I Bought a Headache
The Replacements * Track #7 On Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash
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Album Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash
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- #3Customer
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- #4Hangin’ Downtown
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- #5Kick Your Door Down
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- #6Otto
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- #7I Bought a Headache
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I Bought a Headache by The Replacements
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The ReplacementsProduced by
Steve Fjelstad & Peter Jesperson & Paul WesterbergWrited by
Paul WesterbergAbout
This song is about buying cheap, skunky weed (or perhaps something stronger) that fails to provide the fun or relaxation marijuana is supposed to for bored suburban kids; instead, it only gives the speaker a headache.
In Bob Mehr’s Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements, Paul Westerberg a...
I Bought a Headache Lyrics
And all I had needed was
Just a breath of fresh air
I want a, I want a folding chair
[Chorus]
St. Paul Civic Center
Giving me a eight dollar and fifty cent
I bought a headache
I bought a headache
Headache
Smoking marijuana that's coming out of my ears
A long haired girl shaking way past her years
So come on, c'mon
So come on, c'mon
Eight dollar and fifty cent
Headache
I bought a headache
I bought a headache
Headache
I bought a
[Chorus]
St. Paul Civic Center
Giving me a eight dollar and fifty cent
I bought a headache
I bought a headache
Headache
All right, thank you
Everybody feel alright?
Party alright
Everybody happy?
Christopher Mars!
I Bought a Headache Q&A
Who wrote I Bought a Headache's ?
I Bought a Headache was written by Paul Westerberg.
Who produced I Bought a Headache's ?
I Bought a Headache was produced by Steve Fjelstad & Peter Jesperson & Paul Westerberg.
When did The Replacements release I Bought a Headache?
The Replacements released I Bought a Headache on Tue Aug 25 1981.
What did The Replacements say about "I Bought a Headache"?
Of the song, Westerberg said, “‘I Bought A Headache’ was about angel dust. It frightens me now how carelessly we took stuff.”