''What the Hell Happened to Me?'' is the second studio

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, released by Warner Bros. on 13 February 1996. It contains the official recording of " The Chanukah Song" (recorded live at

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), which has become a holiday staple and one of Sandler's best-known works. It reached No. 80 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and #25 on the US Modern Rock charts. It spent 57 weeks on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart and peaked at No. 18. It has been certified double-platinum, and as of 2011, has sold over 2,124,000 copies in the US, making it the best-selling comedy album since

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began tracking sales in 1991. Sandler went on a 21-day US tour to support the album, complete with a live backing band, including guitarist

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. The live performance from June 29, 1996, in the style of a rock concert, was aired as an hour long special on

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, complete with covers of

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's " I Just Want to Make Love to You" and

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's "

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", as well as a previously unreleased Halloween song, with a special appearance from fellow ''

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'' alum

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, as well as songs from Sandler's tenure at ''SNL'', and cuts from the album and Sandler's first album, '' They're All Gonna Laugh at You!''. The concert has since been uploaded to

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, where it has received 156 million views since March 2017. The success of the tour and HBO special also led to Sandler's next album, the mostly-songs '' What's Your Name?'', in 1997.

Track listing

Tracks 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, and 20 are songs.

Featured personnel

– All Tracks *

Allen Covert Allen Stephen Covert (born October 13, 1964) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He is best known for his starring role in the 2006 comedy film '' Grandma's Boy'', and his supporting actor role in the movie '' Strange Wilderne ...

– Tracks 1, 2, 10, 17, 19 *

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– Tracks 2, 11, 13, 14, 17, 19 *

Judd Apatow Judd Apatow (; born December 6, 1967) is an American director, producer, screenwriter, and comedian known for his work in comedy films. Apatow is the founder of Apatow Productions, through which he wrote, produced, and directed his films ''The 4 ...

– Tracks 7, 11, 17, 19

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References

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