1996 studio album by Adam Sandler
What the Hell Happened to Me? |
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Studio album by Adam Sandler |
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Released | February 13, 1996 |
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Genre | Comedy |
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Length | 74:51 |
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Label | Warner Bros. |
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Producer | Adam Sandler |
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Adam Sandler chronology |
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What the Hell Happened to Me? is the second studio album by Adam Sandler, released by Warner Bros. on 13 February 1996.[1] It contains the official recording of "The Chanukah Song" (recorded live at University of California, Santa Barbara), which has become a holiday staple and one of Sandler's best-known works. It reached No. 80 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #25 on the US Modern Rock charts. It spent 57 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart and peaked at No. 18.[2] It has been certified double-platinum, and as of 2011, has sold over 2,124,000 copies in the US, making it the best-selling comedy album since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991.[3] The "Excited Southerner" skits on the album are early versions of what would end up being Sandler's character 'Bobby Boucher' in 1998's The Waterboy.
Sandler went on a 21-day US tour to support the album,[4] complete with a live backing band, including guitarist Waddy Wachtel. The live performance from June 29, 1996, in the style of a rock concert, was aired as an hour long special on HBO, complete with covers of Foghat's "I Just Want to Make Love to You" and Bruce Springsteen's "Out in the Street", as well as a previously unreleased Halloween song, with a special appearance from fellow Saturday Night Live alum Chris Farley, as well as songs from Sandler's tenure at SNL, and cuts from the album and Sandler's first album, They're All Gonna Laugh at You!.[5] The concert has since been uploaded to YouTube, where it has received 156 million views since March 2017. The success of the tour and HBO special also led to Sandler's next album, the mostly-songs What's Your Name?, in 1997.
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Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Joining the Cult" | 2:52 |
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2. | "Respect" | 4:34 |
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3. | "Ode to My Car" | 3:55 |
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4. | "The Excited Southerner Orders a Meal" | 0:45 |
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5. | "The Goat" | 8:51 |
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6. | "The Chanukah Song" | 3:44 |
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7. | "The Excited Southerner Gets Pulled Over" | 1:04 |
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8. | "The Hypnotist" | 8:02 |
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9. | "Steve Polychronopolous" | 3:11 |
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10. | "The Excited Southerner at a Job Interview" | 1:10 |
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11. | "Do It for Your Mama" | 5:23 |
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12. | "Crazy Love" | 3:56 |
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13. | "The Excited Southerner Meets Mel Gibson" | 1:08 |
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14. | "The Adventures of the Cow" | 5:04 |
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15. | "Dip Doodle" | 3:48 |
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16. | "The Excited Southerner Proposes to a Woman" | 1:03 |
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17. | "Memory Lane" | 2:43 |
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18. | "Mr. Bake-O" | 4:06 |
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19. | "Sex or Weight Lifting" | 7:06 |
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20. | "What the Hell Happened to Me?" | 2:26 |
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Featured personnel
- Adam Sandler – All Tracks
- Allen Covert – Tracks 1, 2, 10, 17, 19
- Frank Coraci – Tracks 2, 11, 13, 14, 17, 19
- Judd Apatow – Tracks 7, 11, 17, 19
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1996) | Peak position | US Billboard 200[6] | 18 | US Top Catalog Albums (Billboard)[7] | 17 | Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[8] | 30 | | Year-end charts Chart (1996) | Position | US Billboard 200[9] | 78 | |
Songs chart positions
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
Canada (Music Canada)[13] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[14] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ "Allmusic.com - What The Hell Happened to Me?". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
- ^ "BIllboard.com - What the Hell Happened to Me?". Retrieved 20 December 2010.
- ^ "Week Ending May 22, 2011. Albums: 21 = 9 + 16 - Chart Watch". Archived from the original on 2011-05-29.
- ^ "Adam Sandler at Encyclopedia.com (Google cache)". Encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Gotz, Stu. "Concert Review from June 29, 1996". Entertainment Ave. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
- ^ "Adam Sandler Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 13, 2010.
- ^ "Adam Sandler Chart History (Top Catalog Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
- ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 2911". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1996". Billboard. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
- ^ "Adam Sandler Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
- ^ "Adam Sandler Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
- ^ "Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Adam Sandler – What the Hell Happened to Me?". Music Canada.
- ^ "American album certifications – Adam Sandler – What the Hell Happened to Me?". Recording Industry Association of America.
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Studio albums | |
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Comedy specials | - Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh (2018)
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Films | Films written | - Going Overboard (1989)
- Billy Madison (1995)
- The Waterboy (1998)
- Big Daddy (1999)
- Little Nicky (2000)
- Eight Crazy Nights (2002, also produced)
- You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008, also produced)
- Grown Ups (2010, also produced)
- Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (2011, also produced)
- Jack and Jill (2011, also produced)
- Grown Ups 2 (2013, also produced)
- Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
- The Ridiculous 6 (2015, also produced)
- Sandy Wexler (2017, also produced)
- The Week Of (2018, also produced)
- Hubie Halloween (2020, also produced)
- Leo (2023, also produced)
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