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{{about|the song|the pipe used for smoking hashish|Cannabis smoking}}
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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| name = Hash Pipe
| name = Hash Pipe
| cover = HashPipe.jpg
| cover = HashPipe.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| type = single
| type = single
| artist = [[Weezer]]
| artist = [[Weezer]]
| album = [[Weezer (Green Album)|Weezer (The Green Album)]]
| album = [[Weezer (Green Album)|Weezer (The Green Album)]]
| B-side = {{unbulleted list|"I Do"|"Starlight"|"Teenage Victory Song"}}
| B-side = {{unbulleted list|"I Do"|"Starlight"|"Teenage Victory Song"}}
| released = {{Start date|2001|04}}
| released = {{Start date|2001|04}}
| recorded = {{unbulleted list|December 2000|Cello Studios, [[Los Angeles]]}}
| recorded =
| studio = {{unbulleted list|December 2000|Cello Studios, [[Los Angeles]]}}
| genre = [[Hard rock]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://audioinkradio.com/2021/05/weezer-hash-pipe-could-have-been-ozzy-osbourne-track/ | title=Weezer Song 'Hash Pipe' Could Have Been an Ozzy Osbourne Track | date=16 June 2021 }}</ref><br>
| studio =
| venue =
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=06}}
| genre =
| label = [[Geffen Records|Geffen]]
| writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]]
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=06}}
| label = [[Geffen Records|Geffen]]
| producer = [[Ric Ocasek]]
| writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]]
| prev_title = [[Pink Triangle (song)|Pink Triangle]]
| producer = [[Ric Ocasek]]
| prev_year = 1997
| prev_title = [[Pink Triangle (song)|Pink Triangle]]
| next_title = [[Island in the Sun (Weezer song)|Island in the Sun]]
| prev_year = 1997
| next_year = 2001
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| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|_9BGLtqqkVI|"Hash Pipe"}}}}
| next_title = [[Island in the Sun (Weezer song)|Island in the Sun]]
| next_year = 2001
| misc = {{Audio sample
| type = single
| file =Hash Pipe.ogg
⚫
}}{{External music video|{{YouTube|_9BGLtqqkVI|"Hash Pipe"}}}}
}}
}}


"'''Hash Pipe'''" is a song by American [[rock music|rock]] band [[Weezer]]. Released in 2001, it was the first single off the band's third album ''[[Weezer (2001 album)|Weezer]]'' (''The Green Album''), and the only one of the Summer Songs of 2000 songs to make it onto the album, although "[[Dope Nose]]" and "Slob" were released on ''[[Maladroit]]''.
"'''Hash Pipe'''" is a song by American [[rock music|rock]] band [[Weezer]]. Released in 2001, it was the first single off the band's third album ''[[Weezer (2001 album)|Weezer]]'' (The ''Green Album''), and the only one of the Summer Songs of 2000 songs to make it onto the album, although "[[Dope Nose]]" and "Slob" were released on ''[[Maladroit]]''.


==Background==
==Background==
According to an interview with Weezer frontman [[Rivers Cuomo]], "Hash Pipe" was written on the same night as the song "Dope Nose" off ''Maladroit''. The story goes that Cuomo took "a bunch of [[Ritalin]] and had like three shots of [[tequila]]," paced around for a while, then wrote both songs.<ref>{{cite magazine | last = Eliscu | first = Jenny | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5933454/rivers_cuomos_encyclopedia_of_pop | title = Rivers Cuomo's Encyclopedia of Pop | magazine = [[Rolling Stone]] | accessdate = 2007-10-02}}</ref>
According to an interview with Weezer frontman [[Rivers Cuomo]], "Hash Pipe" was written on the same night as the song "Dope Nose" off ''Maladroit''. The story goes that Cuomo took "a bunch of [[Ritalin]] and had like three shots of [[tequila]]," paced around for a while, then wrote both songs.<ref>{{cite magazine | last = Eliscu | first = Jenny | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5933454/rivers_cuomos_encyclopedia_of_pop | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070310202917/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5933454/rivers_cuomos_encyclopedia_of_pop | url-status = dead | archive-date = March 10, 2007 | title = Rivers Cuomo's Encyclopedia of Pop | magazine = [[Rolling Stone]] | access-date = 2007-10-02}}</ref>


Weezer drummer [[Patrick Wilson (musician)|Patrick Wilson]] is featured on the cover of the song's CD single.<ref name="Weezer.com">{{cite web | url = http://www.weezer.com/info/tunes/index03.html | title = weezer.com tunes page - page 3 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071215201959/http://www.weezer.com/info/tunes/index03.html |archive-date= 2007-12-15 |url-status= dead }}</ref> Since late 2001, the band has played the song live with a reworked guitar solo that no longer follows the verse melody.
Weezer drummer [[Patrick Wilson (drummer)|Patrick Wilson]] is featured on the cover of the song's CD single.<ref name="Weezer.com">{{cite web | url = http://www.weezer.com/info/tunes/index03.html | title = weezer.com tunes page - page 3 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071215201959/http://www.weezer.com/info/tunes/index03.html |archive-date= 2007-12-15 |url-status= dead }}</ref> Since late 2001, the band has played the song live with a reworked guitar solo that no longer follows the verse melody.


Also according to Cuomo, he had intended on giving this song to [[Ozzy Osbourne]] in 2000 after he approached Cuomo for song ideas, but he did not use it.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/weezers-hash-pipe-almost-ozzy-osbourne-song-2950928 | title=Weezer's 'Hash Pipe' was almost an Ozzy Osbourne song | website=[[NME]] | date=28 May 2021 }}</ref>
The song is about a transvestite prostitute.<ref>{{cite web |date=3 June 2001 |last1= Poniewozik |first1= James |last2= Nugent |first2= Benjamin |title= Rock Is Rollin' |url= http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,128970,00.html |website= Time}}</ref>


==Composition==
==Composition==
With a tempo of 128 bpm, "Hash Pipe" is composed in the key of [[A minor]].<ref>[http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0109265 Weezer "Hash Pipe" Sheet Music] musicnotes.com</ref> The opening line, "I can't help my feelings, I go out of my mind", is quoted from [[The Beatles]]' "[[You Can't Do That]]".
With a tempo of 128 bpm, "Hash Pipe" is composed in the key of [[A minor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0109265|title= Weezer "Hash Pipe" Guitar Tab|website=musicnotes.com|date= 24 September 2012}}</ref> The opening line, "I can't help my feelings, I go out of my mind", is quoted from [[the Beatles]]' "[[You Can't Do That]]".


==Music video==
==Music video==
The video for the song was directed by [[Marcos Siega]], the first of many Weezer videos that Siega would direct. In the video, Weezer is shown playing while a group of sumo wrestlers are standing in the background.<ref name="page 335">Luerssen D., John. ''Rivers' Edge: The Weezer Story''. ECW Press, 2004, {{ISBN|1-55022-619-3}} p. 335</ref> As the song progresses, the wrestlers are shown wrestling and during the guitar solo, the wrestlers play the band members' instruments as the members watch from the background. During the final chorus, guitarist [[Brian Bell]] performs a move in which he bends backwards, taking the guitar with him, then thrusts his legs in the way he's bending. This move has become known among Weezer fans as "the impossible bend."<ref>{{cite web|title=The Impossible Bend|url=http://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=The_Impossible_Bend|website=Weezerpedia|access-date=2015-12-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223113323/http://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=The_Impossible_Bend|archive-date=2015-12-23|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The video for the song was directed by [[Marcos Siega]], the first of many Weezer videos that Siega would direct. In the video, Weezer is shown playing while a group of sumo wrestlers are standing in the background.<ref name="page 335">Luerssen D., John. ''Rivers' Edge: The Weezer Story''. ECW Press, 2004, {{ISBN|1-55022-619-3}} p. 335</ref> As the song progresses, the wrestlers are shown wrestling and during the guitar solo, the wrestlers play the band members' instruments as the members watch from the background. During the final chorus, guitarist [[Brian Bell]] performs a move in which he bends backwards, taking the guitar with him, then thrusts his legs in the way he's bending. This move has become known among Weezer fans as "the impossible bend."<ref>{{cite web|title=The Impossible Bend|url=http://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=The_Impossible_Bend|website=Weezerpedia|access-date=2015-12-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223113323/http://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=The_Impossible_Bend|archive-date=2015-12-23|url-status=dead}}</ref>
According to the mini book that accompanies the [[Weezer – Video Capture Device: Treasures from the Vault 1991–2002|Video Capture Device]] DVD, Siega was asked to avoid referring to the lyrics of the song for the video, due to its themes of homosexual prostitution and drug references.
According to the mini book that accompanies the Video Capture Device DVD, Siega was asked to avoid referring to the lyrics of the song for the video, due to its themes of homosexual prostitution and drug references.


==Reception==
==Reception==
[[AllMusic]] writer [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] chose "Hash Pipe" as one of the 4 highlights from the album.<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/weezer-green-album-mw0000719526 |title=Weezer (Green Album) – Weezer |website=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=April 10, 2019 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref>
The song was met with positive reviews by music critics. [[AllMusic]] writer [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] chose "Hash Pipe" as one of the 4 highlights from the album.<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/weezer-green-album-mw0000719526 |title=Weezer (Green Album) – Weezer |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=April 10, 2019 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref> Paul Brannigan of ''[[Kerrang!]]'' awarded the single 5 stars and named it "Single of the Week".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Brannigan |first=Paul |date=June 30, 2001 |title=Singles |journal=[[Kerrang!]] |issue=859 |page=47 |issn=0262-6624}}</ref>
''[[Slant Magazine]]'' writer Sal Cinquemani wrote that the song "is further evidence of the band's [[punk rock]] origins, with its crunchy guitar licks and staccato vocals scorched with the residual edge leftover from the alt-rock boom".<ref>{{cite web |date=May 15, 2001 |last= Cinquemani |first= Sal |title=Weezer: Weezer (The Green Album) |url= http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/weezer-weezer-the-green-album |work=[[Slant Magazine]] |accessdate= February 8, 2020 }}</ref>
''[[Slant Magazine]]'' writer Sal Cinquemani wrote that the song "is further evidence of the band's [[punk rock]] origins, with its crunchy guitar licks and sticcato (''sic'') vocals scorched with the residual edge leftover from the alt-rock boom".<ref>{{cite web |date=May 15, 2001 |last= Cinquemani |first= Sal |title=Weezer: Weezer (The Green Album) |url= http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/weezer-weezer-the-green-album |work=[[Slant Magazine]] |access-date= February 8, 2020 }}</ref>
In 2014, ticketing company [[AXS (company)|AXS]] rated it as the band's seventh best song.<ref>{{cite web |date= November 30, 2014 |author1= Shawn S. Lealos, AXS Contributor |title= The 10 best Weezer songs - AXS |url= https://www.axs.com/the-10-best-weezer-songs-30861 |website= [[AXS (company)|AXS]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150712042726/https://www.axs.com/the-10-best-weezer-songs-30861 |url-status= dead |archive-date= 12 July 2015 }}</ref>
In 2014, ticketing company [[AXS (company)|AXS]] rated it as the band's seventh best song.<ref>{{cite web |date= November 30, 2014 |author= Shawn S. Lealos |title= The 10 best Weezer songs - AXS |url= https://www.axs.com/the-10-best-weezer-songs-30861 |website= [[AXS (company)|AXS]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150712042726/https://www.axs.com/the-10-best-weezer-songs-30861 |url-status=dead |archive-date= 12 July 2015 }}</ref>


==Track listings==
==Track listings==
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# "I Do" – 2:10
# "I Do" – 2:10


'''UK retail CD'''
'''UK CD'''
# "Hash Pipe" – 2:51
# "Hash Pipe" – 2:51
# "Starlight" – 3:35
# "Starlight" – 3:35
# "Hash Pipe" (Jimmy Pop remix)
# "Hash Pipe" ([[Jimmy Pop]] remix)
# "Hash Pipe" ([[CD-ROM]] video)
# "Hash Pipe" ([[CD-ROM]] video)


'''UK retail 7″ single (green vinyl)'''
'''UK 7″ single (green vinyl)'''
# "Hash Pipe" – 2:52
# "Hash Pipe" – 2:52
# "Teenage Victory Song" – 3:11
# "Teenage Victory Song" – 3:11
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# "Hash Pipe" (Chris Vrenna's Under Glass remix) – 4:13
# "Hash Pipe" (Chris Vrenna's Under Glass remix) – 4:13


'''Dutch retail CD'''
'''Dutch CD'''
# "Hash Pipe" – 3:06
# "Hash Pipe" – 3:06
# "I Do" – 1:53
# "I Do" – 1:53
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# "Hash Pipe" (Jimmy Pop remix) – 3:22
# "Hash Pipe" (Jimmy Pop remix) – 3:22


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== Charts ==
==Commercial performance==
=== Weekly charts ===
"Hash Pipe" reinvigorated the group's success on the charts, peaking at number two on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Alternative Songs|Modern Rock Tracks]] chart, number 24 on its [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Mainstream Rock Tracks]] chart, and number 16 on the [[Canadian Singles Chart]].

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===Charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Weekly chart performance for "Hash Pipe"
! scope="col" | Chart (2001)
! scope="col" | Chart (2001)
! scope="col" | Peak<br />position
! scope="col" | Peak<br />position
|-
|-
!scope="row"|Canada ([[Canadian Singles Chart|Nielsen SoundScan]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/weezer/chart-history/CNS|title=Weezer Chart History (Canadian Digital Songs)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=December 1, 2018}}</ref>
!scope="row"|Canada ([[Canadian Singles Chart|Nielsen SoundScan]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/weezer/chart-history/cns/|title=Weezer Chart History (Canadian Digital Songs)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 1, 2018}}</ref>
|16
|16
|-
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Rock Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2001/05/1605.cfm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030830214155/http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2001/05/1605.cfm|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 30, 2003|title=Weezer Performing Free Toronto Show|publisher=[[Chart Attack]]|accessdate=January 25, 2019}}</ref>
!scope="row"|Canada Radio ([[Nielsen BDS]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/BDS_1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010723230321/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/BDS_1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 23, 2001|title=The Hits Charts (Airplay) : Top 100 singles|work=[[Broadcast Data Systems]]|accessdate=May 30, 2024}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 32
|12
|-
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Rock ([[Nielsen BDS]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canadianmusicnetwork.com/charts/Car.pdf|title=Canada Album Rock: 06/05/2001-06/11/2001|website=Canadian Music Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010615235847/http://www.canadianmusicnetwork.com/charts/Car.pdf|archive-date=June 15, 2001|access-date=May 30, 2024}}</ref>
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{{single chart|Ireland3|37|artist=Weezer|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 15, 2020}}
|3
|-
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|74|artist=Weezer|song=Hash Pipe|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 1, 2018}}
{{single chart|Ireland3|37|artist=Weezer|rowheader=true|access-date=January 15, 2020}}
|-
|-
{{single chart|Scotland|15|date=20010714|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 1, 2018}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|74|artist=Weezer|song=Hash Pipe|rowheader=true|access-date=December 1, 2018}}
|-
|-
{{single chart|UK|21|date=20010714|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 1, 2018}}
{{single chart|Scotland|15|date=20010714|rowheader=true|access-date=December 1, 2018}}
|-
|-
{{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|2|artist=Weezer|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 1, 2018}}
{{single chart|UK|21|date=20010714|rowheader=true|access-date=December 1, 2018}}
|-
|-
{{single chart|Billboardbubbling100|6|artist=Weezer|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 3, 2020}}
{{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|2|artist=Weezer|rowheader=true|access-date=December 1, 2018}}
|-
|-
{{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|24|artist=Weezer|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 1, 2018}}
{{single chart|Billboardbubbling100|6|artist=Weezer|rowheader=true|access-date=February 3, 2020}}
|-
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{{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|24|artist=Weezer|rowheader=true|access-date=December 1, 2018}}
|}
|}

=== Year-end charts ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+2001 year-end chart performance for "Hash Pipe"
!scope="col"| Chart (2001)
!scope="col"| Position
|-
!scope="row"|Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_singles.html|archivedate=January 26, 2003|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030126204339/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_singles.html|title=Canada's Top 200 Singles of 2001|publisher=[[Jam!]]|access-date=March 26, 2022}}</ref>
|80
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+2002 year-end chart performance for "Hash Pipe"
!scope="col"| Chart (2002)
!scope="col"| Position
|-
!scope="row"| Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_singles2.html|title=Canada's Top 200 Singles of 2002 (Part 2)|date=January 14, 2003|work=[[Jam!]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040906184715/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_singles2.html|archive-date=September 6, 2004}}</ref>
|124
|}

== Certifications ==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Weezer|title=Hash Pipe|award=Silver|relyear=2001|certyear=2024|id=20591-2735-1|access-date=December 6, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}


