Mandatory Fun

2014 studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic
MusicAlbum album Q17377983
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Mandatory Fun

Summary

Mandatory Fun is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,916 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mandatory Fun's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Mandatory Fun's genre is pop rock[4].
  • Mandatory Fun was performed by "Weird Al" Yankovic[5].
  • Mandatory Fun's record label is recorded as RCA Records[6].
  • Mandatory Fun is part of "Weird Al" Yankovic's albums in chronological order[7].
  • Mandatory Fun's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Mandatory Fun was released on July 15, 2014[9].
  • Mandatory Fun's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mandatory Fun'}[10].
  • Mandatory Fun's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+12'}[11].
  • Mandatory Fun's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[12].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[13]

  • First release date: 2014-07-15[14]

  • Genre(s): comedy, pop, rock[15]

  • Community tags: comedy, parody, pop, rock, silly name[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 958cacd0-22e9-4e74-8cc8-2a61acce9fbe[17]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Mandatory Fun was performed by "Weird Al" Yankovic[5].

Publication

Mandatory Fun was published on July 15, 2014[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Its genre is pop rock[4]. It is part of "Weird Al" Yankovic's albums in chronological order[7].

Why It Matters

Mandatory Fun ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,916 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Mandatory Fun. Retrieved October 7, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/mandatory-fun
MLA “Mandatory Fun.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 7 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/mandatory-fun.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_mandatory-fun_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Mandatory Fun}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/mandatory-fun}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-07}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'fr', 'it', 'ko', 'lt', 'pt', 'sv']
    Tv tropes id → Music/MandatoryFun
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P6839]]: Music/MandatoryFun"
  2. 15w ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-06-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Record label → RCA Records
    Part of → "Weird Al" Yankovic's albums in chronological order
    Form of creative work → studio album
    Publication date → —
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||mul */ set default label"
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