Turtleneck & Chain

Turtleneck & Chain is the second studio album by American comedy troupe The Lonely Island. The album was released on 10 May 2011 by Universal Republic Records. Turtleneck & Chain was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album. Many of the songs on the album were first performed on Saturday Night Live as SNL Digital Shorts ("I Just Had Sex", "Jack Sparrow", "Shy Ronnie 2: Ronnie & Clyde", "Motherlover", "The Creep", "Threw It on the Ground", "Reba (Two Worlds Collide)", and "Great Day"). "We're Back!" premiered on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. The CD version of the album also includes a DVD featuring some of the digital shorts. Collaborators on the album include Snoop Dogg, Akon, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Nicki Minaj, Michael Bolton, Santigold, John Waters,^[12] and Beck.

Turtleneck & Chain
Studio album by The Lonely Island
Released	May 10, 2011
Recorded	2009–2011
Genre	Comedy hip hop, hip hop, electro
Length	38:55
Label	Universal Republic
Producer	T-Minus, CHOPS,[1] Michael Woods, DJ Frank E, Ilya, Stargate, Drew Money
The Lonely Island chronology
Incredibad (2009) Turtleneck & Chain (2011) The Wack Album (2013)
Singles from Turtleneck & Chain
"I Just Had Sex" Released: 19 December 2010 "The Creep" Released: 30 January 2011 "We're Back!" Released: 1 April 2011 "Motherlover" Released: 19 April 2011 "Turtleneck & Chain" Released: 29 April 2011 "Jack Sparrow" Released: 7 May 2011

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	6.8/10[2]
Metacritic	78/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The A.V. Club	A[5]
Blare	[6]
Entertainment Weekly	B[7]
Los Angeles Times	[8]
NME	[9]
Rolling Stone	[10]
Pitchfork	7.1/10[11]

Track listing

CD

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"We're Back!"	Andy Samberg Akiva Schaffer Jorma Taccone Brendan Long Brandon Lamela	Villanova B-Sides	1:50
2.	"Mama"	Samberg Schaffer J. Taccone	KnocDown	1:59
3.	"I Just Had Sex" (featuring Akon and DJ Frank E)	Samberg Schaffer J. Taccone Justin Franks Jerrod Bettis	DJ Frank E SKINS	2:46
4.	"Jack Sparrow" (featuring Michael Bolton)	Samberg Schaffer J. Taccone Michael Woods	Woods	3:07
5.	"Attracted to Us" (featuring Beck)	Samberg Schaffer J. Taccone Beck Hansen Cole Greif-Neill	Beck	1:52
6.	"Rocky"	Samberg Schaffer J. Taccone Larry James Hamilton Albert Savoy Elijah Walker Mark Potsic	DJ Nu-Mark	2:33
7.	"My Mic (Interlude)"	Samberg Schaffer J. Taccone	The Lonely Island	0:22
8.	"Turtleneck & Chain" (featuring Snoop Dogg)	Samberg Schaffer J. Taccone Calvin Broadus Jim Coleman	JMIKE	2:44
9.	"Shy Ronnie 2: Ronnie & Clyde" (featuring Rihanna)	Samberg Schaffer J. Taccone Robyn Fenty Tyler Williams	T-Minus	2:26
10.	"Trouble on Dookie Island"	Samberg Schaffer J. Taccone Long Lamela	Villanova	2:09
11.	"Falcor vs. Atreyu (Classy Skit #1)"	Samberg Schaffer J. Taccone	The Lonely Island	0:29
12.	"Motherlover" (featuring Justin Timberlake)	Samberg Schaffer J. Taccone Drew Campbell Asa Taccone Justin Timberlake	Campbell A. Taccone	2:49
13.	"The Creep" (featuring Nicki Minaj and John Waters)	Samberg Schaffer J. Taccone Scott Jung Onika Maraj	CHOPS	2:39
14.	"Watch Me Do Me (Classy Skit #2)"	Samberg Schaffer J. Taccone Campbell	Campbell	0:27
15.	"Threw It On the Ground"	Samberg Schaffer J. Taccone Campbell	Campbell	2:38
16.	"Japan"	Samberg Schaffer J. Taccone Williams	T-Minus	2:30
17.	"After Party" (featuring Santigold)	Samberg Schaffer J. Taccone M. Midttun	Sean Maxvel	2:52
18.	"No Homo"	Samberg Schaffer J. Taccone B. Long B. Byrd	B-Sides	2:02
19.	"No Homo Outro"	Willie Clarke Clarence Reid	6th Sense	0:41

iTunes deluxe version bonus^[13]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
20.	"Reba (Two Worlds Collide)" (featuring Kenan Thompson)	Samberg Schaffer J. Taccone Ilya Salmanzadeh	KnocDown	2:23

DVD^[14]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"We're Back!"
2.	"I Just Had Sex"
3.	"The Creep"
4.	"Motherlover"
5.	"Shy Ronnie 2: Ronnie & Clyde"
6.	"Threw It on the Ground"
7.	"We'll Kill U"
8.	"Reba (Two Worlds Collide)"
9.	"Great Day"

Samples

• "We're Back!" contains a sample from "That's How It Is" performed by Laura Lee.
• "Rocky" contains a sample from "I Feel Like Dynamite" performed by King Floyd.
• "Trouble on Dookie Island" contains a sample from "Minna Darekao Aishiteiru" performed by The Hornets.
• "No Homo" contains a sample from "I'm Not to Blame" performed by Bobby Byrd.
• "No Homo Outro" contains a sample from "Girls Can't Do What Guys Do" performed by Betty Wright.
• "Shy Ronnie 2: Ronnie & Clyde" contains a sample from "In My Hood" performed by P. Reign.
• "My Mic (Interlude)" interpolates lyrics from "My Mic Sounds Nice" by Salt-N-Pepa.

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2011) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[15] 15 Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)[16] 5 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[17] 40 UK Albums (OCC)[18] 26 US Billboard 200[19] 3 US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[20] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2011) Position US Billboard 200[21] 178 US Top Comedy Albums[22] 1 US Top Rap Albums[23] 22

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[24]	Gold	10,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[25]	Silver	60,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of number-one rap albums of 2011 (U.S.)

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