- I Love Rocky Road
Infobox Single
Name = I Love Rocky Road
Artist ="Weird Al" Yankovic
from Album = "Weird Al" Yankovic
Released = July 1983
B-side = "Happy Birthday"
Format = 7"
Recorded =March 14 ,1982
Genre = Comedy
Length = 2:33
Label = Scotti Brothers
[ Writer = ]
Producer ="Weird Al" Yankovic
Chart position = * #106 (US)
Last single = "Ricky"
(1983)
This single = "I Love Rocky Road"
(1983)
Next single = "Eat It "
(1984)I Love Rocky Road is a song by
"Weird Al" Yankovic about a man's obsession withrocky road ice cream. It is a parody of "I Love Rock 'N Roll " byThe Arrows , which had recently been covered byJoan Jett .Track listing
The following tracks are on the single:
# "I Love Rocky Road" – 2:35
# "Happy Birthday" – 2:26The promo single only contains "I Love Rocky Road".
Music video
The music video parodies the "I Love Rock 'N Roll" music video, with these differences from the original:
*It takes place in an
ice cream parlor , rather than in a bar.
*It was shot in color rather than in black and white (although the Joan Jett original was shot in color initially).
*It was videotaped rather than filmed.
*In "I Love Rock 'n Roll", Joan Jett says "Ow!" twice for her enthusiasm. In "I Love Rocky Road", Weird Al says "Ow!" because he eats ice cream so fast that he gets abrain freeze . The second time he says "Ow!" because a kid comes up to him and bites his leg.
*Dr. Demento makes acameo appearance as a cashier.
*While Al is playing hisaccordion , the cover photo for the single can be seen.
*Yankovic wears a black leather jacket with the "I Love Lucy " logo on it, as a reference to Yankovic's first music video, " Ricky".
*TheIce cream in the video was actually mashed potatoes because real ice cream will melt under the stage lights.Chart positions
Billboard (North America)
ee also
*
List of singles by "Weird Al" Yankovic
*List of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic
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