Off the Record (My Morning Jacket song)

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

"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	Indie rock reggae[1][2] chill-out[3]
Length	5:33 (album version) 3:24 (single edit)
Label	ATO
Songwriter(s)	Jim James "Two-Tone" Tommy Patrick Hallahan
Producer(s)	John Leckie Jim James
My Morning Jacket singles chronology
"Golden" (2004) "Off the Record" (2005) "Gideon" (2006)

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

• 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

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.

External links

• "Off the Record" information from the official My Morning Jacket web site
• Recording Studios