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Song: I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead

Year: 1982

Running Time: 3:40

Album: "Weird Al" Yankovic

Genre: Post-punk

Guitar tuning: E standard

Lyrics: Lyrics

Video: None

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Forum: Forum DIscussion Page

Alternate Versions: I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead (Home Demo)

Trivia[]

  • Al wrote this song before he became a vegetarian in 1992, which explains why he mentions how he would rather eat a Big Mac than bean sprouts.
  • This is the longest song on this album.
  • This song is referenced on the cover with a Big Mac.
  • This was the first punk rock song to ever be released by Al, and specifically fits into the post-punk genre.
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