Off the Deep End
Studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic
Released	April 14, 1992
Recorded	June, December 1990, January 1992
Genre	Comedy
Length	41:18
Label	Scotti Brothers
Producer(s)	"Weird Al" Yankovic
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
"Weird Al" Yankovic chronology
UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff (1989)	Off The Deep End (1992)	The Food Album (1993)

Off The Deep End is the seventh album by "Weird Al" Yankovic, released in 1992. This is also Al's first self-produced album, after six albums with Rick Derringer. The album cover is an elaborate parody of the Nirvana album Nevermind's cover (see 1992 in music). The lead-off song, "Smells Like Nirvana", also parodies the Nevermind track "Smells Like Teen Spirit". Cover for the album Off the Deep End by Weird Al Yankovic This is an album cover. ... A studio album is a collection of previously unreleased, studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... Weird Al Yankovic (album) Alfred Matthew Weird Al Yankovic (IPA pronunciation: ; born October 23, 1959) is an American musician, satirist, parodist, accordionist, and television producer. ... April 14 is the 104th day of the year (105th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 261 days remaining. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Scotti Brothers Records was a California-based record label founded by Tony and Ben Scotti. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Weird Al Yankovic (album) Alfred Matthew Weird Al Yankovic (IPA pronunciation: ; born October 23, 1959) is an American musician, satirist, parodist, accordionist, and television producer. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 4. ... Weird Al Yankovic (album) Alfred Matthew Weird Al Yankovic (IPA pronunciation: ; born October 23, 1959) is an American musician, satirist, parodist, accordionist, and television producer. ... UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff (1989), sometimes referred to simply as UHF, is the soundtrack to the comedy cult film UHF, by Weird Al Yankovic. ... The Food Album is a compilation CD of songs by Weird Al Yankovic that features songs about food. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks distributed to the public. ... Weird Al Yankovic (album) Alfred Matthew Weird Al Yankovic (IPA pronunciation: ; born October 23, 1959) is an American musician, satirist, parodist, accordionist, and television producer. ... Rick Derringer (born Richard Zehringer, 5 August 1947, in Fort Recovery, Ohio) is an American guitarist, vocalist, and entertainer. ... Nirvana was an American rock band originating from Aberdeen, Washington. ... Nevermind is the seminal second studio album from the American rock band Nirvana. ... See also: 1992 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1992 Record labels established in 1992 other events of 1992 list of years in music 1990s in music // 1992 was a pivotal year in the development of music. ... Smells Like Teen Spirit is a song by American rock band Nirvana, and the opening track and lead single from the bands 1991 breakthrough album Nevermind. ...

