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'{{Single infobox | Name = Buddy Holly | Cover = BuddyHolly(USA).jpg | Artist = [[Weezer]] | from Album = [[Weezer (1994 album)|Weezer]] | Released = September 7, 1994 | Format = [[Compact Disc|CD]]|, [[Compact audio cassette|Cassette]], [[Vinyl record|Vinyl]] | Recorded = August-September, [[1993]] at [[Electric Lady Studios]], [[New York City]] | Genre = [[Alternative rock]], [[power pop]] | Length = 2:40 | Label = [[DGC Records|DGC]] | Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]] | Producer = [[Ric Ocasek]]| Reviews = <nowiki></nowiki> | Last single = "[[Undone - The Sweater Song]]"<br />(1994) | This single = "'''Buddy Holly'''"<br />(1995) | Next single = "[[Say It Ain't So]]"<br />(1995) | Misc = {{Extra tracklisting | Album = [[Weezer (1994 album)]] | Type = studio | Tracks = # "[[My Name Is Jonas]]" # "[[No One Else]]" # "[[The World has Turned and Left Me Here]]" # "Buddy Holly" # "[[Undone - The Sweater Song]]" # "[[Surf Wax America]]" # "[[Say It Ain't So]]" # "[[In the Garage]]" # "[[Holiday (Weezer song)|Holiday]]" # "[[Only in Dreams]]" }}}} "'''Buddy Holly'''" is a song by the [[Rock music|rock]] group [[Weezer]], written by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. It was released as the second single from the band's debut album ''[[Weezer (1994 album)|Weezer]]'' (The Blue Album) in 1994. The single was released on what would have been [[Buddy Holly]]'s 58th birthday. 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 ''[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time]]''.<ref name="RS1234">{{cite web | url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6596342/buddy_holly|title=The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|accessdate=2007-11-24 |publisher=''[[Rolling Stone]]''}}</ref> The single was certified gold by the [[RIAA]] in 2006. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS |title=RIAA searchable database |accessdate=2008-10-26 |work= |publisher= |date= }}</ref> ==Song development== [[Rivers Cuomo]] has stated in one of his [[MySpace]] blogs from 2006{{Fact|date=February 2008}} that he remembers questioning whether or not to include this song on ''[[Weezer (1994 album)|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: <blockquote>...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.<ref name="Blender">"Buddy Holly: How Four LA Rockers Created the Definitive Hipster-Doofus Battle Cry", Ryan Domball, ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'', November 2008</ref></blockquote> Cuomo has since concluded that he is glad that he didn't change his mind about the song because it is one of his favorite songs to play and sing live. Furthermore, it has proved to be one of Weezer's most successful singles and a song that is very much enjoyed live. An early demo of "Buddy Holly" recorded by Cuomo in 1993 has a different feel, as the song is played at a much slower tempo than the version that appears on the album. This version appeared on ''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''. The liner notes for ''Alone'' explain that the chorus, in its most primitive form, originally was sung as: "Oo-wee-oo you look just like [[Ginger Rogers]]/Oh, oh, I move just like [[Fred Astaire]]," the rest of the chorus the way it appears even in the ''Blue Album'' version. ==Music video== The [[music video]] for "Buddy Holly" was directed by [[Spike Jonze]] and filmed at Charlie Chaplin Studios in Hollywood over the course of one full day of shooting. The video portrayed Weezer performing at the original Arnold's Drive-In diner from the popular '70s [[television show]] ''[[Happy Days]]''. The video combined contemporary footage of the band with clips from the show. ''Happy Days'' cast member [[Al Molinaro]] made a cameo appearance in the video. Al plugs his hometown, [[Kenosha, Wisconsin|Kenosha]], [[Wisconsin]], in the introduction. In the memorable climax, editing and a stunt double allowed [[Fonzie]] to dance to the band's performance. The video also features brief cameos by some members of the band as dancers at Arnold's. Initially, actor [[Anson Williams]], who played [[Potsie]] on ''Happy Days'', objected to footage of him appearing in the video, but relented after a letter from [[David Geffen]], founder of [[Geffen Records]].<ref name="Blender"/> The video was met with great popularity and heavy rotation on [[MTV]].<ref> Luerssen D., John. ''Rivers' Edge: The Weezer Story''. ECW Press, 2004, ISBN 1-55022-619-3 p. 132</ref> The innovative video scored four awards at the 1995 ''[[MTV Video Music Awards]]'', including prizes for [[MTV Video Music Award - Breakthrough Video|Breakthrough Video]] and [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video|Best Alternative Video]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1995/mtvvmas.htm|title= 1995 MTV Video Music Awards |accessdate=2007-09-11 |publisher=''Rock on the Net''}}</ref> The "Buddy Holly" music video became so popular that it was included on the [[Microsoft]] [[Windows 95]] [[CD-ROM]] when the operating system was first released. ==Tracklist== '''Promo Only Radio Single''' # "Buddy Holly "- 2:40 '''UK Retail CD''' # "Buddy Holly" - 2:40 # "My Name Is Jonas" (Live) - 3:40 # "Surf Wax America" (Live) - 4:09 # "Jamie" - 4:18 '''UK Retail Cassette/UK Retail 7" Single (Black Vinyl)''' # "Buddy Holly" - 2:40 # "Jamie" - 4:18 '''Australian Retail CD''' # "Buddy Holly" - 2:40 # "Holiday" '''Dutch Retail CD''' # "Buddy Holly" - 2:40 # "Surf Wax America" (Live) - 4:09 <small>Live tracks recorded at Horizontal Boogie Bar, Rochester, NY on November 27, 1994.</small> ==Chart positions== {| class="wikitable" !Chart (1995) !Peak<br/>Position |- |align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]] |align="center"|12 |- |align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot 100 Airplay]] |align="center"|18 |- |align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Mainstream Rock Tracks]] |align="center"|36 |- |align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Modern Rock Tracks]] |align="center"|2 |- |align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Top 40 Mainstream]] |align="center"|17 |- |} ==Accolades== [http://acclaimedmusic.net/061024/S110.htm Information from AcclaimedMusic.com] * #497 in the [[List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time]]. * #364 [[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'s ''Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s'' * #52 [[Kerrang!]]'s ''100 Greatest Singles of All-Time'' * #101 [[The Movement]]'s ''The 100 (+300) Greatest Songs of All Time'' * #50 [[The Movement]]'s ''The 77 Best Singles of the 90s'' * #59 [[VH1]]'s "100 Greatest Songs of the 90s" ==Trivia== {{trivia|date=October 2007}} * The two people on the cover are Rivers Cuomo and a childhood friend he wished to contact, to no avail, after using this photograph for the single. * The song describes a [[platonic relationship]] that Rivers had in high school with a young [[Asian American|Asian]] girl (thus, "your tongue is twisted/your eyes are slit"). The duo were frequently made fun of, yet the song describes how he "doesn't care what they say about us anyway". It is inferred that the song might be a jab at the hard times that youngsters described as [[nerd]]s go through. In the liner notes for ''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'', the "homies" are, in fact, the other band members of Weezer. * British Indie artist Dev '[[Lightspeed Champion]]' Hynes covered the song during his 2008 tour. * [[Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine]] covered this as a [[Lounge music|lounge]] style on his 2002 album ''[[Tuxicity]]''. * Scottish band [[Biffy Clyro]] covered this song for a ''[[Kerrang!]]'' magazine cover CD, ''[[High Voltage!: A Brief History of Rock]]'', given away with Issue #1110. * [[Mary Tyler Moore]] is perhaps referenced because [[Sonny Curtis]] (of [[Buddy Holly]]'s band [[The Crickets]]) wrote and performed the theme song for ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]].'' *The song has appeared in the [[music video game]]s ''[[Rock Band Unplugged|Unplugged]]'' for the PSP and ''[[Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades]]'' for [[Nintendo DS]], and as downloadable content for the ''[[Rock Band]]'' series and the PS3 karaoke game ''[[SingStar]]''. *The song was used on the [[Comedy Central]] [[Roast (comedy)|roast]] of [[Larry the Cable Guy]]. ==Personnel== *[[Rivers Cuomo]] – [[lead guitar]], [[lead vocals]] *[[Brian Bell (musician)|Brian Bell]] – [[rhythm guitar]], [[backing vocals]] *[[Matt Sharp]] – [[bass guitar]], [[backing vocals]] *[[Patrick Wilson (musician)|Patrick Wilson]] – [[percussion instrument|percussion]] *[[Ric Ocasek]] – [[Record Producer|producer]] ==Notes== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.weezernet.com/index.php?page=lyrics&lid=9 Buddy Holly Lyrics] * [http://www.sitcomsonline.com/weezer.html Buddy Holly video] * [http://www.weezer.com/ Weezer's Website] * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3xAeTmsJfg Cartoon animation featuring a cover of "Buddy Holly"] {{Weezer}} [[Category:1994 songs]] [[Category:1995 singles]] [[Category:Weezer songs]] [[Category:Music videos directed by Spike Jonze]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Buddy Holly (Song)}} [[ca:Buddy Holly (cançó)]] [[es:Buddy Holly (canción)]] [[it:Buddy Holly (singolo)]] [[pt:Buddy Holly (canção)]] [[uk:Buddy Holly]]'