==Other versions==
==Other versions==
Rock band [[Toto (band)|Toto]] started covering the song live in 2018, before releasing it as a digital single, in response to Weezer's well-received version of their own hit song "[[Africa (Toto song)|Africa]]".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/07/toto-weezer-hash-pipe-live-watch/|title=Toto have never sounded younger covering Weezer’s "Hash Pipe": Watch|last=Roffman|first=Michael|date=July 31, 2018|accessdate=August 14, 2018|magazine=[[Consequence of Sound]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/08/toto-weezer-cover-hash-pipe-stream/|title=Toto finally share studio version of Weezer’s "Hash Pipe": Stream|last=Roffman|first=Michael|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 14, 2018|magazine=[[Consequence of Sound]]}}</ref>
Rock band [[Toto (band)|Toto]] started covering the song live in 2018, before releasing it as a digital single, in response to Weezer's well-received version of their own hit song "[[Africa (Toto song)|Africa]]".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://consequence.net/2018/07/toto-weezer-hash-pipe-live-watch/|title=Toto have never sounded younger covering Weezer's "Hash Pipe": Watch|last=Roffman|first=Michael|date=July 31, 2018|access-date=August 14, 2018|magazine=[[Consequence of Sound]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://consequence.net/2018/08/toto-weezer-cover-hash-pipe-stream/|title=Toto finally share studio version of Weezer's "Hash Pipe": Stream|last=Roffman|first=Michael|date=August 9, 2018|access-date=August 14, 2018|magazine=[[Consequence of Sound]]}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{youtube|_9BGLtqqkVI|"Hash Pipe" Official music video}}
* {{YouTube|_9BGLtqqkVI|"Hash Pipe" Official music video}}
* {{MetroLyrics song|weezer|hash-pipe}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider -->


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Latest revision as of 19:12, 6 December 2024

This article is about the song. For the pipe used for smoking hashish, see Cannabis smoking.
"Hash Pipe"
Single by Weezer
from the album Weezer (The Green Album)
B-side
  • "I Do"
  • "Starlight"
  • "Teenage Victory Song"
ReleasedApril 2001 (2001-04)
Studio
GenreHard rock[1]
Length3:06
LabelGeffen
Songwriter(s)Rivers Cuomo
Producer(s)Ric Ocasek
Weezer singles chronology
"Pink Triangle"
(1997) 		"Hash Pipe"
(2001) 		"Island in the Sun"
(2001)
Music video
"Hash Pipe" on YouTube

"Hash Pipe" is a song by American rock band Weezer. Released in 2001, it was the first single off the band's third album Weezer (The Green Album), and the only one of the Summer Songs of 2000 songs to make it onto the album, although "Dope Nose" and "Slob" were released on Maladroit.

Background

[edit]

According to an interview with Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo, "Hash Pipe" was written on the same night as the song "Dope Nose" off Maladroit. The story goes that Cuomo took "a bunch of Ritalin and had like three shots of tequila," paced around for a while, then wrote both songs.[2]

Weezer drummer Patrick Wilson is featured on the cover of the song's CD single.[3] Since late 2001, the band has played the song live with a reworked guitar solo that no longer follows the verse melody.

Also according to Cuomo, he had intended on giving this song to Ozzy Osbourne in 2000 after he approached Cuomo for song ideas, but he did not use it.[4]

Composition

[edit]

With a tempo of 128 bpm, "Hash Pipe" is composed in the key of A minor.[5] The opening line, "I can't help my feelings, I go out of my mind", is quoted from the Beatles' "You Can't Do That".

Music video

[edit]

The video for the song was directed by Marcos Siega, the first of many Weezer videos that Siega would direct. In the video, Weezer is shown playing while a group of sumo wrestlers are standing in the background.[6] As the song progresses, the wrestlers are shown wrestling and during the guitar solo, the wrestlers play the band members' instruments as the members watch from the background. During the final chorus, guitarist Brian Bell performs a move in which he bends backwards, taking the guitar with him, then thrusts his legs in the way he's bending. This move has become known among Weezer fans as "the impossible bend."[7] According to the mini book that accompanies the Video Capture Device DVD, Siega was asked to avoid referring to the lyrics of the song for the video, due to its themes of homosexual prostitution and drug references.