Track listing

1. "Smells Like Nirvana" (Cobain, Grohl, Novoselic, Yankovic) – 3:42
   • Parody of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", poking fun at the original song's ambiguous and unintelligible lyrics.
2. "Trigger Happy" (Yankovic) – 3:46
   • Style parody of The Beach Boys, about a man who uses firearms. Additionally, its chorus resembles that of the Dave Clark Five song "Glad All Over".
3. "I Can't Watch This" (Hammer, James, Miller, Yankovic) – 3:31
   • Parody of MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" (which sampled the background instrumentals of Rick James's "Superfreak"), about various bad television shows.
4. "Polka Your Eyes Out" – 3:50
   • A polka medley featuring:
     • "Cradle Of Love" by Billy Idol
     • "Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega
     • "Love Shack" by The B-52's
     • "Clarinet Polka" (Public domain)
     • "Pump Up The Jam" by Technotronic
     • "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M.
     • "Unbelievable" by EMF
     • "Do Me!" by Bell Biv DeVoe
     • "Enter Sandman" by Metallica
     • "The Humpty Dance" by Digital Underground
     • "Cherry Pie" by Warrant
     • "Miss You Much" by Janet Jackson
     • "I Touch Myself" by Divinyls
     • "Dr. Feelgood" by Mötley Crüe
     • "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice
     • "Ear Booker Polka" by "Weird Al" Yankovic
5. "I Was Only Kidding" (Yankovic) – 3:31
   • About a declaration of love that was a complete joke.
   • Style parody of "h-a-t-r-e-d" by Tonio K.
6. "The White Stuff" (Starr, Yankovic) – 2:43
   • Parody of New Kids on the Block's "You Got It (The Right Stuff)", where the singer expresses his love for the white stuff that appears between Oreo cookies.
7. "When I Was Your Age" (Yankovic) – 4:35
   • Rock song, with the singer telling his child how he never had it as good as he does, but takes it to exagerant lengths: "...nobody ever drove me to school when it was ninety degrees below. We had to walk buck naked through forty miles of snow". Inspired by the Four Yorkshiremen sketch.
   • Style parody of "Dirty Laundry" by Don Henley.
8. "Taco Grande" (Mejia, Warren, Yankovic) – 3:44
   • Parody of Gerardo's "Rico Suave", about a narrator's visit to a fictional Mexican restaurant.
   • Cheech Marin does a brief Spanish monologue in the song.
9. "Airline Amy" (Yankovic) – 3:50
   • About an airline stewardess the singer adores.
10. "The Plumbing Song" (Farian, Nail, Warren, Yankovic) – 4:05
    • Parody of Milli Vanilli's "Baby Don't Forget My Number" and "Blame It On the Rain", suggesting a fictional plumber to a friend.
11. "You Don't Love Me Anymore" (Yankovic) – 4:01
    • Style parody of "More Than Words" by Extreme. Ballad, about a girlfriend who did numerous exaggerated and mostly deadly things to the singer and his obliviousness to their extent. This song contains Al's arguably most serious line, but all seriousness is in that line, so comedy fans don't need to worry. The music video is a parody of "More Than Words" by Extreme.
12. "Bite Me" (CD-only bonus track) – approx. 0:05
    • Five seconds of cacophony, played after ten minutes of silence between this track and "You Don't Love Me Anymore." Inspired by Nevermind's hidden track, "Endless, Nameless", Al wanted a way to scare listeners who neglect to turn the CD off. This track was present in the CD version of this album, but not the cassette version. Some CD pressings do not contain the track at all.

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Personnel

• "Weird Al" Yankovic - accordion, keyboards, vocals, background vocals
• Brad Buxer - synthesizer
• Alisa Curran - background vocals
• Jim Haas - background vocals
• Steve Jay - bass, background vocals
• Tommy Johnson - tuba
• Jon Joyce - background vocals
• Warren Luening - trumpet
• Cheech Marin - vocals on "Taco Grande"
• Gene Morford - background vocals
• Peggy Newman - background vocals
• Joel Peskin - clarinet
• Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz - percussion, drums
• Carmen Twillie - background vocals
• Julia Waters - background vocals
• Luther Waters - background vocals
• Maxine Waters - background vocals
• Oren Waters - background vocals
• Jim West - banjo, guitar, background vocals
• Jerry Whitman - background vocals

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Production

• Producer: "Weird Al" Yankovic
• Engineer: Tony Papa
• Arranger: "Weird Al" Yankovic
• Overdubs: Marlene Aragon, Edith Fore, Neil Ross, Beau Weaver

Miscellanea

• Polka Your Eyes Out is the only polka medley to date which appears on one of Al's greatest hits albums. It is also the polka medley with the most songs included in it.
• When "Bite Me" is slowed down about 800%, there is a hidden song inserted backwards. This was discovered in 2004, and the song was determined in 2006 to be "Tears Of The Earth" by David Hallyday, which was also released under the Scotti Bros. label.
• The cover is a parody of the cover of Nirvana's Nevermind.

Off the Deep End is the seventh album by Weird Al Yankovic, released in 1992. ... Nevermind is the seminal second studio album from the American rock band Nirvana. ...

Charts

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