You Don't Love Me Anymore
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| "You Don't Love Me Anymore" | ||
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| Single by "Weird Al" Yankovic | ||
| from the album Off The Deep End | ||
| Released | June 1992 | |
| Format | CD, cassette | |
| Recorded | June 7, 1990 | |
| Genre | Comedy | |
| Length | 4:01 | |
| Label | Scotti Brothers | |
| Producer(s) | "Weird Al" Yankovic | |
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| "Weird Al" Yankovic singles chronology | ||
| Smells Like Nirvana (1992) |
You Don't Love Me Anymore (1992) |
Taco Grande (1992) |
You Don't Love Me Anymore is an original song by "Weird Al" Yankovic.
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[edit] The song
The song is written as a soft acoustic ballad. However, the lyrics are of a destructive relationship between Yankovic and an unnamed girl. Although they were formerly in love, the "flames died down" and they are no longer passionate.
Much of the humor of the song is derived from the stark contrast between Yankovic's delivery and the nature of the lyrics. As the relationship deteriorates, the woman's actions increase from adultery (sleeping "with the whole hockey team"), to bodily harm and pranks (shaving his eyebrows while he slept), to attempted homicide (drilling a hole in his skull and leaving him for dead). All of these actions merely leave Yankovic wondering about the future of their relationship, and with a naive quizzical nature guessing "you don't love me anymore".
The song's length on "Off The Deep End" is over 11 minutes long. However, after the 4 minute song, there are 7 minutes of silence, before 6 seconds of backwards drumming, guitar feedback, and Al screaming at the top of his lungs. After this the song ends. According to Al, this "most annoying 6 seconds of your life" was meant to scare the listener if he or she forgets to turn the CD player off. This could be a parody of Nirvana's silence at the end of Nevermind before the band launches into the last uncredited song. It also could be a tribute to the nonsense chatter after silence in "A Day in the Life" by The Beatles.
Although the video is a parody of Extreme's More Than Words, "Weird Al"'s singing style in the song sounds more like a parody of James Taylor.
[edit] Track Listing
The following tracks are on the single:
- "You Don't Love Me Anymore" – 4:01
- "I Was Only Kidding" – 3:31
The promo single only contains "You Don't Love Me Anymore".
[edit] Music video
The music video is a parody of "More Than Words" by Extreme, and continues where the "Smells Like Nirvana" video ends.
Within the music video:
- The amplifier is turned on full blast. The bass player knocks it over instead of simply turning it off.
- The drummer is dressed like Dave Grohl from Nirvana. He drops the drumsticks instead of just putting them down, and takes his wig off.
- Yankovic appears as Gary Cherone.
- During the instrumental break between the first and second verses, Yankovic picks up a guitar and tunes it, but puts it back down as the second verse begins.
- The drummer and the bassist appear sitting on couches near Yankovic and the guitarist. The bass player has a pig on his lap instead of a dog, and by the end of the video, eats it. The drummer uses a blowtorch as his lighter, but catches fire.
- Bassist Steve Jay actually chipped a tooth as he bit into the pig, and he noticeably winces as this happens.
- When the camera pans around the scene, a condom can be seen on a golf club. Al stated that "Our set decorator was trying to be "funny," and unfortunately neither Jay Levey or I caught it until it was too late. We both thought it was kind of tasteless and inappropriate, and I don't believe we ever worked with that guy again."
- Two musicians not from the original video appear: a pianist (Robert Goulet) and a cellist (the janitor from the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "Smells Like Nirvana" videos). The cellist accidentally throws his bow into the pianist's eye, and the pianist gets his hand cut off; later he is shown with a bear trap on his foot (A Monty Python's Flying Circus parody).
- At the end, Yankovic grabs the guitar and smashes it to pieces.
[edit] See also
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| “Weird Al” Yankovic |
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| Band members |
| "Weird Al" Yankovic • Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz • Steve Jay • Jim West • Rubén Valtierra |
| Discography |
| 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) |
| List of singles by "Weird Al" Yankovic • List of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic • Complete discography |
| Filmography |
| Music videos • "Al TV" • The Compleat Al • UHF • "The Weird Al Show" • "Weird Al" Yankovic Live! |
| Related articles |
| Singles • Songs • Dr. Demento • Music videos • Parody musicians • Comedy musicians |
