Song · Was (Not Was)
“Dad I'm in Jail” by Was (Not Was)
From the album What Up, Dog? (1988)
“Dad I'm in Jail” by Was (Not Was) appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1988. It was first released in 1988 on the album What Up, Dog?. Its best result is #71 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #205 alternative song of 1988.
Don Was and David Was wrote and produced "Dad I'm in Jail" for What Up, Dog?, the third Was (Not Was) album, from 1988, with Don handling the mix. That record turned into the group's worldwide breakthrough on the back of "Walk the Dinosaur" and "Spy in the House of Love", and it leaned on their two lead singers, Sweet Pea Atkinson and Sir Harry Bowens, with fewer guest singers than the album before.
"Dad I'm in Jail" also got a life on screen. Christoph Simon, the artist and animator credited with the album's cover illustration alongside Karen Kelly, made a video for it, as he did for "What Up, Dog?" and "Earth to Doris", and those clips ran on MTV's Liquid Television and played film festivals, the Spike & Mike festival among them.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 71 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988 | 107 |
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