"It Must Have Been Something I Said!" was the fifth comedy album from the Smothers Brothers

Smothers Brothers

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 (released April 15, 1964 on Mercury Records

Mercury Records

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). It reached number 23 on the Billboard

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 Pop Albums chart. The single "Jenny Brown" peaked at #84 on the 1963 Pop Singles chart. The album was recorded at The Ice House

The Ice House

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 in Pasadena, California

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. The cover photograph showed Dick having just smashed a guitar over Tom's head, thereby justifying the album title as a word balloon.

Track listing

1. "Slithery Dee" (0:32) - A Shel Silverstein
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    song.
2. "Hiawatha" (9:25) - "Hiawatha, he went hunting, went to hunt the bunny rabbit. Had to make a pair of mittens, from the bunny rabbit's fur." Really.
3. "The Shrimp" (1:03) - Tom tries to start a new dance craze.
4. "Crabs Walk Sideways" (5:10) - A song about the star-crossed lovers Herman the lobster and Sally the crab. It is never going to work out.
5. "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore
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   " (1:58)
6. "Civil War Song" (2:11) - "One brother wore blue and one brother wore grey."
7. "Jenny Brown" (5:05) - The story of the lovely "teen-angel" Jenny Brown and her rotten sense of humor.
8. "Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair" (4:14)
9. "Population Explosion" (1:33) - Tom offers a practical solution to a serious problem based on his experience raising rabbits.
10. "Anne Marie and Jean Pierre" (1:42) - A song about two young French lovers.
11. "Carnival" (6:12) - From Black Orpheus
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    and another nice duet.

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1964	Billboard Pop Albums	23

External links

• Complete Smothers Brothers
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