Yakety Yak, Take It Back

Yakety Yak, Take it Back is a 1991 celebrity charity music video film aimed at encouraging recycling using a combination of live action rock stars, rappers, and animated Warner Bros. characters.^[1] The film features Pat Benatar, Natalie Cole, Charlie Daniels, Lita Ford, Quincy Jones, B. B. King, Queen Latifah, Kenny Loggins, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Bette Midler, Randy Newman, Tone Lōc, Ozzy Osbourne, Brenda Russell, Al B. Sure!, Ricky Van Shelton, Barry White, and Stevie Wonder, along with Melba Moore as herself and the voice of Tibi the Take it Back Butterfly, Dr. John as himself and the voice of Yakety Yak, Greg Burson as the voice of Bugs Bunny, Derrick Stevens as the voice of MC Skat Kat, and Squeak as the voice of Fatz.

Yakety Yak, Take it Back
Directed by	Michael Patterson Tim Newman
Written by	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, new lyrics by Leiber
Produced by	Tim Newman
Starring	Ozzy Osbourne Bette Midler Randy Newman Queen Latifah Stevie Wonder Tone Lōc Pat Benatar Greg Burson B. B. King Kenny Loggins
Distributed by	Time Warner
Release date	1991 (1991)
Running time	50 minutes
Language	English

The song is a drastically rearranged version of the 1950s-era rock and roll song "Yakety Yak" by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, with new lyrics by Leiber.^[1]

The film originally aired on MTV in a shortened music video form and was released in an extended version on home video.^[2][3][4][5] It was also released in Episode 3043 of Sesame Street.