Editing Polka Party! (section)

===Recording===
Yankovic entered the recording studio in April 1986 to begin the sessions to his follow-up to 1985's ''[[Dare to Be Stupid]]''.<ref name="recordingdates"/> To produce the album, Yankovic brought in former [[The McCoys|McCoys]] guitarist [[Rick Derringer]], who had also produced Yankovic's previous albums.<ref name="ppliner">{{cite AV media notes |title=Polka Party! |others="Weird Al" Yankovic |year=1986 |type=LP liner notes |publisher=[[Scotti Brothers Records]] |id=FZ 40520}}</ref> Backing Yankovic were [[Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz]] on drums, [[Steve Jay]] on bass, and [[Jim West (guitarist)|Jim West]] on guitar.<ref name="ppliner"/> The album was recorded in roughly three sessions. The first session took place between April 22 and 23, and yielded four originals: "Don't Wear Those Shoes", "One of Those Days", "Dog Eat Dog", and "[[Christmas at Ground Zero]]". The second session, which spanned August 4–5, produced three parodies: "[[Living with a Hernia]]", "Addicted to Spuds", and "Here's Johnny". The final session, which lasted from August 29 to September 1, produced the parody "Toothless People", an original song named "Good Enough for Now", and the album's titular polka medley.<ref name="recordingdates"/> Thematically, Yankovic described the record as "not a whole lot different than" the other albums he had recorded, calling the process "even a bit formulaic".<ref name=houstonchron/>