 Yankovic was inspired to write the song after he heard The Kinks ' song " Lola " while driving in his car one day . He noted , " I was driving a rent @-@ a @-@ car through Florida when the song ' Lola ' came on the radio , and it got me thinking about how much fun I had doing ' Yoda ' [ a song from 1985 's Dare to Be Stupid ] where I took a then @-@ current topic and combined it with a classic rock tune . " He soon turned his attention to the film Jurassic Park — about a park on a fictional island , where geneticists have succeeded in cloning dinosaurs . The film is based on the 1990 novel of the same name by Michael Crichton — which had just come out and was already a blockbuster success . Yankovic decided to write a parody about the movie , and considered various songs that he could spoof . Eventually , he decided to parody the 1968 hit single " MacArthur Park " , which was performed by Richard Harris . Yankovic approached the original song 's writer , Jimmy Webb , who agreed to the idea . In fact , Webb was so amused by the parody that he penned a letter to Yankovic stating " Well , this [ the parody ] oughta [ sic ] bury that song once and for all ! " In addition , Yankovic received permission from Crichton and director Steven Spielberg to produce the track . 
