eBay (song)
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| Single by "Weird Al" Yankovic | |||||
| from the album Poodle Hat | |||||
| Released | January 2007 (Digital single) | ||||
| Format | Digital download | ||||
| Recorded | 2003 | ||||
| Genre | Comedy, Pop | ||||
| Length | 3:36 | ||||
| Label | Volcano Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | "Weird Al" Yankovic | ||||
| Producer | "Weird Al" Yankovic | ||||
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"eBay" is a song and radio-only single by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "I Want It That Way" by Backstreet Boys. In it, the narrator describes how he incessantly purchases bizarre (and purportedly unneeded) items on eBay.
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[edit] Track listing
The following tracks are on the downloadable single:
- "eBay" - 3:36
[edit] Release
Released in 2003, "eBay" was never intended to be released as a single (whether in a radio-only, commercial, or promo format), however, after the post-Christmas quirks of 2006, it debuted as #15 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles[1]
[edit] Music video
The song "eBay" was actually performed live at eBay Live! 2003. A portion of this performance can be seen at the beginning of the CNBC documentary The eBay Effect: Inside a Worldwide Obsession.[2] No official video has been produced.
[edit] Items bid on
The following are items bought or bid on in the song, in the order they are featured in the lyrics:
- Used pink bathrobe
- Rare mint snowglobe
- Smurf TV tray
- (another) Pet rock
- ALF alarm clock
- William Shatner's old toupée
- Knick-knacks
- Slightly damaged golf bag
- Beanie Babies new with tags (from a seller in Norway)
- Tchotchkes
- Watch
- Dukes of Hazzard ash tray
- Pac-Man Fever lunchbox
- Case of vintage tube socks
- Kleenex used by Dr. Dre
- Farrah Fawcett poster
- PEZ dispensers
- Toaster
- "The kind of stuff you'd throw away"
[edit] Chart positions
| Chart (2007) | Peak Position |
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| U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles | 15 |
