Editing Polka Party! (section)

{{Short description|1986 album by "Weird Al" Yankovic}}
{{for|the 1998 Grammy-nominated album by Brave Combo|Polka Party with Brave Combo: Live and Wild!}}
{{for|the song|List of "Weird Al" Yankovic polka medleys#"Polka Party!"}}
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{{Infobox album
| name       = Polka Party!
| type       = studio
| artist     = [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]
| cover      = Weird-Al-Yankovic-Polka-Party.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = October 21, 1986
| recorded   = April 22 – September 1, 1986
| venue      =
| studio     = Santa Monica Sound Recorders, Santa Monica
| genre      =
* [[Comedy music|Comedy]]
* [[parody music|parody]]
| length     = 34:07
| label      =
* [[Rock 'n Roll Records|Rock 'n Roll]]
* [[Scotti Brothers]]
| producer   = [[Rick Derringer]]
| prev_title = [[Dare to Be Stupid]]
| prev_year  = 1985
| next_title = [[Even Worse]]
| next_year  = 1988
| misc       = {{Extra album cover
 | header     = Alternate cover
 | type       = studio
 | cover      = Polka Party alternate cover.jpg
 | border     = <!-- optional parameter, type "yes" here to add a 1px border to the cover image -->
 | alt        = 
 | caption    = Cover in other countries
}}
{{Singles
 | name        = Polka Party!
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Living with a Hernia]]
 | single1date = October 21, 1986
 | single2     = [[Christmas at Ground Zero]]
 | single2date = November 1986
}}
}}
'''''Polka Party!''''' is the fourth [[studio album]] by the American parody musician [["Weird Al" Yankovic]], released on October 21, 1986. The album was produced by former [[The McCoys]] guitarist [[Rick Derringer]]. Recorded between April and September 1986,<ref name="recordingdates" /> the album was Yankovic's follow-up to his successful 1985 release, ''[[Dare to Be Stupid]]''. The album's lead single, "[[Living With a Hernia]]", failed to chart.

The music on ''Polka Party!'' is built around parodies and pastiches of pop and rock music of the mid-1980s, featuring direct parodies of [[James Brown]], [[Mick Jagger]], [[El DeBarge]] and [[Robert Palmer]]. The album also features many "style parodies", or musical imitations that come close to, but do not copy, existing artists. These style parodies include imitations of specific artists like [[Talking Heads]], as well as imitations of various musical genres like country music.

Peaking at No. 177 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], ''Polka Party!'' was met with mixed-to-negative reviews and was considered a commercial and critical failure. Despite this, the album was nominated for a [[Grammy Award]] for [[Best Comedy Recording]] in [[Grammy Awards of 1988|1988]]. ''Polka Party!'' is one of Yankovic's few studio albums not to be certified either [[Music recording sales certification|Gold]] or [[Platinum record|Platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA).