 " This Is The Life " had already been recorded and released as a single in November 1984 . The song describes the narrator 's overly lavish lifestyle and had originally been commissioned for the gangster spoof movie Johnny Dangerously . The album 's title track , " Dare to Be Stupid " , is an ode to living life stupidly . According to the liner notes of The Ultimate Video Collection , the song represents " Al 's motto in life " . The song is a style parody of the band Devo . Devo 's reaction was very positive . Yankovic said , " Right after I finished " Dare To Be Stupid " , I went over to Mark Mothersbaugh 's house and played it for him . He seemed to enjoy it a lot . " The song was later released on the soundtrack to the 1986 film The Transformers : The Movie . Yankovic later mused that more people were introduced to " Dare to Be Stupid " the song through the Transformers movie than through the actual Dare to Be Stupid album itself . 
