Song: Christmas At Ground Zero
Running Time: 3:07
Year: 1986
Album: Polka Party!, Greatest Hits 2, Al-In-The-Box, The Night Santa Went Crazy
Style Parody Of: Christmas music (particularly the Phil Spector-produced Christmas music of the 1960s)
Genre: Pop
Guitar tuning: E standard
Lyrics: Lyrics
Video: Yes
Download/Listen: Mp3
Forum: Forum Discussion Page
Alternate Versions: Christmas At Ground Zero (Alternate Mix)
Trivia[]
- The term Ground Zero may be used to describe the point on the earth's surface where an explosion occurs.
- This is considered to be one of the most morbid songs by Weird Al, and some broadcasters refused to air it due to the content!
- Much of the video is stock footage.
- Al only appears in the music video for this song at the end, in a scene filmed in the Bronx, New York, in a devastated area which looked like a bomb had gone off.
- Ronald Reagan appears in the music video, through archive footage.
- Scenes from the cartoon, “Duck and Cover” are used in the music video, as well as scenes from the 1982 documentary, "The Atomic Cafe".