Draft:One More Minute (“Weird Al” Yankovic song)
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“One More Minute” is a song by the American parody artist and satirist “Weird Al” Yankovic released as from his 1985 album Dare to Be Stupid.
"One More Minute" | ||||
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Single by “Weird Al” Yankovic | ||||
from the album Dare to Be Stupid | ||||
B-side | "Midnight Star" | |||
Released | August 1985 | |||
Recorded | January 2, 1985 | |||
Studio | Santa Monica Sound Recorders, Santa Monica | |||
Genre | Doo-wop[1] | |||
Length | 4:04 | |||
Label | Rock ‘n Roll Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | “Weird Al” Yankovic | |||
“Weird Al” Yankovic singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"One More Minute" on YouTube |
Background[edit]
According to the liner notes of the Dare to Be Stupid album, Yankovic was preparing to write songs for the album when his then-girlfriend at the time broke up with him. In order to get over the breakup, Yankovic wrote a humorous about his anger towards the break-up which eventually turned into this song.[2]
Lyrics[edit]
The lyrics talk about very unrealistic things that someone would do after a breakup
Things mentioned in order[edit]
Pulling their name out of a Rolodex
Tearing the pictures of them apart
Burning down a malt shop
Eating shards of broken glass
Leaving himself at the “gas station of love”
Getting a hundred thousand papercuts on his face
Ripping his intestines out with fork
Slaming his fingers in a door
Letting his blood get sucked out by leeches
Shoving an ice pick under a toe nail or two
Cleaning all the toilets in Grand Central Station with his tongue
Jumping naked onto a pile of thumbtacks
Sticking his nostrils together with Krazy Glue
Diving into a swimming pool filled with double-edged razor blades
Ripping his heart right out of his ribcage with his bare hands and then throwing it right onto the floor and stomping on it until he dies
"Weird Al" Yankovic’s thoughts on the song.[edit]
Al said that it was still one of his favorites in the Permanent Record: Al In The Box booklet.[3]
Release on compilation albums[edit]
After the Dare to Be Stupid album. The song saw a release on a bunch of compilation albums, which include The Essential “Weird Al” Yankovic, Permanent Record: Al In the Box and Greatest Hits,
Music video[edit]
Directed by Jay Levey and Robert K. Weiss, Weird Al is shown dancing while doing things such as ripping pictures of his actual ex-girlfriend at the time in half, Slaming one of his hands in a door over and over again, and ripping his “heart” (not an actual heart) out of his ribcage and throwing it right onto the ground before putting his head down as a light shaped like a heart shines below onto him as the video ends.
Live performances[edit]
The song was performed 69 times during the Stupid Tour, 39 times during The Ridiculously Self-Indulgent Ill-Advised Vanity Tour, 127 on the Poodle Hat Tour, 34 during the Strings Attached Tour, 32 during the Al-Can Tour, 34 during the Alapalooza Tour, 133 during the Bad Hair Tour, 66 times on The Deep End Tour, 102 times during The Unfortunate Return of The Ridiculously Self-Indulgent III-Advised Vanity Tour, 202 times during the Touring With Scissors tour and 5 times during the Weird Al’s Halloween Pandemonium tour.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Hirch, Lily E. (15 April 2022). Weird Al: Seriously. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781538163511. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ "Weird Al" Yankovic – One More Minute, retrieved 2023-11-17
- ^ "Permanent Record: Al In The Box". dmdb.org. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ ""Weird Al" Yankovic Tour Statistics | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 2023-11-17.