I Love Rocky Road facts for kids

Quick facts for kids "I Love Rocky Road"
Single by "Weird Al" Yankovic
from the album "Weird Al" Yankovic
B-side	"Happy Birthday"
Released	July 5, 1983
Recorded	March 14, 1982
Genre	Comedy rock, hard rock, parody
Length	2:33
Label	Scotti Brothers
Songwriter(s)	Alan Merrill, Jake Hooker, "Weird Al" Yankovic
Producer(s)	Rick Derringer
"Weird Al" Yankovic singles chronology
"Ricky" (1983) "I Love Rocky Road" (1983) "Eat It" (1984)

"I Love Rocky Road" is a 1983 song by "Weird Al" Yankovic about a man's obsession with rocky road ice cream. It is a parody of the 1981 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts' cover version of the British band Arrows' 1975 song, "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", originally sung and written by Alan Merrill.

Track listing

1. "I Love Rocky Road" – 2:35
2. "Happy Birthday" – 2:26

Music video

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 a tavern.
• It was shot in color rather than black and white.
• 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!" in reaction to an ice cream-induced brain freeze; the second time, he says "Ow!" in reaction to a kid biting 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, referencing Yankovic's first music video, "Ricky".
• The "ice cream" used in the video is actually mashed potatoes, since real ice cream would melt under stage lights.
• 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 appear to have either fallen out or are rotten.

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