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Weezer – Buddy Holly (2:39)

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“Buddy Holly” is a song by the rock group Weezer, written by Rivers Cuomo. It was released as the second single from the band’s debut album Weezer (The Blue Album) in 1994. The single was released on what would have been Buddy Holly’s 58th birthday, had he not been killed in a plane crash along with fellow rock pioneers Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper on February 3, 1959. The lyrics reference the song’s 1950s namesake and actress Mary Tyler Moore. It reached #2 and #34 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart and the US Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, respectively. It also reached #12 in the UK. Rolling Stone ranked “Buddy Holly” #497 in its 2004 list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The single was certified gold by the RIAA in 2006.

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Rivers Cuomo has stated in one of his MySpace blogs from 2006 that he remembers questioning whether or not to include this song on The Blue Album. He almost kept it off the final track list, but encouragement from producer Ric Ocasek soon changed his mind. In the book ‘River’s Edge’, Ocasek is quoted as saying, “I remember at one point he was hesitant to do ‘Buddy Holly’ and I was like, ‘Rivers, we can talk about it. Do it anyway, and if you don’t like it when it’s done, we won’t use it. But I think you should try. You did write it and it is a great song.’” Cuomo said that he felt the song was “too cheesy” and didn’t know if the song represented the sound he was going for with the band’s music. Matt Sharp recalls:

…Ric said we’d be stupid to leave it off the album. We’d come into the studio in the morning and find little pieces of paper with doodles on them: WE WANT BUDDY HOLLY.
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  • JoyFormidable

    love it :)

    10 days ago

  • cleankidd79

    =\/\/= eezer

    13 days ago

  • Wommers_123

    heh i remember this from the Windows 95 disc as well

    29 days ago

  • LambOfBodom

    I know that you need help

    last month

  • danceswithdead

    <3

    last month

  • PurplePostRock

    Don't you ever fear, I'm al-ways there!~

    last month

  • LambOfBodom

    "AND YOU'LL MARRY TYLER MOORE!" I lol'd

    March 2012

  • alexeykatrue

    fucking awesome

    March 2012

  • ArcadeFirez

    A 90s music video, based on a 70s sitcom, based on the 50s.

    March 2012

  • stmellon

    V Lyric fail...... "I look just like Buddy Holly... and you're Mary Tyler Moore" V V V

    March 2012

  • PurplePostRock

    AND YOU'LL MARRY TYLER MOORE!~ ♥

    March 2012

  • cheifbroom

    like a good steak , it just gets stuck in your teeth

    March 2012

  • darkcleavage

    ramones suck

    February 2012

  • supersteveme

    the fonz loves this

    February 2012

  • sabrinahayworth

    windows 95! I remember first seeing "this track's music video on some obscure windows dvd [3] thinking it was from the 70's [2]

    February 2012

  • Aprendelo

    Gets stuck in my head a lot..

    February 2012

  • Soulstryka24

    windows 95! I remember first seeing "this track's music video on some obscure windows dvd [2] thinking it was from the 70's.

    February 2012

  • Goelian

    Awesome song, could have been a Ramones song :)

    February 2012

  • MMMathlete

    Overrated song...

    February 2012

  • snechla

    Respect Knuckles if you first heard this track's music video on some obscure windows dvd

    January 2012
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