| Get Out of My Room | ||||
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| Released | 1985 | |||
| Recorded | 1985 | |||
| Genre | Comedy | |||
| Length | 43:05 | |||
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| Cheech & Chong chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Get Out of My Room is the seventh studio album by comediansCheech & Chong, released in 1985. "Born in East L.A." and "I'm Not Home Right Now" were released as singles from the album,[2][3] and avisual album was produced, containingmusic videos from the LP as well as sketches.
In 1985 a 53-minutevisual album was made, presented in amockumentary style akin toThis Is Spinal Tap (1984). The visual album was written and directed byCheech Marin. In the visual album, he andTommy Chong are shown attempting to finish a "video album" for their novelty recordGet Out of My Room. In between fake interview segments andbehind-the-scenes footage aremusic videos for the songs "Get Out of My Room", "I'm Not Home Right Now", "Love Is Strange", and "Born in East L.A."[citation needed] (a parody ofBruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A.".[4] In the visual album's story, the duo find themselves overworked and over-budget in an attempt to finish the four music videos. The visual album also features cameos fromCassandra Peterson (Elvira),Beverly D'Angelo,John Paragon,Mary Woronov, Playboy PlaymateAlana Soares and her sister Leilani. Patti Heid, Cheech's second wife, art-directed the videos.[citation needed]
In the "Get Out of My Room" music video, Cheech plays Ian Rotten, the egotistic control-freak leader of a British punk rock group, and Chong plays 'The Man', an American guitarist who plays for the group. Both have been set up in a gym to record the music video for their song. Several basketball players show up and play a game in the background, despite Rotten's complaints. The two begin to pretend to play the song (with Ianlip-synching poorly and Man failing to synch up his actions with the recording).[citation needed]
The song "Born in East L.A." became novelty hit and received regular airtime onMTV. "Born in East L.A." was later made intoa film of the same name;[4] Cheech Marin wrote, directed and starred in the film, without Chong's involvement.[5]
Get Out of My Room was released onDVD in the United Kingdom, but not in the United States, where it was only available onVHS. The LP remained unavailable oncompact disc until 2002.[6] The visual album was released in the U.S. on DVD in theCheech and Chong Midnight Munchies Pack withCheech and Chong's Next Movie andBorn in East L.A. on October 13, 2015.[citation needed]
| Chart (1985) | Peak position |
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| Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] | 96 |
