Dare to Be Stupid
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 The future's up to you, so watcha gonna do?! | ||
| "Dare to Be Stupid" | ||
| Performed by: | "Weird Al" Yankovic | |
| Written by: | "Weird Al" Yankovic | |
| Produced by: | Rick Derringer | |
"Dare to Be Stupid" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic, featured on the 1986 album The Transformers: The Movie - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
It was used as the music for the "Junkions attack" and "Junkions become friends" scenes in the movie; the song's rampant pop-culture referencing certainly fits with the pop-culture-talking Junkions.
Lyrics
Put down that chainsaw and listen to me
It's time for us to join in the fight
It's time to let your babies grow up to be cowboys
It's time to let the bed bugs bite
You better put all your eggs in one basket
You better count your chickens before they hatch
You better sell some wine before its time
You better find yourself an itch to scratch
You better squeeze all the Charmin you can
When Mr. Whipple's not around
Stick your head in the microwave and get yourself a tan
- Talk with your mouth full
- Bite the hand that feeds you
- Bite off more than you can chew
- What can you do?
- Dare to be stupid
- Take some wooden nickels
- Look for Mr. Goodbar
- Get your mojo working now
- I'll show you how
- You can dare to be stupid
You can turn the other cheek
You can just give up the ship
You can eat a bunch of sushi then forget to leave a tip
- Dare to be stupid
- Come on and dare to be stupid
- It's so easy to do (Dare to be stupid)
- We're all waiting for you
- Let's go!
It's time to
Make a mountain out of a molehill
So can I have a volunteer?
There's no more time for crying over spilled milk
Now it's time for crying in your beer
Settle down, raise a family, join the P.T.A.
Buy some sensible shoes and a Chevrolet
Then party 'til you're broke and they drag you away
It's okay
You can dare to be stupid
It's like spitting on a fish
It's like barking up a tree
It's like I said, you gotta buy one if you wanna get one free
- Dare to be stupid
- Yes
- Why don't you dare to be stupid?
- It's so easy, so easy to do (Dare to be stupid)
- We're all waiting for you (Dare to be stupid)
Burn your candle at both ends
Look a gift horse in the mouth
Mashed potatoes can be your friends
You can be a coffee achiever
You can sit around the house and watch Leave It to Beaver
The future's up to you
So what you gonna do?
- Dare to be stupid
- Dare to be stupid
- What did I say? (Dare to be stupid)
- Tell me, what'd I say? (Dare to be stupid)
- It's alright (Dare to be stupid)
- We can be stupid all night (Dare to be stupid)
- Come on, join the crowd (Dare to be stupid)
- Shout it out loud (Dare to be stupid)
- I can't hear you (Dare to be stupid)
- Okay, I can hear you now (Dare to be stupid)
- Let's go!
- Dare to be stupid (Dare to be stupid)
- Dare to be stupid (Dare to be stupid)
- Dare to be stupid (Dare to be stupid)
- Dare to be stupid (Dare to be stupid)
Single releases
- 7" single
- "The Touch"
- "Dare to Be Stupid"
Release date: August, 1986
Labels: Scotti Bros. Records (US/Canada), Epic Records (UK)
Prod. codes: 7464-06207-7 (US), ZS4-06207 (Canada), A-7318 (UK)
- 12" picture disc
- "The Touch"
- "Dare to Be Stupid"
- "The Transformers (Theme)"
Release date:
Labels: Scotti Bros. Records (Germany), Epic Records (UK)
Prod. codes: Int127.311 (Germany), WA-7318 (UK)
Album releases
- 1985 — "Weird Al" Yankovic: Dare to Be Stupid (Scotti Bros. Records)
- 1986 — The Transformers: The Movie — Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Scotti Bros. Records)
- 1988 — "Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits (Scotti Bros. Records)
- 1994 — "Weird Al" Yankovic: Permanent Record: Al in the Box (Scotti Bros. Records)
- 2007 — The Transformers: The Movie — Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: 20th Anniversary Edition (Legacy Recordings)
- 2009 — The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic (Legacy Recordings)
Notes
- This song is a "style parody" of the music of Devo.
- Reportedly, it was included in the movie soundtrack because Scotti Bros. Records decided to promote acts on their label heavily, and Al (always popular with the kids) was one of the biggest. As Al himself tells it, he just got a phone call one day and said "Okay", and that was basically the last he heard about it, save the royalty checks.
- Chords from "Dare to Be Stupid" were adapted by Vince DiCola into the movie's score cue "Unusual Allies" (used for the scene in which Hot Rod uses the Universal greeting on the Junkions), which was eventually released on the BotCon exclusive albums 'Til All Are One and Lighting Their Darkest Hour.
- In the Transformers Animated episode "Garbage In, Garbage Out", Ratchet howls at a rebellious Wreck-Gar (voiced by Al): "You wouldn't dare do something that stupid!", to which the junk-bot replies "I am Wreck-Gar! I dare to be stupid!" Series writer Marty Isenberg, at the premiere of the episode at BotCon 2008, noted with a smile that he just "had to" add in the reference.
