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« Reply #22 on: October 14, 2006, 07:28:07 pm »
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Yeah I searched the Atlantic Records wiki and its locked due to jokes from that song In June 2006, "Weird Al" Yankovic released a parody of James Blunt's hit "You're Beautiful" via the internet (but not on his album Straight Outta Lynwood) called "You're Pitiful". The song is only available for download because even though Blunt gave Yankovic permission to record the song, he is signed with Custard Records (distributed by Atlantic Records), and Atlantic denied permission for the song's album release. Yankovic's record label, Volcano Records, decided not to "go to war" with Atlantic even though they could still legally use "You're Pitiful". Later on, Al recorded some replacement songs for his album, including "White & Nerdy", a parody of "Ridin'" by Chamillionaire. In the song's video, the "nerd" is editing Wikipedia's Atlantic Records page, adding "YOU SUCK!" in big, bold letters. This is a reference to this event. Because of this, the Atlantic Records Wikipedia article has been subject to several hundred joke edits and was subsequently protected, preventing anonymous editors from changing the article (the article itself notes the ordeal in an impressive feat of self-reference). Yankovic has said that he does not approve of the vandalism, though he admits being amused by it
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