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For more than 40 years,Yankovicwas pop musics great observer.
that if a pop song reached him, that probably means it has fully penetrated the culture.
It is those songs that made the cut for Polkamania!
Daddy Yankee, Despacito
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As a result, I do feel like Im not as plugged in as I was prior to 2014.
I listen to a lot of my comfort music the kind of bands I listened to in college.
I figure if I was aware of it in this last decade, it must be a big hit.
Ive had them on 12 of my 14 studio albums.
I figured the best way to make that happen in one big lump was to do a polka medley.
When did you start working on it?Probably six months to a year ago.
I figured that the ten-year anniversary ofMandatory Funwas coming up and that would be a good target to hit.
I like to have deadlines, so we made that the release date.
I want to have new material to be able to play live onstage.
Once they have a list of songs that have been cleared, then its a puzzle.
I have to figure out what order they go in.
Usually I figure out what I want to end the medley with; theres got to be something strong.
And then: What do I want to begin it with?
Thats also got to be something strong.
Then its just got to have a nice flow to it.
She was the only one.
I dont know why she didnt say yes.
She didnt say no.
I just got ghosted.
It took a little longer to get WAP, but I really, really wanted that in the medley.
Her representatives werent getting back to us.
And she said, Oh, I just did a thing with her husband.
And apparently that worked.
Was there any reason?Those would all be great options.
You know, I didnt want the medley to be ten minutes long.
They certainly very well could have been.
Why Vampire instead of Drivers License from Olivia Rodrigo?Either one could have worked.
In fact, that was a real decision for me.
It just seemed like a darker theme.
I almost went with Anti-Hero because thats a lot more current.
So I just thought to go with that, even though it is the oldest song in the medley.
Can any song be turned into a polka?
But I thought big Mack truck was nice and suggestive without being, you know, filthy.
And I thought,Oh, yeah, that would work.
I was like,Oh, yeah, that sounds really weird, but it kind of works somehow.
I certainly wouldnt rule it out.
But if the right idea comes along, I certainly would do it.
In fact, my daughter was pushing for it.
She was like, You know its the song of the summer.
And I worked with Sabrina Carpenter she was my co-star onMilo Murphys Law.That would have been fun too.
But yeah, that one just barely missed out.
Well, you got the first song for the next decade.There you go.
Ill get to work on that right now.