"Weird Al" Yankovic - Don't Download This Song

[meganoob88]

i just downloaded it

[labbay]

me too.

[fvckwizet]

lol to put that on youtube...you needed to download it... xD

[CASADYBOY]

funny

[Gearogi]

I just repeatedly listen to this on youtube.

[Cband01]

I'll definately download this song!!

[rachetfan76]

*Goes to download*

[321sunshine321]

im bored on cam

im on cam and bored 11

[greatezalor]

actually true

[RS6918]

im gonna go download it now=D

[xXBCARLXx]

wow this video really speaks to me...

NOT!

[TobyW360]

Is this an actual song.

I got this song from limewire

[idiot8901]

lol what the heck omfg lol!@!@

[DCsibProductions]

i wonder how many people have downloaded this song

[wack300]

i downloaded it useing youtube downloader lol

[P4u1W4114c3]

00:45 the kid looks like someone out of the band Gorillaz

[kaberg92]

lol great video

[angmng]

Even though I like some of his songs the words are stupid how can they possibly compare song downloading with smoking crack

[AldinBIH]

oooooooo lord your a  dumb one......please dont listen to weird al anymore

[angmng]

Yeah I missed the irony sorry about that.

[Kayk93]

hahahahh

it was selling crack

[Delucafamily1]

Thats the joke... Its supposed to sound ridiculous.

[Floyd5642]

I like how he goes from being little boy to being a middle aged cigar smoking gangster from the thirties.

[mrmannyman2]

I bet he only did this because he knew people would download it!

[MCRruleEMU]

No shit sherlock.

[mrmannyman2]

Well, yeah!

[XxXFl0oD3RXxX]

he was being sarcastic?

[wack300]

lol yep

[nsdfnsdf]

i got it on cd... i got it from a frend that downloaded it..... so i dont realy know

[GodzxAxUtuber]

where can i download this song??? plz tell me, i tryed limewire and couldn't find it :(((

xD(that was a joke by the way).

[gimmeadolla]

what song is this a parody of?

[atree496]

not all are parodys, most are though.

[starfish1994]

this is so good

[RagingDemon1018]

another great song by weird al

[illini97]

ha ha ha gud one

[dudeurgonna]

i bet millions of people downloaded this song right after they heard it. lol then they would be shot on top of a gas/water tank and BURNNN lol

[Awbbie]

I DIDN'T! I WANTED TO BUT I DIDN'T HA!!!

[SFox1989]

not my song type... so i wouldn't download it

[math901]

nice bitch

[gothicspiderman]

this was.....weird

[helx73]

its weird al duh (weird al)

[bamnick77]

Theres a free download for this song on Weird Al`s website

[krazy4videogames]

imagen some1 downloades this song right after they hear it. XD lol

[uncreativebutt]

the irony....XD

[smitha0100]

this makes me laugh alright but it's alsome and i like the message and the song is alsome and the song is chatchy

[smitha0100]

wtf this song just makes me laugh

[AussieRockerNick]

hahahaha hes trying to save his money download there songs ppl they are rich download their songs!!

[Futuramagenius]

Exelent perfecto a masterpiece

[mudvayneians]

lol i downloaded this song (off itunes of corse)

[CrazyRoosterDude]

Yeah i doubt the police would be that strict to put him in the electric chair for downloading a song.

[Donkey100]

Wow. That tought me. Poor kid, he should have never downloaded that song.

[spikedieslol]

ALso downloading is not stealing!!!! A cd has maybe one song you like maybe 2. and the rest are all blah so why spend 18$ on a cd that you will only listen to two songs on. In fact I only own one cd that Like all the songs on it and its linkin park Hybrid theory. also umm i will do what I want.

[musicjedi5]

I'm sure those who make the cds don't consider all their other songs blah. Maybe you should expand your appreciation for music and not just focus on two songs in an entire cd.

[spikedieslol]

well there is a song called download this song but it has nothing to do with this parody

[xlonewolf807x]

bearshare unlimted free music legal just google it you can buy it

[CrazyBirdAnimations]

So funny! Weird Al is Hilarious!

[wwe7813]

the ending is a parody of the movie White Heat

[numberoneratedenemy]

oh fuck im guna start buying cd's i cant bealive he cant buy another soild gold humvee cuz people like me.its heat breaking

[pidgeyhome]

yes for all the people who don't really understand, he's exaggerating how much the music industry is so uptight about music copyrighting. it's called sarcasm, jeez

[darkmoon123321]

please listen to what i have to say don't download songs for free off the internet all u are doing is taking money away from the music companies and thats why it is so hard for new artists to come in theres no new led zepplin or aroesmith because people are stealing from music cumpanies without money they cant start new bands so please dont download songs for free of the internet just buy the cd its alot cooler to have the cd and than u can just put the songs onto your ipod

[OrdonLink2340]

....Naa.

[XxXFl0oD3RXxX]

lmao are you serious??? I never knew there were actually people like you o_O........... lame

[TheArbitar]

did u even see the video

[darkmoon123321]

lol some ppl are mental

[lewismatthews123]

haha Brilliant!

[Firebird970]

o_o what the hell

[JuggernautXLC]

what is this parodying?

[benjnin]

Nothing, it's an original song, he has lots of those. :)

[alexandercarneiro]

actually it is a parody of something, but i forgot the name, i think its from an old heart touchin movie, i cant remember the name

[dogloverking]

u downloaded the song

[KaiItza]

Like 99% of his songs (or even 100%) are parodies, all original offcourse :P

[CrazyRoosterDude]

no virus alert and some others are original by weird al.

[KaiItza]

Make a song/movie/book/something else look like soemthing but change it in such away it gets a whole other meaning. Its a sorta humor :) and Weird Al is good at it.

[Recuo]

CAN'T remember the damn movie. Was funny as hell though

[ZippZapp]

Old PSA Songs.

[WierdALrocksyeah]

I like the bit about the hackers,like Morphius or crockster or livewire or cazar

[RoninDave]

Great song and video! Good work, Weird Al!

[mrdoom666]

from cds to killing ??? wot the hell oh well 5/5

[RoninDave]

it's a joke about how ridiculous the industry makes pirating CDs and such as though college students are criminal vermin

[TheArbitar]

where can i illegally download this song, i like it

[DalixamDotDK]

What song is it made over?

I find it really great :)

[gumtreewallow]

none

[ILoveDNA]

he put it on the internet for free (for irony)

[shiachan]

limewire

[TehKazlehoff]

*Downloads*

[dethlepricon]

fuck u i will download as many songs i fuckin want

[Silvermorning]

not to be rude, but its called satire, he's making fun of the sitution

[JeanGrimaldi]

WOW you really don't get it do ya LOL

[XxXFl0oD3RXxX]

yeah right? then why the hell did you even post this comment if you don't believe it?!?!?!?

[vladil123]

And that's what it is about. They have the money, power and they work for more money, not for good of either artists or users.

What I understand from this clip is a heavy irony and fear... because we really live in time, when we can go to jail for dowloading an mp3, which is really scaring and definitely a demonstration of power of RIAA and mass authorship owners lobby.

[vladil123]

We have a club, where we play records and dance. We're private audience. One day, a strange guy came and though we sent him away as "public", he called later and told he is from such corpo and that we should pay a fee. Or else they would make legal problems. And really, our authorship laws have very interestingly changed under the hood of 'european legislation coordination'. So we pay, because we have not the money for the case we would lose in eventual court.

[vladil123]

Oh people, why are you so heated about downloading? I don't say it's ok, but you all should be more heated about those authorship-defending corpos... If it weren't for them, you'd be buying music for a fraction of today's price.

[TheCountOfFreaking]

I think u talking about Wierd Al?

[gitarzero2]

2:20 - 2:40 that is so true.

[DemonWatcher128]

YOU CHEAP BASTARD! lol that Weird Al

[CrankyBaker]

where can I download this lol

[Mattmcd1]

Lol he's right...at 3,49!

[deox88]

Lol my m8 says he knows people who download songs lol this song is for them. cyaz

[Monk3yman77]

solid gold hummer... lmao

[Si3b5Ud]

this song scares me

[narutoamor]

this song scares me

[StashaSneed]

I use itunes then mp3 them with audacity. However, I do buy them for $.99. But he does have a point, if every single person in the world downloaded songs for free then how much would they actually make?

[fredfredberger1234]

i downloaded this song on my mp3

[werewolfmaster2]

shame on you!

[Jatre]

... I think i go download that now

[Kaychansama]

Whoever thinks Weird Al was 100% serious needs to listen to the lyrics. Artists are VERY well off and I'm sure none of them even notice that a few thousand ppl have their CDS on download. A friend of mine has all of Nelly's music. Downloaded them for free. Do you know that Nelly has a car that changes color and had 5 million dollars in jewelry stolen from him. It was ONE necklace and some diamond studded solid gol dice. Do you think that I'm hurting him just cuz I downloaded a CD? lol

[Sonic8008]

I just Downloaded this song off of iTunes for $.99

[Urbanz1975]

That sucks because Weird Al offers it free on his website

[werewolfmaster2]

it is supposed to be irony, smartass.

[NoobixCube]

The RIAA works in the interests of the "record labels". I've never once heard them talk of people harming the artists, just the record labels.

[comidian23]

Don't download this song or you'll burn in hell all night

[raven7955]

Me like Al!

[tatepotato]

O_o. Gorefreak, "Don't Download This Song" is available for download on Weird Al's Myspace. BTW, though it's not a parody of the song, it's actually a theme-styling of "We Are the World" by MJ (according to Wikipedia).

[wellsmatt2000]

This song is satire of Metallica's Download This. I don't think Weird Al really feels this way.

[parsn1ps]

this song is a weird al original. It doesn't parody a particular song but a tyle of songs like " we are the world"

[samus292]

First of all, gorfreak is an idiot. Second, this song is SARCASM. Did you even pay attention to the lyrics, ppl? It's about how the RIAA is so heartless and how they make a big deal out of pirating music although we all know it is harmless and weird al made this sarcastic song pretending that it is and how RIAA would kill a 7 year old boy over it. Which they would. Oh and props to weird al.^_^

[langersbangers]

lmao

3:49

you cheap basturd

[langersbangers]

3:49

You cheap basterd

lmao!

[cinnamonstar808]

artist don't make money on the CDS. TOURS and Concerts are their BREAD & BUTTER !

Artist don't care how you hear them as long as you DO. RIAA vs the PUBLIC not a good idea. Guess who wil win?

[cinnamonstar808]

gold humvee & diamond studded POOL ! DON"T GROW ON TREE.

LOL ON RIAA ( so true)

[Samty3]

Lol, this is proper funny

[Mariamousie]

diamond studded swimming pools don't grow on trees you know!

[gorefreak]

man fuck weird al i can download all the songs i want

[blender7]

ITS SATIRE! unless what u said was sarcasm, then you arent a complete dumb ass

[parsn1ps]

listen to the song you idiot! it's about taking the piss out of greedy record companies that treat ordinary people like criminals for downloading music

[opstandigtuig]

yeah i heard the cheap bastard too, lol

[Zakkk8]

Yes I know this gives out a good message. We should not download songs and buy the CD so the artist can afford more pimped out rides and everthing you can possibly imagine studded with gold, just like the song said.

[FyveWunFiddy]

Basically...

[ssjup81]

I found this hilarious. I get the point of it just fine. Surprising others don't. As for downloading, I do feel funny downloading anything that is licensed, and usually just stick to downloading stuff not licensed in the US. Most everything "US related" that I have, is stuff I personally ripped myself.

[Namixne]

Bill Plympton and Weird Al. <3 Awesome.

[cena542005]

read this i think this is sad but it's true!!!

The music video, animated by Bill Plympton, premiered August 22, 2006 on Yahoo! Music. It depicts the vision of the capture, trial, imprisonment, attempted execution, escape, and burning of a young boy who burns a CD on his computer.[4] The boy's death, where he stands on top of a tower just before it explodes, parodies the film White Heat, where Cody Jarrett, played by James Cagney, dies in a similar fashion.

[dixie60]

yeh i heard that as well

[Meromer0]

"go buy it, you cheap bastard"... im the only one who heard that at the end of the song?

[retrodude1980]

lmfao tht is wicked thanks for pointing it out

[mystizo9]

i replied first.

[Mattyloon]

He does although have a lot of emphasis on the "you'll get screwed" bit though, so the way it affects people would be different..

P.S You guys are the fools for even bother replying to LeonPua haha..

[SuzeSimonRider]

This song is free for download on Weird Al's Myspace.

[kakashiSensai00]

LOL!!

[SKINREADY]

For those of you who dont get it (even if it IS FLAMBOYANTLY OBVIOUS!) this song is saying that downloading songs isn't as terrible as everyone acts like it is. They're saying that if you download this, its not like you're hurting the artist, because they're rich already, so why do they need the money?

(It's ALL sarcasm!)

[psykethe2nd]

wickaaaaaad

[ukrob12]

Some of the comments on this video make me laugh so hard wee comes out.

OK not really, I'm lying about the wee, but to be fair I wasn't really needing.

ANYWAAAAAAYYYYYYY, how clear can it be that this is satire you bloody idiots. Things like this make me fear for the human race.

[mvest]

bloody idiot

[Recreant456]

I see the concept of satire is lost on you.

[mystizo9]

LeonPua ur a fucking dumbass.

[LeonPua]

Don't download this song?? wtf so many people have downloaded this it doesn't make sense to say that

[fishcough]

I'm thinking the animated videos on his DVD are kind of first drafts for the songs. There's still a much more awesome video to be made of this song, featuring live footage of all Al's music-biz pals taking turns on the lyrics, a la the original "We Are The World."

[beyerrkluva]

I think a video similar to Pulp's 'Bad Cover Version' would be great for this song.

[getcrunk123]

are u kidding me heavysleeper?? You actually think Weird Al is being serious about not downloading is songs? Damn, people are so stupid

[HeavySleeper]

weird al what happened man, u used to be cool! now its all about the money!

[beyerrkluva]

What's that supposed to mean?

[Horselover23]

its suposed to mean that don't download from sites..because they can come and arrest you for doing downloading.

[chimgirl12]

that was great--SOOO funny

[darthy0da]

hmm...where have i seen this type of animation before?

[Recreant456]

"...that video reminds me of Take Me On."

I think that was by design.

In any case, this video is brilliant.

Great illustration, and Weird Al Yankovic-as always-kicks ass.

5 stars.

[morbidscorpio665]

if you go to weird al's myspace page, you can download this song. irony

[Starfirebreezygirl3]

This is so cool!! I like it, wanna see more??

go to www.dontdownloadthissong.com!!

[sirswank]

if you people don't realize this is satire, i suggest you grab a shotgun, place your head in front of the barrel and do the world a favor by eliminating your dumb ass from the gene pool before you reproduce

it's illegal, it's not illegal, who the frick cares?

only the record company and the people stupid enough to get caught.

[keybldemaster]

lol, the funny part is I know people who DID download this song.

[osufanatic81]

They probably did download this song because Weird Al made it available for FREE on his myspace. This song is a PARODY.  He is mocking the artists that say don't download their music. I guess this whole concept totally went over some of your heads. It's pretty laughable.

[backmaskman]

pirating music is illegal ppl

[Halifaxion]

so is smoking the marijuana ppl

[blender7]

like anyone is going to stop either of those any time soon.

[donoto9]

beutiful

[Ferelar]

Ipods aren't illegal because they pay for the tunes, and then load them on a special Database that requires Paying. Peer-To-Peer is also technically not illegal, Unless it is a Database which you DON'T pay for, such as a Peer to Peer connection with an unkown with more than 10 songs. Thus, Limewire, and others mentioned, are not really illegal. If used incorrectly, however, they are.

[osufanatic81]

Uh, most of my music on my ipod isn't paid for, so you don't exactly have to pay for all music on your ipod...

[AngelicMage13]

Yes thank you nerdzilla

[AngelicMage13]

yes, thank you NERDZILLA!!!

[gotmullet]

Worst shit I ever heard

[banjaxed08]

that video reminds me of Take Me On

[DipsetG130]

YEAH I RATHER PAY 10$ for a movie than get it for free - sarcastic

[BulletMagnetOWI]

Buyin via iTunes is not illegal, because the money goes to the right places. Illegal downloading is doing it for free.

[Halifaxion]

FYI, "the right places" = "the pockets of record label executives, to spend on hookers and cocaine"

[BulletMagnetOWI]

The means justifies the ends.