"Off the Record"
Single by My Morning Jacket
from the album Z
B-side	"How Could I Know" "Chills"
Released	October 2005
Recorded	2005, Allaire Studios, Shokan, New York, United States
Genre	Indie rock reggae[1][2] chill-out[3]
Length	5:33 (album version) 3:24 (single edit)
Label	ATO
Songwriter(s)	Jim James "Two-Tone" Tommy Patrick Hallahan
Producer(s)	John Leckie Jim James
My Morning Jacket singles chronology
"Golden" (2004) "Off the Record" (2005) "Gideon" (2006)

"Off the Record" is a single from Louisville, Kentucky indie rock band My Morning Jacket released in October, 2005 by ATO Records.

Music video

The music video for "Off the Record" features a school boy telling something to a young girl, who then passes the saying to another person; it eventually spreads to an office building. The people are soon arrested by the police for telling the saying.

Track listing

Compact disc

1. "Off the Record" (single edit) – 3:24
2. "How Could I Know" – 5:27
3. "Chills" – 4:40
4. "Off the Record" – 5:33

7" vinyl

1. "Off the Record" – 5:33
2. "How Could I Know" – 5:27

Personnel

• Carl Broemel – guitar
• Patrick Hallahan – drums
• Jim James – vocals, lead and rhythm guitars
• Bo Koster – keyboards
• "Two-Tone" Tommy – bass guitar

Media

The song "Chills" appears on the soundtrack of the television series Heroes. "Off the Record" is played at the end of the How I Met Your Mother episode "Game Night".

Cover version

"Off the Record" was covered by Swedish performer Moneybrother on his 2006 album Pengabrorsan. The cover version is titled "Under Bordet", has a faster tempo, and is sung in Swedish.