In 3d, greatest hits 1, tv album, alinthebox, the essential weird al yankovic parody of. Greg kihn was born on july 10, 1949 in baltimore, maryland, usa. See scene descriptions, listen to their music and download songs. I lost on jeopardy is a song by weird al yankovic from his second album, weird al yankovic in 3d. List of all the songs by greg kihn band, heard in movies and tv shows. The song is a parody of jeopardy by the greg kihn band, and its refrain our loves in jeopardy. Vinyl 7 greg kihn band jeopardy 1983, vinyl discogs. Greg kihn band jeopardy 1983, sp picture sleeve, vinyl. Search metadata search text contents search tv news captions search archived web sites advanced search. Check out jeopardy by the greg kihn band on amazon music.
I lost on jeopardy parody of jeopardy by greg kihn band. Keep on running by the real milli vanilli sampled greg kihn bands jeopardy. The parodys lyrics center on the game show jeopardy. It was the subject of an audio daily double on the daytime episode that originally aired on october 23, 1984, when. At the end, security guards arrive and yankovic begins to oust him into a car with the license plate reading loser. Jeopardy video 1983 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Kihn authorized yankovic to make the spoof under the condition he could participate. For the month of october, all of our flashback friday music videos will be horrorthemed. The story is a quick read, but with twists and turns that keep providing interesting points. Vinyl 12 greg kihn band jeopardy 1983, sp picture sleeve, vinyl discogs. It was kihn s first album after the dissolution of beserkley records and released by emi america. This stellar compilation features the original recordings of kihn s pop tunes, which put the power in power pop.
The show features a quiz competition in which contestants are presented with general knowledge clues in the form of answers, and must phrase their responses in the form of questions. Everything you ever wanted to know about the song jeopardy. The album marks the groups first lineup change since 1975 with greg douglass taking over as lead guitar player after the departure of dave carpender. Greg kihn born july 10, 1950 in baltimore, maryland is a u. Jeopardy was the bands only top10 hit on the billboard hot 100 singles chart. Description provided by wikipedia under creative commons attribution ccbysa 4. I lost on jeopardy features yankovic posing as a contestant on jeopardy scenes also feature the late art fleming giving answers and the late jeopardy. It reached number 2 in may 1983, beneath michael jacksons beat it. Jeopardy is a hit song released in 1983 by the greg kihn band on their album kihnspiracy.
Jeopardy was spoofed by weird al yankovic as i lost on jeopardy, on yankovics album weird al yankovic in 3d 1984. Download steve cooper talks with musiciannovelistradio personality greg kihn. Download if you looked up new wave or power pop in the dictionary, one of the skinnytied artists youd see next to the knack would be the great greg kihn. Provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises jeopardy instrumental greg kihn band jeopardy ep. Greg kihn citizen kihn is a 1985 studio album by greg kihn and the first since 1978s next of kihn not to be released under the greg kihn band name. It is the bands first and only top 10 hit on the billboard hot 100 singles chart, reaching number 2 in may 1983 and also hitting number 1 on the dance charts for two weeks a month earlier. You can still hear both jeopardy and the breakup song on radio around the world. Download on amazon jeopardy play on apple music jeopardy download on itunes jeopardy.
It is the bands only top 10 hit on the billboard hot 100 singles chart, reaching number 2 in may 1983 behind michael jacksons beat it and also hitting number 1 on the dance charts for two weeks a month earlier. The original daytime version debuted on nbc on march 30, 1964, and aired until january 3, 1975. Jeopardy soon served as the basis for a hit parody i lost on jeopardy by weird al yankovic. This transition scored him some huge hits like the breakup song they dont write em, jeopardy and reunited, but then he sort of. And being a mere 5 years old, i remember it scaring the crap out of me. The bands musical style and genres comprise rock, pop rock and power pop. The song also reached number 63 on the uk singles chart, becoming the bands only. The greg kihn band lands the biggest hit of their career with jeopardy, a song about a relationship on the brink. Todays video is a true mtv classic, its jeopardy by the greg kihn band from 1983. List of all 9 songs by greg kihn band, heard in movies and tv shows. Complete list of greg kihn band music featured in tv shows and movies. Their most successful singles include the breakup song and jeopardy. Weird al yankovic performs in the music video i lost on jeopardy from the album weird al yankovic in 3d recorded for rock n roll and scotti brothers records. Kihn had a bigger hit the following year with jeopardy, which peaked in the states at number 2.
Along with jacksons thriller, which also featured zombies, its one of. Greg kihn band is known for his work on greg kihn band. With weird al yankovic, art fleming, barry hansen, steve jay. The greg kihn band is an american band that was started by frontman greg kihn and bassist steve wright. The video is o ne of the earliest i remember seeing on the channel formerly known as mtv.
Check out jeopardy ep by the greg kihn band on amazon music. Vinyl 12 greg kihn band jeopardy 1983, vinyl discogs. Winding from dylanesque folk to merseyesque rock, by the early 80s kihn and his band found they shared elements of new wave music, and scored their first us hit, the breakup song they dont write em. With art fleming, don pardo, mel brooks, abby dalton. Best of beserkley 7584 by greg kihn band on apple music. Kihnspiracy is a 1983 studio album by the greg kihn band and features the hit single jeopardy. Three contestants, including a returning champion, competed. Hes practically the poster boy for that unmistakable sound bubbling up in the late 70s when longhaired rockers were cutting their hair and their songs. Greg kihn band jeopardy tabbed by derek rekat chords.
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