I Love Rocky Road

"I Love Rocky Road"
Single by "Weird Al" Yankovic
from the album "Weird Al" Yankovic
B-side	"Happy Birthday"
Released	July 5, 1983
Recorded	March 14, 1982
Genre	Comedy rock hard rock parody
Length	2:33
Label	Scotti Brothers
Songwriter(s)	Alan Merrill Jake Hooker "Weird Al" Yankovic
Producer(s)	Rick Derringer
"Weird Al" Yankovic singles chronology
"Ricky" (1983) "I Love Rocky Road" (1983) "Eat It" (1984)
Music video
"I Love Rocky Road" on YouTube

"I Love Rocky Road" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic about a man's obsession with rocky road ice cream. It is a parody of the Arrows' 1975 song, "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", originally sung and written by Alan Merrill, in the style of Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.

Track listing

1. "I Love Rocky Road" – 2:35
2. "Happy Birthday" – 2:26

Music video

The music video was the directorial debut of Dror Soref and parodies the "I Love Rock 'n Roll" music video. Dr. Demento makes a cameo appearance in the video as a cashier.

The "ice cream" used in the video is actually mashed potatoes, since real ice cream would melt under stage lights.

Chart positions

Chart (1983)	Peak Position
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles	106
U.S. Cashbox Top 100	78

Rerecording

In 2022, for the film WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story, Yankovic rerecorded the track as well as four others. In the film, Yankovic first plays the song in a bar. Different from the album version, it starts out with just Yankovic and the accordion, and near the end of the first verse Jim Kimo West, Steve Jay, and Jon Bermuda Schwartz spontaneously join in on guitar, bass, and drums. After the song is finished, Dr. Demento, who was in the audience, comes up to Yankovic and asks to be his agent, to which Yankovic says yes.

See also

• List of singles by "Weird Al" Yankovic
• List of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic