You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into

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You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 24, 2008
Recorded2006-2007
Length38:30
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 Don't Say We Didn't Warn You
  1. "Weird Science"
    Released: 7 May 2007
  2. "Let's Make Out"
    Released: 8 October 2007
  3. "We Are Rockstars"
    Released: 11 February 2008
  4. "Epic Last Song"
    Released: 2 June 2008
  5. "Dawn of the Dead"
    Released: 24 August 2008
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 59/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
AbsolutePunk.net (83%) [3]
DJ Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Drowned in Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
NME (7/10) [7]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Second Supper (not rated) [9]
Spin Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [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 March 24, 2008. [11]

Contents

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.TitleWriter(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 Grainger4:02
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.TitleLength
11."Like the Way I Do"3:51
Play.com bonus track
No.TitleLength
11."Tales of the Chameleon"3:39

Personnel

Production

Charts

Charts (2008)Peak
position
UK Albums Chart 48

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