'Weird Al' Yankovic's Raucous 'God Save The Queen' Is The Perfect Royal Antidote

Royal fatigue may be setting in because the Sex Pistols legendary anti-royal anthem God Save The Queen just reached the top of the British singles charts 45 years after it was released.

The band rereleased the track to coincide with Queen Elizabeth s Platinum Jubilee celebration. On its initial 1977 release during the queens Silver Jubilee the song peaked at number 2 on the charts despite being banned for poor taste.

But theres another version of the track that was created during a different royal event thats also worth celebrating. And its by Weird Al Yankovic .

This is kind of inappropriate the day after a royal wedding, Yankovic joked before launching into the song at a concert in Napa, California on May 20, 2018, one day after Prince Harry s wedding to Meghan Markle . The track is from his Ridiculously Self-Indulgent Ill-Advised Vanity Tour, in which he largely eschewed the parodies hes best known for in favor of his original music.

Listen as his band famed for being able to mimic just about any style goes punk while Yankovic breaks out his best growl, even rolling his r just as Johnny Rotten (John Lydon) did on the original:

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