Like A Surgeon

LIKE A SURGEON

Original 7" single release: June 4, 2020
#ZS4 04937-7
Promo 7" single: #ZS4 04937-3
Promo 7" picture disc single: #ZS7-2105
Scotti Bros./Rock n' Roll Records/CBS Records

"Golden Oldies" reissue single release: 1986
#ZS8 06435-7
Scotti Bros./Rock n' Roll Records/CBS Records

Second "Golden Oldies" reissue single release: 1993
#ZS8 06435-7
Scotti Bros./Rock n' Roll Records/Collectibles

Highest Billboard Chart Position: #47

TRACKS

Original single:
1. Like A Surgeon (3:02)
2. Slime Creatures From Outer Space (3:52)
*(Promo singles only have "Like A Surgeon" on each side)

Golden Oldies/Collectibles singles:
1. Like A Surgeon (3:27)
2. King Of Suede (4:12)

NOTES & TRIVIA

The promo single is the only "Weird Al" Yankovic release ever issued on a picture disc. The front of the picture disc featured the same design as the picture sleeve (see above). The b-side of the disc featured the cover of the Dare To Be Stupid album.

In Mexico, a 12" version of the single was released on red vinyl. The flipside was changed to "Girls Just Want To Have Lunch."

Debuted at #74 in Billboard on June 22, 1985. It would reach its peak position three weeks later. It would eventually stay on the "Hot 100" for eight weeks. It would be the final Al single to chart until 1988.

A 1996 performance of the live "Truth or Dare" version of "Like A Surgeon" has been played on The Dr. Demento Show a couple of times and is available on the broadcast CDs of those shows. The unique live version (later taken from a 1999 concert) was finally officially released on the "Weird Al" Yankovic Live! video/DVD.

To find out about the two reissue singles listed above, check out the Notes in "Eat It". It's the same thing and it's too boring to repeat.

To read more about the picture disc promo single, check out Jon's page at the Official Weird Al site!

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This page was last updated June 23, 2008.