Say It Ain't So
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| Single by Weezer from the album Weezer (1994 album) |
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| Released | July 13, 1995 | ||||
| Format | CD | ||||
| Recorded | August-September, 1993 at Electric Lady Studios, NYC | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | ||||
| Length | 4:18 | ||||
| Label | DGC Records | ||||
| Producer | Ric Ocasek | ||||
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"Say It Ain't So" is the third single by American rock band Weezer, released in 1995 as both a single and as a part of their debut album, The Blue Album.
Written (like most Weezer songs) by front man Rivers Cuomo, the song came to be after he had all the music finished and one line, "Say it ain't so".[1] Cuomo made a connection to an incident in high school where he came home and saw a bottle of beer in the fridge. He believed his parents split up when he was four because his dad was an alcoholic.[2]
As noted in the Weezer DVD collection Video Capture Device and the slip cover of the re-released special edition of their debut album, the video was filmed at the old "Amherst House" where the band used to rehearse and record. The video also features a cameo by the band's webmaster/band photographer/archivist and close friend for many years, Karl Koch. It reached #23 on The New Zealand show U Choose 40 Sing-A-Long Classics.
The song is featured on the music video game Rock Band as a playable track. Recently, the song was ranked #72 on Rolling Stone's "The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time."[3]
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[edit] Song mixes
There are two mixes of the song. On the original album pressings, a mix with slightly different sounding drums and no guitar feedback was used. However, when they released the single, they used the mix that kept the guitar feedback in the song. The band liked this mix so much that they asked for it to replace the version on the album, after the album had sold 3 million copies. The single version is now the version on the album, and on the deluxe edition, both mixes appear.
[edit] Tracklist
Radio Only Promo CD
- Say It Ain't So (Remix) - 4:17
UK Retail Cassette
- Say It Ain't So (Remix) - 4:17
- No One Else (Live Acoustic) - 3:15
UK Retail CD/UK Retail 10" Single (Black Vinyl)
- Say It Ain't So (Remix) - 4:17
- No One Else (Live Acoustic) - 3:15
- Jamie (Live Acoustic) - 3:53
Live acoustic tracks were recorded on April 1, 1995 at Cat's Paw Studios in Atlanta, Georgia.
[edit] Music video
The music video for "Say It Ain't So", directed by Sophie Muller, was less successful than the previous two Weezer videos directed by Spike Jonze, however the song was still successful climbing to the top 10 of the Modern Rock Tracks chart. It featured the band performing in the garage of their former house, and the bandmates playing hacky sack in the backyard.[4]
[edit] Covers
- The band Further Seems Forever covered the song on their album Hope This Finds You Well. A cover by Mozella was featured on an episode of One Tree Hill.
- Juliana Hatfield covered the song at a concert in 1995.[5]
- Deftones have covered the song a couple of times, for example they covered the song once at the Rock in Rio festival.
[edit] Personnel
- Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals
- Patrick Wilson – percussion
- Brian Bell – rhythm guitar, vocals
- Matt Sharp – bass guitar, vocals
- Ric Ocasek – producer
[edit] References
- ^ Wireless
- ^ Luerssen D., John. Rivers' Edge: The Weezer Story. ECW Press, 2004, ISBN 1-55022-619-3 p. 110-111
- ^ The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time : Rolling Stone
- ^ Luerssen D., John, 2004 p. 146–147
- ^ Juliana Hatfield - Say It Ain't So (weezer) (Live 1995). YouTube. Retrieved on 2007-09-11.
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