Off the Record (My Morning Jacket song)
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Single by My Morning Jacket | ||||
from the album Z | ||||
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Released | October 2005 | |||
Recorded | 2005, Allaire Studios, Shokan, New York, United States | |||
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Length | 5:33 (album version) 3:24 (single edit) | |||
Label | ATO | |||
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"Off the Record" is a single from Louisville, Kentucky indie rock band My Morning Jacket released in October, 2005 by ATO Records.
Music video
[edit]The music video for "Off the Record" features a school boy telling something to a young girl, who then passes the saying to another person; it eventually spreads to an office building. The people are soon arrested by the police for telling the saying.
Track listing
[edit]Compact disc
- "Off the Record" (single edit) – 3:24
- "How Could I Know" – 5:27
- "Chills" – 4:40
- "Off the Record" – 5:33
7" vinyl
- "Off the Record" – 5:33
- "How Could I Know" – 5:27
Personnel
[edit]- Carl Broemel – guitar
- Patrick Hallahan – drums
- Jim James – vocals, lead and rhythm guitars
- Bo Koster – keyboards
- "Two-Tone" Tommy – bass guitar
Media
[edit]The song "Chills" appears on the soundtrack of the television series Heroes. "Off the Record" is played at the end of the How I Met Your Mother episode "Game Night".
Cover version
[edit]"Off the Record" was covered by Swedish performer Moneybrother on his 2006 album Pengabrorsan. The cover version is titled "Under Bordet", has a faster tempo, and is sung in Swedish.
References
[edit]- ^ Deusner, Stephen M. (October 6, 2005). "My Morning Jacket: Z". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ^ Mendelsohn, Jason; Klinger, Eric (June 19, 2015). "Counterblaance: My Morning Jacket – Z". PopMatters. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ^ Pitchfork Staff (October 2, 2009). "The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
Their breakout single, "Off the Record," managed to...evoke the chill-out music of Jamaica and France at the same time.