What the Hell Happened to Me?
What the Hell Happened to Me? is the second studio album by Adam Sandler.[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 the best-known works by Sandler. The song hit #80 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #25 on the US Modern Rock charts. The album spent 57 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart and peaked at #18.[2] The album also has been certified Double-platinum, and as of 2011, has sold over 2,124,000 copies in the US. That makes 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 his character 'Bobby Boucher' in 1998's The Waterboy.
| What the Hell Happened to Me? | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 13, 1996 | |||
| Genre | Comedy | |||
| Length | 74:51 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Adam Sandler | |||
| Adam Sandler chronology | ||||
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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's received 156 million views since March 2017.
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| Source | Rating |
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Joining the Cult" | 2:52 |
| 2. | "Respect" | 4:34 |
| 3. | "Ode to My Car" | 3:55 |
| 4. | "The Excited Southerner Orders a Meal" | 0:45 |
| 5. | "The Goat" | 8:51 |
| 6. | "The Chanukah Song" | 3:44 |
| 7. | "The Excited Southerner Gets Pulled Over" | 1:04 |
| 8. | "The Hypnotist" | 8:02 |
| 9. | "Steve Polychronopolous" | 3:11 |
| 10. | "The Excited Southerner at a Job Interview" | 1:10 |
| 11. | "Do It for Your Mama" | 5:23 |
| 12. | "Crazy Love" | 3:56 |
| 13. | "The Excited Southerner Meets Mel Gibson" | 1:08 |
| 14. | "The Adventures of the Cow" | 5:04 |
| 15. | "Dip Doodle" | 3:48 |
| 16. | "The Excited Southerner Proposes to a Woman" | 1:03 |
| 17. | "Memory Lane" | 2:43 |
| 18. | "Mr. Bake-O" | 4:06 |
| 19. | "Sex or Weight Lifting" | 7:06 |
| 20. | "What the Hell Happened to Me?" | 2:26 |
Tracks in bold are songs.
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 |
Songs chart positions
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
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| Hot 100 [9] |
Adult Pop [10] | |||
| "The Chanukah Song" | 1996 | 80 | 28 | |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United States (RIAA)[12] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000^ |
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*sales figures based on certification alone | ||
References
- "Allmusic.com - What The Hell Happened to Me?". Retrieved 20 December 2010.
- "BIllboard.com - What the Hell Happened to Me?". Retrieved 20 December 2010.
- http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/74368/week-ending-may-22-2011-albums-21916/
- "Adam Sandler at Encyclopedia.com (Google cache)". Encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010.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.
- "Adam Sandler Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
- "Adam Sandler Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
- https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Adam+Sandler+#search_section
- "American album certifications – Adam Sandler – What the Hell Happened to Me?". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.
