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Hairball
Parodying a song that's bad to begin with seems a bit redundant. Take the song Lets Work for example - why bother doing a parody of it when it's already a joke?
Weird Al had hits with other parodies, but most all of them were of songs that were well known - not some oddball soundtrack tune ala Ruthless People.
Walter Yetnikoff was a producer on the film and oversaw the soundtrack for Epic Records. Mick told Rolling Stone he was pushed into doing the song during a 1989 interview. It's also the only time Weird Al cut a parody before the original was commercially released. His label, Scotti Bros. was distributed by CBS at the time and the forthcoming Jagger single was offered to him as a last minute addition to his latest comedy album. Yankovic has said the experience taught him a lesson. It did, however, mark the beginning of Jagger's collaboration with Dave Stewart.