Weird Al's Perform This Way...

Weird Al's parody of Lady Gaga's Born This Way almost didn't happen.

Weird Al only releases song parodies when he receives an OK from the original artist. So he sent the track to Lady Gaga's people to get the approval. They responded with a "no".

But then it turned out that Lady Gaga herself never actually heard the track. Her "people" had never told her about it. Somehow she ended up hearing it, loved it, and Weird Al can now include it on his upcoming album Alpocalypse (due out June 21st).

Until then, you can hear the song here...