Weird Al Yankovic Parodies Lady Gaga

Weird Al Yankovic has has built quite the successful career on his ability to parody well-known pop songs and the Internet (and world) is a better place for it. The music video for "Perform This Way" has hit YouTube, starring Weird Al as a wig-and-meat-dress-wearing, perenially gyrating stand-in for Gaga. Watch the video below!

Controversy originally surrounded the parody, which was leaked in April, when fans learned that Lady Gaga rejected Yankovic’s request to release the song on his new album. According to Yankovic, he sent the lyrics to Gaga and was denied the rights to release the song.

After hearing about the controversy, Gaga claimed she never saw the lyrics herself; her manager had rejected the parody. She called the spoof a “rite of passage” for pop singers and has since allowed Yankovic to release the song on his new album. All proceeds from the song will go to the Human Rights Campaign.