One More Minute
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| Single by "Weird Al" Yankovic | ||
| from the album Dare To Be Stupid | ||
| Released | August 1985 | |
| Format | 7" | |
| Recorded | January 2, 1985 | |
| Genre | Comedy | |
| Length | 4:02 | |
| Label | Scotti Brothers | |
| Producer(s) | "Weird Al" Yankovic | |
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| "Weird Al" Yankovic singles chronology | ||
| I Want A New Duck (1985) |
One More Minute (1985) |
Dare To Be Stupid (1986) |
"One More Minute" is an original song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is done in the style of doo-wop. It is probably one of the most popular masochism-themed songs released by a popular artist, and one of his most popular original songs when most of his songs are remembered for being direct parodies.
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[edit] Track Listing
The following tracks are on the single:
- "One More Minute" – 4:02
- "Midnight Star" – 4:33
The promo single only contains "One More Minute".
[edit] Lyrics
Although the song sounds like a typical romantic slow-dance song, the topic is about breaking up with his girlfriend. He sings how he would rather endure the pain of various violent or painful acts done to himself than spend "one more minute with you". These acts including jumping naked on a huge pile of thumbtacks, diving into a swimming pool filled with double edged razor blades, and slamming his fingers in a door again and again. In the closing verse, he states that he would "would rather rip (his) heart out of (his) ribcage with (his) bare hands, and then throw it on the floor and stomp on it until (he) dies," painting a particularly dramatic image of his true feelings for his ex-love. The things he does in reaction to the split are suitably bizarre also: after mentioning he has torn up her photos and removed her number from his Roladex (presumably acceptable things), he also recounts having burned down the malt shop the two had frequented for the sake of the bad memories.
[edit] Music video
Several jokes in the music video are inspired by a scene in the movie Top Secret!, a movie Yankovic cites as one of his favorites. Most notable are the microphone gags and the presence of three back-up singers, played in the music video by Yankovic's band. Additionally, in concert, while performing this song, Yankovic removes a pair of boxers from his pants and hands them to a female in the audience, which is also inspired by that scene. While many fan-posted videos have been removed to protect their copyrights, and Yankovic has put up many videos to be downloaded for sale, "One More Minute" has so far been allowed to remain on many free video sharing sites.
[edit] Trivia
- Yankovic wrote this song about an ex-girlfriend. Her picture can be seen being torn up in the video.
[edit] See also
| "Weird Al" Yankovic |
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Band members
"Weird Al" Yankovic • Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz • Steve Jay • Jim West • Rubén Valtierra Studio albums: "Weird Al" Yankovic (1983) • "Weird Al" Yankovic In 3-D (1984) • Dare To Be Stupid (1985) • Polka Party! (1986) • Even Worse (1988) • UHF (1989) • Off The Deep End (1992) • Alapalooza (1993) • Bad Hair Day (1996) • Running With Scissors (1999) • Poodle Hat (2003) • Straight Outta Lynwood (2006) Music videos • "Al TV" • The Compleat Al • UHF • "The Weird Al Show" • "Weird Al" Yankovic Live! |
