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{{Infobox album
| name       = Off the Deep End
| type       = studio
| artist     = [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]
| cover      = Weird Al Yankovic - Off the Deep End.jpg
| alt        = A parody of Nirvana's Nevermind album cover, where "Weird Al" Yankovic swims towards a doughnut on a fishhook.
| released   = April 14, 1992
| recorded   = June 6, 1990–January 27, 1992
| studio     = Santa Monica Sound Recorders, Santa Monica
| genre      = [[Comedy music|Comedy]], [[comedy rock]]
| length     = 41:18
| label      = [[Rock 'n Roll Records]]<br>[[Scotti Brothers Records|Scotti Brothers]]
| producer   = [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]
| prev_title = [[UHF – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff]]
| prev_year  = 1989
| next_title = [[The Food Album]]
| next_year  = 1993
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Off the Deep End
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Smells Like Nirvana]]
 | single1date = April 3, 1992<ref name="allmusicsmells">{{cite web| title = Smells Like Nirvana – Overview | website = [[AllMusic]] | url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r438496|pure_url=yes}} | access-date = 12 September 2010}}</ref>
 | single2     = [[You Don't Love Me Anymore ("Weird Al" Yankovic song)|You Don't Love Me Anymore]]
 | single2date = June 19, 1992<ref name="allmusicyou">{{cite web| title = You Don't Love Me Anymore – Overview | website = [[AllMusic]] | url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r438501|pure_url=yes}} | access-date = September 12, 2010}}</ref>
}}
}}
'''''Off the Deep End''''' is the seventh [[studio album]] by the American parody musician [["Weird Al" Yankovic]], released in 1992. This album was the first album self-produced by Yankovic, after six albums with [[Rick Derringer]]. Recorded between June 1990 and January 1992, the album was a follow-up to the unsuccessful [[UHF – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff|soundtrack]] to Yankovic's 1989 film ''[[UHF (film)|UHF]]''. ''Off the Deep End'' and its lead single "[[Smells Like Nirvana]]" helped to revitalize Yankovic's career after a lull following his last hit single, "[[Fat (song)|Fat]]", in 1988.

The musical styles on ''Off the Deep End'' are built around parodies and pastiches of [[pop music|pop]] and [[rock music]] of the late 1980s and early 1990s, including the newly arisen [[grunge]] movement. Half of the album is made up of parodies of [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], [[MC Hammer]], [[New Kids on the Block]], [[Gerardo Mejía|Gerardo]], and [[Milli Vanilli]]. The other half of the album is original material, featuring many "style parodies", or musical imitations of existing artists. These style parodies include imitations of specific artists like [[the Beach Boys]], [[James Taylor]] and [[Jan and Dean]].

''Off the Deep End'' was met with mostly positive reviews and peaked at number 17 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]. The album also produced one of Yankovic's most famous singles, "[[Smells Like Nirvana]]", a parody of Nirvana's major rock hit "[[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]", which peaked at number 35 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. This song was Yankovic's second-highest charting single, after "[[Eat It]]", which was released in 1984. The cover also parodies the cover of Nirvana's album, ''[[Nevermind]]''. The original had a naked baby in the water with a [[U.S. dollar bill|dollar bill]] cast by a fishing rod; Yankovic's replaced the baby with himself, and the dollar bill with a [[doughnut|donut]]. ''Off the Deep End'' was Yankovic's fourth [[Music recording sales certification|Gold record]], and went on to be certified [[Platinum record|Platinum]] for sales of over one million copies in the United States. In addition, the album was later nominated for a [[Grammy Award]] for [[Best Comedy Recording]] in [[Grammy Awards of 1993|1993]].