I Love Rocky Road
| "I Love Rocky Road" | |
|---|---|
| Single by "Weird Al" Yankovic | |
| from the album "Weird Al" Yankovic | |
| B-side | "Happy Birthday" |
| Released | July 5, 1983 |
| Recorded | March 14, 1982 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 2:33 |
| Label | Scotti Brothers |
| Songwriter(s) |
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| Producer(s) | Rick Derringer |
| "Weird Al" Yankovic singles chronology | |
| Music video | |
| "I Love Rocky Road" on YouTube | |
"I Love Rocky Road" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic about a man's obsession with rocky road ice cream. It is a parody of the Arrows' 1975 song, "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", originally sung and written by Alan Merrill, in the style of Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.
Track listing
[edit ]- "I Love Rocky Road" – 2:35
- "Happy Birthday" – 2:26
Music video
[edit ]The music video was the directorial debut of Dror Soref and parodies the "I Love Rock 'n Roll" music video. Dr. Demento makes a cameo appearance in the video as a cashier.
The "ice cream" used in the video is actually mashed potatoes, since real ice cream would melt under stage lights.[1] Yankovic recalled during an interview with GQ that he accidentally bit into the mashed potatoes after turning his head because the ice cream scoop on top of the mashed potatoes fell off, he stated during the same interview that they got through the shot but "it was disgusting."[2]
Chart positions
[edit ]| Chart (1983) | Peak Position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles | 106 |
| U.S. Cashbox Top 100 | 78 |
Rerecording
[edit ]In 2022, for the film WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story , Yankovic rerecorded the track as well as four others. In the film, Yankovic first plays the song in a bar. Different from the album version, it starts out with just Yankovic and the accordion, and near the end of the first verse Jim Kimo West, Steve Jay, and Jon Bermuda Schwartz spontaneously join in on guitar, bass, and drums. After the song is finished, Dr. Demento, who was in the audience, comes up to Yankovic and asks to be his agent, to which Yankovic says yes.
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ Weird Al Photo Gallery Archived 2009年04月25日 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved September 6, 2012.
- ^ GQ (2022年12月22日). "Weird Al" Yankovic Breaks Down His Most Iconic Tracks . Retrieved 2025年03月17日 – via YouTube.