SNL: The Lonely Island’s ‘Turtleneck & Chain’ Releases Today

Many of you out there may not be familiar with Lonely Island, but most of you have probably come across their work at some point. Lonely Island is a comedic trio made up of Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone. The trio currently work on ‘Saturday Night Live’ with Samberg in the cast and Schaffer and Taccone as writers. Before that the three comedians formed Lonely Island. Their work has been regularly seen on Saturday Night Live Digital Shorts in which the trio has written songs and prepared music videos. Among the most well-known are “Lazy Sunday”, “J in my Pants” and the huge hit “I’m on a Boat.” All of these hits were released on their debut album ‘Incredibad’ in 2009.

Well today, May 10th, the trio is releasing ‘Turtleneck & Chain’, a follow-up compilation of their more well-known songs as well as some more originals that nobody has heard yet. In addition, they are releasing a DVD that has some of the videos that have aired on Saturday Night Live. Check it out, it’s worth a listen.

‘Turtleneck & Chain’ CD track listing:

1. “We’re Back!”
2. “Mama”
3. “I Just Had Sex” (featuring Akon)
4. “Jack Sparrow” (featuring Michael Bolton)
5. “Attracted to Us” (featuring Beck)
6. “Rocky”
7. “My Mic – Interlude”
8. “Turtleneck & Chain” (featuring Snoop Dogg)
9. “Shy Ronnie 2: Ronnie & Clyde” (featuring Rihanna)
10. “Trouble on Dookie Island”
11. “Falcor vs. Atreyu – Classy Skit #1”
12. “Motherlover” (featuring Justin Timberlake)
13. “The Creep” (featuring Nicki Minaj and John Waters)
14. “Watch Me Do Me – Classy Skit #2”
15. “Threw It on the Ground”
16. “Japan”
17. “After Party” (featuring Santigold)
18. “No Homo”
19. “No Homo Outro”
20. “Reba (Two Worlds Collide)” (featuring Kenan Thompson, iTunes Store bonus track)

DVD track listing:

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”

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  1. I bought my copy today on the way home but have not been able to listen yet. I have been looking forward to this. BTW – I got the printable coupon in an e-mail from The Lonely Island for a reduced price. Here is the link (it really works, I used it myself). http://tinyurl.com/3grovxl