Off the Record (My Morning Jacket song)

"Off the Record"
Single by My Morning Jacket
from the album Z
B-side
  • "How Could I Know"
  • "Chills"
ReleasedOctober 2005
Recorded2005, Allaire Studios, Shokan, New York, United States
Genre
Length5:33 (album version)
3:24 (single edit)
LabelATO
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
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

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

7" vinyl

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

Personnel

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

  1. ^ Deusner, Stephen M. (October 6, 2005). "My Morning Jacket: Z". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  2. ^ Mendelsohn, Jason; Klinger, Eric (June 19, 2015). "Counterblaance: My Morning Jacket – Z". PopMatters. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  3. ^ 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.