Most likely the music publishing company that own the publishing rights to the song. For example, although Alan Merrill wrote "I Love Rock n Roll" the song is actually owned by RAK Music Publishing in London (RAK Records was Arrows record label) Alan wasn't asked either, the man who had a nominal co-writer credit, Jake Hooker, gave the green light anyway and introduced Al to Rick Derringeranthontherun wrote:Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum:Pirner is the only writer credited, so I wonder who Al contacted about permission if it wasn't him.Songfacts: The song "Misery" was one that Weird Al had parodied. And I'm assuming that you have a good sense of humor and you probably thought it was a bit of an honor to be parodied by Weird Al.
Dave: Yeah. I heard Coolio got pissed off. But I also heard that you had to give Al permission. I don't know why I'm not calling him Weird Al. Now I'm just calling him Al. But I don't ever remember being asked.
When we got signed to Twin Tone Records, the local label in Minneapolis, I was like, "This is it, I've made it. It's the big time, baby. You've done it." And I never had that feeling again until Weird Al covered my song. It felt like, Wow, I have arrived. It's the perfect way of describing my sense of humor. Yes, I was very honored.
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Is myspace even accessible anymore? Is there an archive link for this that we can read?I Lost On Jeopardy
Greg Kihn posted a full account of his experience being parodied by Al on his MySpace blog.
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Billy Ray Cyrus was not a fan of "Achy Breaky Song."
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Not sure if anyone is still reading or updating this forum nowadays, but I came across this old 1996 Prodigy “cyber chat”’transcript with Joan Jett. Apparently she wasn’t a big fan of Al’s “I Love Rocky Road” parody. 
https://joanjettbadrep.com/Interviews/1996/online.shtml
TL;DR:
What do you think of Weird Al's "I Love Rocky Road"?
JJ: We didn't love it.
https://joanjettbadrep.com/Interviews/1996/online.shtml
TL;DR:
What do you think of Weird Al's "I Love Rocky Road"?
JJ: We didn't love it.
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The Joan Jett song was originally done by Arrowsmrmeadows wrote: ↑Sun Mar 02, 2025 1:43 am Not sure if anyone is still reading or updating this forum nowadays, but I came across this old 1996 Prodigy “cyber chat”’transcript with Joan Jett. Apparently she wasn’t a big fan of Al’s “I Love Rocky Road” parody.
https://joanjettbadrep.com/Interviews/1996/online.shtml
TL;DR:
What do you think of Weird Al's "I Love Rocky Road"?
JJ: We didn't love it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AT_Pbtyid0