Off the Record (My Morning Jacket song)

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"Off the Record"

Single by My Morning Jacket

from the album Z

B-side

"How Could I Know"
"Chills"

Released

October 2005

Recorded

2005, Allaire Studios, Shokan, New York, United States

Genre

Length

5:33 (album version)
3:24 (single edit)

John Leckie
Jim James

My Morning Jacket singles chronology

"Golden"
(2004)

"Off the Record"
(2005)

"Gideon"
(2006)

"Off the Record" is a single from Louisville, Kentucky indie rock band My Morning Jacket released in October, 2005 by ATO Records.

Music video

The music video for "Off the Record" features a school boy telling something to a young girl, who then passes the saying to another person; it eventually spreads to an office building. The people are soon arrested by the police for telling the saying.

Track listing

Compact disc

"Off the Record" (single edit) – 3:24
"How Could I Know" – 5:27
"Chills" – 4:40
"Off the Record" – 5:33

7" vinyl

"Off the Record" – 5:33
"How Could I Know" – 5:27

Personnel

Carl Broemel – guitar
Patrick Hallahan – drums
Jim James – vocals, lead and rhythm guitars
Bo Koster – keyboards
"Two-Tone" Tommy – bass guitar

Media

The song "Chills" appears on the soundtrack of the television series Heroes. "Off the Record" is played at the end of the How I Met Your Mother episode "Game Night".

Cover version

"Off the Record" was covered by Swedish performer Moneybrother on his 2006 album Pengabrorsan. The cover version is titled "Under Bordet", has a faster tempo, and is sung in Swedish.

References

^ Deusner, Stephen M. (October 6, 2005). "My Morning Jacket: Z". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
^ Mendelsohn, Jason; Klinger, Eric (June 19, 2015). "Counterblaance: My Morning Jacket – Z". PopMatters. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
^ Pitchfork Staff (October 2, 2009). "The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 28, 2023. Their breakout single, "Off the Record," managed to...evoke the chill-out music of Jamaica and France at the same time.

External links

v t e My Morning Jacket
Jim James Tom Blankenship Patrick Hallahan Carl Broemel Bo Koster Danny Cash J. Glenn Chris Guetig Johnny Quaid
Studio albums	The Tennessee Fire (1999) At Dawn (2001) It Still Moves (2003) Z (2005) Evil Urges (2008) Circuital (2011) The Waterfall (2015) The Waterfall II (2020) My Morning Jacket (2021) Happy Holiday! (2023)
Live albums	Okonokos Celebración de la Ciudad Natal
Compilations	Early Recordings
EPs	Heartbreakin Man My Morning Jacket Does Xmas Fiasco Style Split EP Chocolate and Ice Sweatbees Acoustic Citsuoca
Singles	"One Big Holiday" "Off the Record" "I'm Amazed" "Holdin on to Black Metal" "Big Decisions"
Related articles	Discography "My Morning Straitjacket" Ouroboros (Ray LaMontagne album)

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