"Weird Al" Yankovic - Mission Statement (Official 4K Video)

alyankovicVEVO · 4.3M views · 2014-07-22 · 4:32

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Overview

Weird Al's whiteboard-animated music video parodying corporate buzzword culture, from the album Mandatory Fun. The lyrics are packed with business jargon.

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Mostly posted as a joke in threads about corporate-speak, buzzwords and meeting culture.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2017–2026

Topics

Satire & parody Music performance & songs

What people said

bombledmonk · 2020-04 · Recommendation
I'm surprised the corporate culture parody song Mission Statement didn't come up. Every person who's ever been in a corporation should watch. [VIDEO]
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Freak_NL · 2026-03 · Joke / meme
Good idea for a unit test for this: if you put the lyrics to "Weird Al" Yankovic's Mission Statement in, it should return the exact same text as output. [VIDEO]
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bitwize · 2023-02 · Joke / meme
If you train an AI on enough Teams meetings, it will probably eventually generate the lyrics to "Mission Statement": [VIDEO]
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