Mark49 - Canadian Idiot
Mark49
Nov 09, 2025 08:17am
<p><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/HN7Q/403740b872_OWXF_media.gif"></p><p>"<strong>Canadian Idiot</strong>" is a song by American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parody" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">parody</a> musician <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">"Weird Al" Yankovic</a>, released on 26 September 2006 from his album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_Outta_Lynwood" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Straight Outta Lynwood</em></a>. It is a parody of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Day" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Green Day</a>'s song "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Idiot_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">American Idiot</a>".</p><p>The song is a sarcastic parody of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_stereotype" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">stereotypical</a> American view of the Canadian way of life and a satire of American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophobia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">xenophobia</a>. Yankovic pokes fun at an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_raising" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">accentuated Canadian dialect</a> and Canadians' love of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">ice hockey</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">beer</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaroni_and_cheese" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">macaroni and cheese</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doughnuts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">doughnuts</a>. At the end of the song, he says that the Canadians are "up to something" and calls for a "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preemptive_war" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">preemptive strike</a>".</p><p>Although critical reception to the song was mixed, "Canadian Idiot" is among Yankovic's best-charting songs, peaking at No. 82 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Billboard</em> Hot 100</a>. He included it on the set lists of four of his concert tours, and fans responded with hundreds of homemade music videos."Canadian Idiot" is the first parody Yankovic recorded for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_Outta_Lynwood" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Straight Outta Lynwood</em></a>, with production beginning on 19 February 2006.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Idiot#cite_note-solliner-9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[9]</sup></a> The song was released with the album and as a digital single on 26 September 2006.</p><p>The song appeared on the <em>Billboard</em> charts despite not having a physical single in the US.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Idiot#cite_note-AllthingsYank-10" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[10]</sup></a> It peaked at No. 82 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Billboard</em> Hot 100</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Idiot#cite_note-Billboard2006-11" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[11]</sup></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Idiot#cite_note-Billboard2014-12" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[12]</sup></a> No. 35 on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Digital_Songs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Hot Digital Songs</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Idiot#cite_note-Billboard118-42-13" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[13]</sup></a> and No. 57 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Pop 100</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Idiot#cite_note-Billboard118-42-Pop-14" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[14]</sup></a> Promotional single-CDs of "Canadian Idiot" were pressed in Australia and shipped for play on radio stations</p>