20-%20Amish%20Paradise.mp3 Mp3]'''
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 ==Trivia==
-* The [[Wikipedia:Amish|Amish]] are an Anabaptist Christian denomination, formed in 1693 by Swiss Mennonites led by Jacob Amman.
+* The [[Wikipedia:Amish|Amish]] are an Anabaptist Christian denomination, formed in 1693 by Swiss Mennonites led by Jacob Amman. Many of them emigrated to the United States in the early 1700s and large communities of them still exist in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. They are known for their traditional lifestyles, antiquated clothing, and an almost total avoidance of modern technology.
+* This song is the source of one of the biggest controversies of Al's career; Al was told that the original artist Coolio had given his permission for the parody, but after the song was released Coolio insisted he had never given permission and that Al's parody "desecrated" his song. Al says that to this day he doesn't know exactly how the miscommunication occurred, but is sorry that Coolio was offended.
+** Al and Coolio notably made nice at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show, where they were photographed smiling together. In a 2014 interview, Coolio says he regretted refusing permission and that he now finds "Amish Paradise" funny.
 * The bridge of the song ("No phones, no lights, no motorcars...") comes from the end credits theme to "[[Wikipedia:Gilligan's Island|Gilligan's Island]]".
+* Florence Henderson, who played the matriarch Carol Brady on ''The Brady Bunch, ''plays the woman Al sings to in the music video (a role played in Coolio's original video by Michelle Pfeiffer).
-* The famous actor [[Wikipedia:Dominic Trump|Dominic Trump]] thinks this is a very good music video, in fact in a recent media questioning he said "this video rocks hard."
+* Though it takes place in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the music video was shot outside of Los Angeles in Ventura County.
-* Florence Henderson plays "Weird Al"'s wife in the music video
+* Al's parents make cameos in the video as Amish people.
-* The music video was shot in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
+* The second-last scene of the music video was shot backwards; Al had to learn how to sing his lines backwards. ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY7AMgoTCvw#t=64 pronounced "Seada-Rape Shima Ne-Nenible-Steaive Teknethial Barpootsh-Tub"]).
-* One scene on the music video was shot backwards.
 ==Charts==
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 |align="left"|The Billboard Hot 100
 |align="left"|53
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 [[Category:Songs|Amish paradise]]
+[[Category:Unauthorized parodies]]