--- title: Weird Al Yankovic: Robin Thicke Blurred Lines Parody Word Crimes description: Weird Al Yankovic Robin Thicke Parody: Blurred Lines Becomes Word Crimes canonical: https://time.com/2988041/let-weird-al-teach-you-about-grammar-in-his-new-blurred-lines-parody/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-15T18:06:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:11:43.195Z og:title: Let Weird Al Teach You About Grammar in "Blurred Lines" Parody "Word Crimes" og:description: You know you want (to watch) it og:url: https://time.com/2988041/let-weird-al-teach-you-about-grammar-in-his-new-blurred-lines-parody/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b9d7012a5474e94/69869bcb1eebf71196371de0/181602116.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: "Weird Al" Yankovic Book Signing For "My New Teacher And Me" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Let Weird Al Teach You About Grammar in "Blurred Lines" Parody "Word Crimes" twitter:description: You know you want (to watch) it twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b9d7012a5474e94/69869bcb1eebf71196371de0/181602116.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Let Weird Al Teach You About Grammar in His New "Blurred Lines" Parody > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 15, 2014 6:06 PM UTC  LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 22: Singer/songwriter and author "Weird Al" Yankovic signs copies of his book "My New Teacher and Me" at Barnes & Noble bookstore at The Grove on September 22, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rodrigo Vaz/FilmMagic) LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 22: Singer/songwriter and author "Weird Al" Yankovic signs copies of his book "My New Teacher and Me" at Barnes & Noble bookstore at The Grove on September 22, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rodrigo Vaz/FilmMagic) Rodrigo Vaz / FilmMagic—Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 15, 2014 6:06 PM UTC Weird Al Yankovic is back, you guys. Yesterday, he [released a video ](http://time.com/2982351/weird-al-yankovic-tacky-pharrell-happy/)parodying Pharrell’s “Happy,” and today, he’s tackling Robin Thicke. He took the singer’s hit song “Blurred Lines” and turned it into “Word Crimes,” an entertaining (and honestly, quite educational) ode to proper grammar. We recommend bookmarking this one and consulting it as a resource in the future. **WATCH:** [‘Weird Al’ Yankovic and Famous Friends Take on Pharrell’s “Happy”](http://time.com/2982351/weird-al-yankovic-tacky-pharrell-happy/) **WATCH:** [The Weird Al Paradox: He Does Not Seem That Weird Anymore](http://time.com/2949882/weird-al-yankovic-not-that-weird/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2988041/let-weird-al-teach-you-about-grammar-in-his-new-blurred-lines-parody/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2988041/let-weird-al-teach-you-about-grammar-in-his-new-blurred-lines-parody/"},"headline":"Let Weird Al Teach You About Grammar in His New \"Blurred Lines\" Parody","datePublished":"2014-07-15T18:06:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:43.195Z","description":"You know you want (to watch) it","url":"https://time.com/2988041/let-weird-al-teach-you-about-grammar-in-his-new-blurred-lines-parody/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","Parody","Robin Thicke"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b9d7012a5474e94/69869bcb1eebf71196371de0/181602116.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b9d7012a5474e94/69869bcb1eebf71196371de0/181602116.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Weird Al\" Yankovic Book Signing For \"My New Teacher And Me\"","caption":"\"Weird Al\" Yankovic Book Signing For \"My New Teacher And Me\"","creditText":"Rodrigo Vaz / FilmMagic—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2988041/let-weird-al-teach-you-about-grammar-in-his-new-blurred-lines-parody/","name":"Let Weird Al Teach You About Grammar in His New \"Blurred Lines\" Parody"}}]}] ```