You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into

You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into
Studio album by Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Released	24 March 2008
Recorded	2006–2007
Length	38:30
Label	Virgin, Startime, Almost Gold
Producer	Elliot James Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Does It Offend You, Yeah? chronology
You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into (2008) Don't Say We Didn't Warn You (2011)
Singles from You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into
"Weird Science" Released: 7 May 2007 "Let's Make Out" Released: 8 October 2007 "We Are Rockstars" Released: 11 February 2008 "Epic Last Song" Released: 2 June 2008 "Dawn of the Dead" Released: 24 August 2008

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	59/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
AbsolutePunk.net	83% [3]
DJ	[4]
Drowned in Sound	[5]
The Guardian	[6]
NME	7/10 [7]
Q	[8]
The Second Supper	not rated [9]
Spin	[10]

You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into is the debut album from Does It Offend You, Yeah?. It was released on 24 March 2008. ^[11]

Track listing

All tracks were written and recorded by Does It Offend You, Yeah? except tracks 2 and 7 which were co-written with Eliot James and Sebastien Grainger respectively.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Battle Royale"	Does It Offend You, Yeah?	3:35
2.	"With a Heavy Heart (I Regret to Inform You)"	Does It Offend You, Yeah? & Eliot James	4:03
3.	"We Are Rockstars"	Does It Offend You, Yeah?	3:48
4.	"Dawn of the Dead"	Does It Offend You, Yeah?	3:26
5.	"Doomed Now"	Does It Offend You, Yeah?	3:41
6.	"Attack of the 60 ft Lesbian Octopus"	Does It Offend You, Yeah?	1:57
7.	"Let's Make Out" (featuring Sebastien Grainger of Death From Above 1979)	Does It Offend You, Yeah? & Sebastien Grainger	4:02
8.	"Being Bad Feels Pretty Good"	Does It Offend You, Yeah?	4:05
9.	"Weird Science"	Does It Offend You, Yeah?	5:02
10.	"Epic Last Song"		4:35

iTunes bonus track

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Like the Way I Do"	3:51

Play.com bonus track

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Tales of the Chameleon"	3:39

Personnel

• James Rushent – lead vocals, bass, guitar, synth, vocoder
• Rob Bloomfield – drums, bass, guitar, synth, backing vocals
• Dan Coop – synth
• Sebastien Grainger – vocals on "Let's Make Out"
• Elliot James – guitar
• Morgan Quaintance – guitar on "Doomed Now"

Usage in popular culture

• "Attack of the 60 ft Lesbian Octopus" was played during the 81st Academy Awards on February 22, 2009, over a montage of 2008 animated films.
• "Dawn of the Dead" was used in the 2008 series of the UK's Big Brother as the backing track to Mikey "the blind guy's" best bits which was played on the finale.
• "We Are Rockstars" is featured in trailers for Fast & Furious .
• "We Are Rockstars" is featured as the soundtrack in the VW GTI Project online game.
• "We Are Rockstars" is also featured as the theme song for Home and Garden Network TV.
• "We Are Rockstars" is featured in the game Saints Row 2 on the station K12 97.6.
• "We Are Rockstars" is the theme song for the sketch show Horne and Corden .
• "Epic Last Song" is featured in episode 2390 of Hollyoaks, when John Paul follows first love Craig to the train station and they ride off into the sunset together.
• "Battle Royale" is included in The Sims 2 expansion Apartment Life as part of the soundtrack. ^[12]
• "Battle Royale" is on the EA Sports FIFA Street 3 soundtrack.
• "With A Heavy Heart (I Regret To Inform You)" was featured in the game Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
• "With A Heavy Heart (I Regret To Inform You)" is featured in preview ads for the upcoming FOX drama Human Target.
• "With A Heavy Heart (I Regret To Inform You)" was featured in episode 18 of season 2 in Gossip Girl , when Dan and Miss Carr have sex in the dark.

Production

• Producers: Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Eliot James
• Mix: Rich Costey

Charts

Charts (2008)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	48

References

1. "You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into by Does It Offend You, Yeah?". Metacritic . Retrieved 3 October 2016.
2. "You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself ..." AllMusic . Retrieved 27 February 2025.
3. ^[ dead link ‍]
4. DJ Magazine, March '08
5. "Drowned in Sound review". Archived from the original on 5 June 2008. Retrieved 14 July 2008.
6. Lynskey, Dorian (20 March 2008). "Does it Offend You Yeah?, You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
7. "Does It Offend You, Yeah?". NME . 20 March 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
8. Q, March '08
9. "The Second Supper review". Secondsupper.com. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
10. "Does It Offend You, Yeah?, 'You Have No Idea What You Are Getting Yourself Into' (Almost Gold) - SPIN". 15 April 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
11. "You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into". Amazon.co.uk . Retrieved 31 October 2008.
12. "Even Sims 2 Expansions Get Soundtracks These Days". Kotaku.com. 7 August 2008. Retrieved 16 March 2012.