Reception

[edit]

The song was met with positive reviews by music critics. AllMusic writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine chose "Hash Pipe" as one of the 4 highlights from the album.[8] Paul Brannigan of Kerrang! awarded the single 5 stars and named it "Single of the Week".[9]

Slant Magazine writer Sal Cinquemani wrote that the song "is further evidence of the band's punk rock origins, with its crunchy guitar licks and sticcato (sic) vocals scorched with the residual edge leftover from the alt-rock boom".[10]

In 2014, ticketing company AXS rated it as the band's seventh best song.[11]

Track listings

[edit]

Radio station promo

  1. "Hash Pipe" – 3:06

US CD retail CD/US retail 7″ single (black vinyl)

  1. "Hash Pipe" – 3:06
  2. "I Do" – 2:10

UK CD

  1. "Hash Pipe" – 2:51
  2. "Starlight" – 3:35
  3. "Hash Pipe" (Jimmy Pop remix)
  4. "Hash Pipe" (CD-ROM video)

UK 7″ single (green vinyl)

  1. "Hash Pipe" – 2:52
  2. "Teenage Victory Song" – 3:11

US promo remix 12″ single (black vinyl)

  1. "Hash Pipe" (Jimmy Pop remix)
  2. "Hash Pipe" (Chris Vrenna's Kick Me remix)
  3. "Hash Pipe" (Chris Vrenna's Under Glass remix) – 4:13

Dutch CD

  1. "Hash Pipe" – 3:06
  2. "I Do" – 1:53
  3. "Starlight" – 3:21
  4. "Hash Pipe" (Jimmy Pop remix) – 3:22

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance for "Hash Pipe"
Chart (2001) Peak
position
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[12] 16
Canada Radio (Nielsen BDS)[13] 32
Canada Rock (Nielsen BDS)[14] 3
Ireland (IRMA)[15] 37
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[16] 74
Scotland (OCC)[17] 15
UK Singles (OCC)[18] 21
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[19] 2
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[20] 6
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[21] 24

Year-end charts

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2001 year-end chart performance for "Hash Pipe"
Chart (2001) Position
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[22] 80
2002 year-end chart performance for "Hash Pipe"
Chart (2002) Position
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[23] 124

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[24] Silver 200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Other versions

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Rock band Toto started covering the song live in 2018, before releasing it as a digital single, in response to Weezer's well-received version of their own hit song "Africa".[25][26]

References

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  1. ^ "Weezer Song 'Hash Pipe' Could Have Been an Ozzy Osbourne Track". 16 June 2021.
  2. ^ Eliscu, Jenny. "Rivers Cuomo's Encyclopedia of Pop". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on March 10, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-02.
  3. ^ "weezer.com tunes page - page 3". Archived from the original on 2007-12-15.
  4. ^ "Weezer's 'Hash Pipe' was almost an Ozzy Osbourne song". NME. 28 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Weezer "Hash Pipe" Guitar Tab". musicnotes.com. 24 September 2012.
  6. ^ Luerssen D., John. Rivers' Edge: The Weezer Story. ECW Press, 2004, ISBN 1-55022-619-3 p. 335
  7. ^ "The Impossible Bend". Weezerpedia. Archived from the original on 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
  8. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Weezer (Green Album) – Weezer". AllMusic. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  9. ^ Brannigan, Paul (June 30, 2001). "Singles". Kerrang! (859): 47. ISSN 0262-6624.
  10. ^ Cinquemani, Sal (May 15, 2001). "Weezer: Weezer (The Green Album)". Slant Magazine. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  11. ^ Shawn S. Lealos (November 30, 2014). "The 10 best Weezer songs - AXS". AXS. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015.
  12. ^ "Weezer Chart History (Canadian Digital Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  13. ^ "The Hits Charts (Airplay) : Top 100 singles". Broadcast Data Systems. Archived from the original on July 23, 2001. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  14. ^ "Canada Album Rock: 06/05/2001-06/11/2001" (PDF). Canadian Music Network. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 15, 2001. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  15. ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Weezer". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  16. ^ "Weezer – Hash Pipe" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  17. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  18. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  19. ^ "Weezer Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  20. ^ "Weezer Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  21. ^ "Weezer Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  22. ^ "Canada's Top 200 Singles of 2001". Jam!. Archived from the original on January 26, 2003. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
  23. ^ "Canada's Top 200 Singles of 2002 (Part 2)". Jam!. January 14, 2003. Archived from the original on September 6, 2004.
  24. ^ "British single certifications – Weezer – Hash Pipe". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  25. ^ Roffman, Michael (July 31, 2018). "Toto have never sounded younger covering Weezer's "Hash Pipe": Watch". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  26. ^ Roffman, Michael (August 9, 2018). "Toto finally share studio version of Weezer's "Hash Pipe": Stream". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
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