Jurassic Park (song)

"Jurassic Park"
Song

This article is about the 1993 song. For Jurassic Park (disambiguation), see Jurassic Park (song) (disambiguation).

Jurassic Park is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "MacArthur Park" by Richard Harris, written as a humorous take on the film of the same name.

Part of the humor of the song lies in the contrast between the catastrophic events of the movie, with much loss of human life, and the banality of the singer's complaints, i.e., "This has been one lousy day" and "What a crummy weekend this has been."

Other humor hinges on how lines from the parody closely mimic the lyrics of the original song:

Original: MacArthur Park is melting in the dark Parody: Jurassic Park is frightening in the dark

Original: Someone left the cake out in the rain Parody: Someone shut the fence off in the rain

Track Listing

The following tracks are on the single:

1. "Jurassic Park" – 3:53
2. "Frank's 2000" TV" – 4:04

The promo single only contains "Jurassic Park."

Music video

The music video is done mostly with clay animation, parodying many scenes from the 1993 movie, and was approved by the film's director, Steven Spielberg.

See also

• List of singles by "Weird Al" Yankovic
• List of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic