“Weird Al” Yankovic
“Weird Al” Yankovic
“Weird Al” Yankovic
“Weird Al” Yankovic
“Weird Al” Yankovic
“Weird Al” Yankovic
“Weird Al” Yankovic
“Weird Al” Yankovic
“Weird Al” Yankovic
“Weird Al” Yankovic
This song from is Weird Al’s commercial and critical disappointing album Polka Party!, released on October 21, 1986.
The song, which is style parody of Phil Spector-produced Christmas songs, is a quote “a cheery little tune about death, destruction and the end of the world”.
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[Intro]
[Verse 1]
It's Christmas at ground zero
There's music in the air
The sleigh bells are ringing, and the carolers are singing
While the air-raid sirens blare
[Verse 2]
It's Christmas at ground zero
The button has been pressed
The radio just let us know
That this is not a test
[Chorus 1]
Everywhere the atom bombs are dropping
It's the end of all humanity
No more time for last-minute shopping
It's time to face your final destiny
[Verse 3]
'Cause it's Christmas at ground zero
There's panic in the crowd
We can dodge debris while we trim the tree
Underneath the mushroom cloud
[Instrumental Interlude]
[Chorus 2]
You might hear some reindeer on your rooftop
Or Jack Frost on your windowsill
But if someone's climbing down your chimney
You better load your gun and shoot to kill
[Verse 4]
Oh, it's Christmas at ground zero
And if the radiation level's okay
I'll go out with you and see all the new
Mutations on New Year's Day
[Verse 5]
It's Christmas at ground zero
Just seconds left to go
I'll duck and cover with my Yuletide lover
Underneath the mistletoe
[Verse 6]
It's Christmas at ground zero
Now the missiles are on their way
What a crazy fluke, we're gonna get nuked
On this jolly holiday
What a crazy fluke, we're gonna get nuked
On this jolly holiday
Christmas at Ground Zero was written by “Weird Al” Yankovic.
Christmas at Ground Zero was produced by Rick Derringer.
“Weird Al” Yankovic released Christmas at Ground Zero on Tue Oct 21 1986.
Ever since ‘Eat It’ Scotti Bros. had been trying to get me to do a Christmas record. I think this song is a little different from what they were expecting.
-Permanent Record booklet
In 2014, Al told Vulture:
It was a simple enough video to direct. Ninety-eight percent of that video is basically stock-footage clips from public-domain Cold War footage. There was really only one shot at the end, which was easy enough for me to direct. That was also a video the record label did no...