- Callin' In Sick
Infobox Song
Name = Callin' In Sick
Type = Song
Artist ="Weird Al" Yankovic
Album =Bad Hair Day
Released =March 12 , 1996
Format = Cassette, CD
track_no = 9
Recorded =November 30 , 1994
Genre = Comedy
Length = 3:48
Label = Scotti Brothers
[ Writer = ]
Producer = "Weird Al" Yankovic
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album =Bad Hair Day
Type = studio
Tracks =
# "Amish Paradise "
# "Everything You Know is Wrong"
# "Cavity Search"
# "Callin' In Sick "
# "The Alternative Polka"
# "Since You've Been Gone"
# "Gump"
# "I'm So Sick of You "
# "Syndicated Inc. "
# "I Remember Larry "
# "Phony Calls "
# "The Night Santa Went Crazy ""Callin' In Sick" is a song by parody artist
"Weird Al" Yankovic . It is a style parody of "Come As You Are " and "Lithium" byNirvana . It appeared on his ninth studio album, "Bad Hair Day ". The song is about a lazy man feigning illness in order to skip work.Musical orchestration
"Callin' in Sick" begins with a bass line very reminiscent of that which begins "Come as You Are". (The refrain is also similar to "Come as You Are")."Come As You Are Sound Byte" at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
] ;retrieved on
September 15 2007 ] The chorus closely resembles that of the chorus of "Lithium" because Yankovic is screaming the words. The song ends with guitar feed-back, similar to many circa-1991 Nirvana songs, like "Smells Like Teen Spirit ", "Drain You ", "Come as You Are", and "Breed".Notes
*"Callin' In Sick" was the first song recorded for "Bad Hair Day", being recorded in 1994."Recording Dates" at [http://www.weirdal.com/rcdgdate.htm] ;retrieved on
September 15 2007 ] Yankovic had originally wanted to release Bad Hair Day the following year, but due to circumstances beyond his control, it was postponed until 1996.
*"Callin' in Sick" includes one of the first intentional insertions of the number 27 by Yankovic in his song lyrics. (The first being in "Cable TV", while his first intentional showing of the number 27 was in the music video for "Headline News"). The number "27" is an inside joke that Yankovic often hides in his songs, album covers, and/or music videos.References
ee also
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List of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic
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