What the Hell Happened to Me?

What the Hell Happened to Me?
Studio album by Adam Sandler
Released	February 13, 1996
Genre	Comedy
Length	74:51
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Adam Sandler
Adam Sandler chronology
They're All Gonna Laugh at You! (1993) What the Hell Happened to Me? (1996) What's Your Name? (1997)

What the Hell Happened to Me? is a 1996 comedy album by Adam Sandler. It contains the official recording of "The Chanukah Song" (recorded live at UCSB), which has become a holiday staple and one of the best-known works by Sandler. The song hit #80 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #25 on the US Modern Rock charts. The album spent 57 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart and peaked at #18. The album also has been certified double-platinum, and as of 2011, has sold over 2,124,000 copies in the US. That makes it the best-selling comedy album since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991. The "Excited Southerner" skits on the album are early versions of what would end up being his character 'Bobby Boucher' in 1998's The Waterboy.

Sandler went on a 21-day US tour to support the album, complete with a live backing band. The live performance from June 29, 1996 was aired as an hour long special on HBO.

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Track listing

1. "Joining the Cult" – 2:52
2. "Respect" – 4:34
3. "Ode to My Car" – 3:55
4. "The Excited Southerner Orders a Meal" - 0:45
5. "The Goat" – 8:51
6. "The Chanukah Song" – 3:44
7. "The Excited Southerner Gets Pulled Over" – 1:04
8. "The Hypnotist" – 8:02
9. "Steve Polychronopolous" – 3:11
10. "The Excited Southerner at a Job Interview" – 1:10
11. "Do It for Your Mama" – 5:23
12. "Crazy Love" – 3:56
13. "The Excited Southerner Meets Mel Gibson" – 1:08
14. "The Adventures of the Cow" – 5:04
15. "Dip Doodle" – 3:48
16. "The Excited Southerner Proposes to a Woman" – 1:03
17. "Memory Lane" – 2:43
18. "Mr. Bake-O" – 4:06
19. "Sex or Weight Lifting" – 7:06
20. "What the Hell Happened to Me?" – 2:26

Cast and crew

• Adam Sandler - vocals, main performer, producer
• Judd Apatow - vocals, performer
• Brooks Arthur - vocals, performer, producer, mixing
• Ellen Cleghorne - vocals, performer
• Frank Coraci - vocals, performer
• Allen Covert - vocals, performer, associate producer
• Tim Herlihy - vocals, performer
• Johnathan Loughran - vocals, performer
• Bean Miller - vocals, performer
• Lisa Mordente - vocals, performer
• Kevin Nealon - vocals, performer
• Jon Rosenberg - vocals, performer
• Raydi Siegel - performer
• Carmen Twillie - backing vocals
• Julia Waters - backing vocals
• Maxine Waters - backing vocals
• Bob Glaub - bass guitar
• Jim Hughart - bass guitar
• Dan Schwartz - bass guitar
• Jim Cox - keyboards
• Randy Kerber - keyboards
• Jim Keltner - drums
• Douglas Reed - sound effects, footsteps, prop design
• L. Mo Weber - sound design
• Teddy Castellucci - arranger, musical director
• Waddy Wachtel - guitar, arranger, musical director
• David Tobocman - engineer
• Gabe Veltri - engineer, mixing
• Eric Behrend - assistant engineer
• Charlie Bouis - assistant engineer, assistant remote engineer
• Cary Butler - assistant engineer
• Peter Doell - assistant engineer
• Andy Giordano - assistant engineer
• Earl Martin - assistant engineer
• Rick Norman - assistant engineer
• Kyle Rochlin - assistant engineer
• Larry Shalit - assistant engineer
• Jeff Thomas - assistant engineer
• Stephen Marcussen - mastering
• Don C. Tyler - assistant mastering engineer, mastering assistant
• Ted Lobinger - digital editing
• Eric Johnston - remote technician
• Jolie Levine - production coordination
• Henry Diltz - photography
• Amy Lehman - photography
• Bonnie Schiffman - photography