"W.A.Y. Moby Polka", previously known as "The Ear Booker Polka" and "The Poodle Hat Polka", refers to a portion or portions of music

Coda (music)

Coda is a term used in music in a number of different senses, primarily to designate a passage that brings a piece to an end. Technically, it is an expanded cadence...

 written 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...

 and featured in each of his polka medleys. It is referenced separately in the album credits for legal purposes, to separate the music created by Yankovic from the music created by other artists.

Background

The composition was originally called "Ear Booker Polka" in reference to Yankovic's company, Ear Booker, affiliated with Broadcast Music Incorporated

Broadcast Music Incorporated

Broadcast Music, Inc. is one of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed...

. When Yankovic's record label Scotti Brothers

Scotti Brothers Records

Scotti Brothers Records was a California-based record label founded by Tony and Ben Scotti in 1974. Their first success was releasing albums from teen pop star Leif Garrett. They later helped launch the careers of Felony, Survivor, and "Weird Al" Yankovic...

 disbanded in 1997, they sold his recording contract to Volcano Records

Volcano Records

Volcano Entertainment is an American rock record label founded in 1996 best known for reissuing albums by Scotti Brothers Records and releasing albums by Tool, 311, Survivor and "Weird Al" Yankovic...

. In turn, Yankovic's production changed its name to WAY MOBY based on a quote from the episode "Bad Influence" of The Weird Al Show

The Weird Al Show

The Weird Al Show is a television show hosted by "Weird Al" Yankovic. Produced in association with Dick Clark Productions, it aired Saturday mornings on the CBS TV network from September to December 1997. The show was released on DVD on August 15, 2006...

; therefore the composition also changed its name to its current version. In "Angry White Boy Polka" from Poodle Hat

Poodle Hat

Poodle Hat is the Grammy Award-winning 11th studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It was released on May 20, 2003 on Volcano Records. The album debuted at number 17 on the Billboard 200. The album was released on an Enhanced CD...

, "W.A.Y. Moby Polka" was temporarily changed to "Poodle Hat Polka", while in "Polkarama!" from Straight Outta Lynwood

Straight Outta Lynwood

Straight Outta Lynwood is the 12th studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It was released on September 26, 2006 in the U.S. by Volcano, on September 30, 2006 in Australia, on October 3 in Canada, on October 6, 2006 in New Zealand, November 13, 2006 in the United Kingdom, and November 24, 2006 in...

, it was changed to the "Nina Bobina Polka," and on "Polka Face" from Alpocalypse

Alpocalypse

Alpocalypse is the thirteenth studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic, released on June 21, 2011. It is his first studio release in almost five years, following the release of Straight Outta Lynwood in 2006. It is also his first studio album since 1989's UHF – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and...

it was referred to as the "Whatever's Left Over Polka".

When asked in 1999 exactly which part of the polka medley is "Ear Booker Polka", Yankovic wrote:

Every songwriter in the polka medley is paid based on the percentage of the medley where their song is heard. "The Ear Booker Polka," basically, is the name given to every single part of the medley that is not directly attributable to another songwriter - that is, if somebody else didn’t write it, I get the credit (and the royalties). In 1999, the name was changed to "W.A.Y. Moby Polka" for accounting reasons.

See also

• List of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic
• List of "Weird Al" Yankovic polka medleys