"Addicted to Spuds" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic

"Weird Al" Yankovic

Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, accordionist, actor, comedian, writer, satirist, and parodist. Yankovic is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts...

. It is a parody of "Addicted to Love

Addicted to Love (song)

Tina Turner has made "Addicted to Love" a regular feature of her live shows since 1986, although her version did not make it onto the market until two years later....

" by Robert Palmer. It is mostly about a person's obsessive love for all types of potato

Potato

The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family . The word potato may refer to the plant itself as well as the edible tuber. In the region of the Andes, there are some other closely related cultivated potato species...

 related foods.

Music video

According to The "Weird Al" Yankovic Anthology, a music video was never made to the song (Yankovic later stated this was because the video would be one big joke and not really worth its own video), although a parody of the video was later inserted in Al's "UHF

UHF (song)

"UHF" is an original song by "Weird Al" Yankovic in the key of E major and based on several different riffs. It is the theme song from the film UHF. It is a style parody of themes that are played to advertise television stations...

" video: In the "Addicted to Love

Addicted to Love (song)

Tina Turner has made "Addicted to Love" a regular feature of her live shows since 1986, although her version did not make it onto the market until two years later....

" video, Palmer sang the song in front of a group of identical mini-skirted women. In the "UHF" video, Al sings in front of a group of women who have glasses and moustaches similar to those of Yankovic.

See also

• List of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic