Yankovic was inspired to write the song after he heard The Kinks' song " Lola" while driving in his car one day. The video was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video at the 37th Grammy Awards, although it did not win. Although the single did not chart in the United States, it peaked at number 5 on the Canadian magazine The Record 's single chart. Webb himself was very pleased with the final result and has been known to sing the parody lyrics in concert. "Jurassic Park" was met with mixed to positive reviews while many reviewers enjoyed Yankovic's humor, others felt that the song did not satirize the source material, but instead merely recounted the plot to the movie. The video, due to its animation, also later went on to be praised at various animation festivals worldwide.
The video did not receive extensive play on MTV, although it was popular on The Box, VH1, and in Canada, where it was played on MuchMusic. The song was paired with an elaborately animated music video, which was created by Mark Osborne and Scott Nordlund almost entirely via claymation.
Yankovic decided to combine the plot of the recent movie Jurassic Park-a film about a park on a fictional island where geneticists have succeeded in cloning dinosaurs-with the classic Richard Harris track "MacArthur Park". "Jurassic Park" was penned by Yankovic after he remembered the enjoyment he had when he combined a classic rock track with a recent movie theme with his 1985 song " Yoda".
" Jurassic Park" is a parody of Richard Harris's version of Jimmy Webb's song " MacArthur Park", written and performed by "Weird Al" Yankovic it was released both as a single and as part of Yankovic's Alapalooza album in October 1993. 1993 single by "Weird Al" Yankovic "Jurassic Park"
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