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

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by Adam Sandler, released by Warner Bros. on 13 February 1996. It contains the official recording of "

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" (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

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, and as of 2011, has sold over 2,124,000 copies in the US, making it the best-selling comedy album since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991. The "Excited Southerner" skits on the album are early versions of what would end up being Sandler's character 'Bobby Boucher' in 1998's ''

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''. 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 HBO, complete with covers of

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's " I Just Want to Make Love to You" and Bruce Springsteen's " Out in the Street", 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 in bold are songs.

Featured personnel

* Adam Sandler – All Tracks *

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– Tracks 1, 2, 10, 17, 19 *

Frank Coraci Frank Coraci (born February 3, 1966) is an American film director and screenwriter best known for his work with actor Adam Sandler. Biography Coraci was born in Shirley, New York. In 1984 he graduated from William Floyd High School, where he ...

– Tracks 2, 11, 13, 14, 17, 19 *

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– Tracks 7, 11, 17, 19

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Songs chart positions

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References

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