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Hardware Store
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Hardware Store is a song from Weird Al Yankovic's album "Poodle Hat", which released on May 20th, 2003.[1] It's been used in a wide variety of fan music videos and other memes.
Origin
On May 20th, 2003 the album "Poodle Hat" was released, with Hardware Store as the second song on the album. The song was later posted to the official alyankovic YouTube account, here it's reached over 1.3 million views (shown below).[2]
Spread
On June 27th, 2006, ReapZ posted a music video of the song on YouTube using characters from World of Warcraft. The video (shown below) has over 1 million views.
On May 20th, 2007, Dave Hartley posted a music video of the song on YouTube using live action footage. The video (shown below) has over 140,000 views.
On July 8th, 2007, Newgrounds user Oney posted a flash cartoon music video of the song, titled "Weird Al's Best". The video (shown below) has over 500,000 views.
On August 12th, 2014, Yoshi Greenwater posted a YouTube music video of the song starring My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic character Cheese Sandwich. The video (shown below) has over 100,000 views.
The song was also popular for use in YTMND's.[3] The most notable one, which uses gameplay from Monkey Island, is titled "Stan Sells EVERYTHING to Guybrush"[4] (shown below, left), which has spawned its own submeme.[5]
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Reference Links
[2] YouTube – Hardware Store
[3] YTMND – Search – Hardware Store
[4] YTMND – Stan Sells EVERYTHING to Guybrush (Monkey Island)
[5] YTMND – Search – 'Sells EVERYTHING to'
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