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I Love Rocky Road
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = I Love Rocky Road
| cover = Iloverockyroad.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = "Weird Al" Yankovic
| album = "Weird Al" Yankovic
| B-side = Happy Birthday
| released = July 5, 1983
| recorded = March 14, 1982
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Comedy rock, hard rock, parody
| length = 2:33
| label = Scotti Brothers
| writer = Alan Merrill, Jake Hooker, "Weird Al" Yankovic
| producer = Rick Derringer
| prev_title = Ricky
| prev_year = 1983
| next_title = Eat It
| next_year = 1984
| misc =
}}
"'I Love Rocky Road'" is a 1983 song by "Weird Al" Yankovic about a man's obsession with rocky road ice cream. It is a parody of the 1981 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts' cover version of the British band Arrows' 1975 song, "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", originally sung and written by Alan Merrill.
Track listing
# "I Love Rocky Road" – 2:35
# "Happy Birthday" – 2:26
Music video
The music video was the directorial debut of Dror Soref and 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 a tavern.
*It was shot in color rather than black and white.
*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!" in reaction to an ice cream-induced brain freeze; the second time, he says "Ow!" in reaction to a kid biting his leg.
*Dr. Demento makes a cameo appearance as a cashier.
*While Al is playing his accordion, the cover photo for the single can be seen.
*Yankovic wears a black leather jacket with the 'I Love Lucy' logo, referencing Yankovic's first music video, "Ricky".
*The "ice cream" used in the video is actually mashed potatoes, since real ice cream would melt under stage lights.[http://www.weirdal.com/rockvid1.htm Weird Al Photo Gallery] Retrieved September 6, 2012.
*When Yankovic sings the line "If I get fat and lose my teeth, that's fine with me," he smiles to reveal all his teeth appear to have either fallen out or are rotten.
Chart positions
See also
*List of singles by "Weird Al" Yankovic
*List of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic
References
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