One More Minute
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- One More Minute is also the title of a song by Authority Zero, off of their album, Rhythm and Booze
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| Single by "Weird Al" Yankovic from the album Dare To Be Stupid |
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| B-side | "Midnight Star" | ||||
| Released | August 1985 | ||||
| Format | 7" | ||||
| Recorded | January 2, 1985 | ||||
| Genre | Comedy | ||||
| Length | 4:02 | ||||
| Label | Scotti Brothers | ||||
| Producer | "Weird Al" Yankovic | ||||
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"One More Minute" is an original song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is done in the style of doo-wop. It is one of his most popular original songs[citation needed] 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 Rolodex (presumably acceptable things), he also recounts having burned down the malt shop the two had frequented for the sake of the bad memories. Other than performing violent acts rather than spending "one more minute with you" he also states he would rather do disgusting things like cleaning all the bathrooms in Grand Central Station with [his] tongue.
[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.
At one point in the video, Al takes out a photograph of a woman (assumedly an ex-girlfriend of his) and tears it in half; this woman was apparently the inspiration for the song[1].
