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
Format	7"
Recorded	March 14, 1982
Genre	Comedy rock
Length	2:33
Label	Scotti Brothers
Producer	Rick Derringer
"Weird Al" Yankovic singles chronology

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"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 "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" by the band Arrows, which had recently been covered by Joan Jett.

[edit] Track listing

The following tracks are on the single:

The promo single only contains "I Love Rocky Road".

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 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 a brain freeze. The second time he says "Ow!" because a kid comes up to him and bites 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 on it, as a reference to Yankovic's first music video, "Ricky".
The ice cream in the video was actually mashed potatoes because real ice cream would melt under the stage lights.[1]
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 have either fallen out, or are rotten.

Chart (1983)	Peak Position
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles	6

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