 The day after recording " Yoda " , Yankovic started recording " Like a Surgeon " , the lead single for the album . Although Yankovic normally refuses to use parody ideas from other people , Madonna is partly responsible for " Like a Surgeon " . Madonna asked one of her friends how long it would take until Yankovic satirized her song " Like a Virgin " into " Like a Surgeon " . This friend was a mutual friend of Al 's manager , Jay Levey . When word got back to Yankovic , he decided it was a good idea and wrote the song . This is the only known time that Yankovic has gotten a parody idea directly from the original artist . 
