Jamal, Not only did he do James Brown, he did James Brown with the James Brown Band and stage, and James Brown taught him the moves personally.

James Brown asked Weird Al to do a parody of him! Lent him his band, extras, etc. And taught him the moves. You know you've made it when Weird Al parodies you!!

i don't care if it has already been said before: james brown himself gave him his backup singers for this, taught Al his moves and even gave him  his cape for the finale.  and that is legit the same crew that did living in amercia

James Brown choerographed all the dance moves for both Al and his backup people. James was there when the video was being made and loved it.

Fun fact: James B. helped Al with the dancing and stage and dancers/singers are the original from the movie. "hurts me bad... in a tender location" lol

Had 5 hernia surgeries in my life, my family called a radio station and requested this for me

Fun fact for you, Jamel:

The backup dancers and singers were loaned to Weird Al and James actually taught Al the dance moves

The double kick where he pushes the mic stand away and brings it smoothly back are serious old school performance moves. Great to see Weird Al keeping the showmanship alive.

" He who is tired of Weird Al, is tired of life"     - Homer Simpson

The man has won 5 grammies and had another 12 nominations. He's a living legend.

You know you are a weird Al fan when it's his parody lyrics that pop into your head and not the original when the song shows up on the radio , and in tv or movies.

Lol. The look on your face when you realized it was James Brown was classic.

"I wanna know what the backup singer thought when he said we're gonna do 'Living with a Hyrnia'?"
"What??"
"Its a Weird Al Yankovic song."
"Yes."

as someone who has been a fan of Weird Al since middle school this is absolutely amazing getting to watch you discover him and all his songs, it reminds me of when we would show these songs to our new friends for the first time

"I can't take this shit no more" 🙈😂🙈😂

Weird al is a legend alone but the fact that he got to work AND have high approval from James brown and Michael Jackson is AMAZING!!!

This might be his best video. The dance moves were almost as good as the hair.

"What the F+++!" that made me spit out my coffee!

I sent this video to my brother before he went in for his hernia operation.

Weird Al is the second-hardest working man in show business.