Turtleneck & Chain

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B^[3]
Los Angeles Times	^[4]
Rolling Stone	^[5]
BLARE Magazine	^[6]
The A.V. Club	A^[7]
The Tune	^[8]
Pitchfork Media

Turtleneck & Chain is the second studio album of the American comedy troupe The Lonely Island, whose members are Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone. The album was released May 10, 2011, on Universal Republic Records. Turtleneck & Chain was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album. Many of the songs on the album debuted 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,^[9] and Beck.

Track listing

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

iTunes deluxe version bonus^[10]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
20.	"Reba (Two Worlds Collide)" (featuring Kenan Thompson)	Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone, KnocDown	2:23

DVD^[11]
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. It also samples a couple of lines from the film Scarface as spoken by Michael Bolton.
"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)^[12]	15
Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)^[13]	5
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[14]	40
UK Albums (OCC)^[15]	26
US Billboard 200^[16]	3
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)^[17]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)	Position
US Billboard 200^[18]	178
US Top Comedy Albums^[19]	1
US Top Rap Albums^[20]	22

References

↑ "No I.D. & T-Minus Land on Lonely Island CD".
↑ Jeffries, David. "Review: Turtleneck & Chain".
↑ Greenwald, Andy (May 4, 2011). "Entertainment Weekly review".
↑ Wood, Mikael. "Los Angeles Times review".
↑ Dolan, Jon. "Rolling Stone review".
↑ Rankin, Dan. "BLARE review".
↑ Rabin, Nathan. "The A.V. Club review".
↑ Kasko, Jordy. "The Tune review".
↑ "New TLI Album "Turtleneck & Chain" Details!!!". TheLonelyIsland.blogspot.com. April 1, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
↑ "Turtleneck & Chain (Deluxe Version) by The Lonely Island - Download Turtleneck & Chain (Deluxe Version) on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
↑ "Music". TheLonelyIsland.com. Universal Republic. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
↑ "Australiancharts.com – The Lonely Island – Turtleneck & Chain". Hung Medien.
↑ "australian-charts.com - The Lonely Island - Turtleneck & Chain". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
↑ "Charts.org.nz – The Lonely Island – Turtleneck & Chain". Hung Medien.
↑ "The Lonely Island | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart
↑ "The Lonely Island – Chart history" Billboard 200 for The Lonely Island. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
↑ "The Lonely Island – Chart history" Billboard Top Rap Albums for The Lonely Island. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
↑ "2011 Year-End Charts: Billboard 200 Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
↑ "2011 Year-End Charts: Comedy Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
↑ "2011 Year-End Charts: Rap Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2015-05-13.

The Lonely Island

Discography

Studio albums	Incredibad Turtleneck & Chain The Wack Album Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

Singles	"Dick in a Box" "Jizz in My Pants" "I'm on a Boat" "I Just Had Sex" "The Creep" "We're Back!" "Jack Sparrow" "3-Way (The Golden Rule)" "YOLO" "Spring Break Anthem" "Hugs"

Other songs	"Lazy Sunday" "Like a Boss" "Cool Guys Don't Look at Explosions" "Everything Is Awesome"

Film

Hot Rod (2007)
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)

Television

Book
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