A perfect approximation of 1950s R&B with a spice of Elvis Presley, "One More Minute" is a master class in comedic slow burn. The song starts off conventionally, with "Weird Al" Yankovic bemoaning the fact that his lover is leaving him. So far, so normal. Slowly, though, the song gets angry — and hilarious — as Yankovic details all the things he'd prefer to do than spend even a single minute longer with his ex. Highlights include "I'd rather spend eternity eating shards of broken glass / Than spend one more minute with you" and "I'd rather clean all the bathrooms In Grand Central Station with my tongue / Than spend one more minute with you."
The song is one of Yankovic's most popular non-parody works because it simultaneously subverts expectations of the genre and subject matter while expressing an emotion everyone has felt after a bad breakup. As Geek News Network notes, the lyrics are timeless. And Rolling Stone points out that the angry tone of the song led to a very rare PG-13 moment from Yankovic, who includes a sly reference to self-love with the lyric "I'm stranded all alone in the gas station of love / And I have to use the self-service pumps."
According Rock Cellar Magazine, the song's evergreen appeal was underscored when Yankovic appeared on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" in March 2020 to sing it as "the perfect social distancing anthem."
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