Although this song appeared on “Weird Al” Yankovic’s 2003 album Poodle Hat, it was apparently not released as a single, nor was there ever an official music video made. “Weird Al” did perform this song at eBay Live! 2003, and a portion of the performance is seen at the beginning of a CNBC documentary, The eBay Effect: Inside a Worldwide Obsession, according to the song’s Wikipedia article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay_(song)).

I guess what I love most about this song is how, like a time capsule, it captures so many details unique to the early 2000s era. The Backstreet Boys, obvs. The drama of “auctions” on eBay (“I am the type who is liable to snipe you / with two seconds left to go / whoa”). And all the ridiculous, otherwise impossible to find, treasures one might have encountered on the site in 2003 (“some Beanie Babies new with tag” and “a Kleenex used by Dr. Dre”).

I would never have discovered this song except that I just watched a cheesy “Weird Al” documentary last night. Now I can’t stop listening to it. Plus, the visuals used in what I assume must be a fan-made video are spot on, with killer editing that matches music and lyrics to each image “reveal” in a way that demonstrates some deft comedic timing.

Both song and video give me something new to smile over every time I hit “play.” Hope you will also enjoy!

(I just discovered that the embedded video apparently doesn’t show up in the WordPress Reader If you go to KatherineWikoff.com, it does show up on my blog online. Sorry about that if you’re using the Reader and getting the “video unavailable” message!)

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