Weird (Hanson song)

"Weird" is a song written and performed by the American pop/rock band Hanson. It was the fourth hit single from the band's debut album Middle of Nowhere (1997).

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson, and Zac Hanson.

Weird [Album Version]
I Will Come to You [Tee's Radio]
Speechless
I Will Come to You [Tee's Frozen Club Mix]

[edit] Music video

Hanson appearing in the music video for their hit single "Weird"

The music video for "Weird" was directed by Gus Van Sant. The shots in the white room were filmed in a giant round Victorian room with a floor of lights that rolled on its side and was twenty feet tall. The room rotated and was built by Tom Foden who has also designed and built the spaceship for Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson's "Scream" video. The painting on the wall of the white room was The Judgment of Solomon by eighteenth century Italian painter Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and was a smooth, enlarged color print, so Hanson could slide across it as the room revolved. Another tricky part of the video shoot was having Hanson swim underwater and lip sync to the song at the same time. The guys had to wear weights so they wouldn't float out of shot. They also had to hold their breath for a whole verse while they swam towards the camera.^{[citation needed]} The video also shows Hanson in Times Square, New York and on the New York Underground.

The version of the track used in the video differed slightly from the album cut. The video version contained extra backing vocals from Isaac and Zac Hanson and contained a different intro.

[edit] Chart Performance

"Weird" did well in the UK, peaking at #19 on the UK singles chart, becoming their fourth Top 20 hit there. It also did well on the Australian ARIA Chart, charting at #12. In Sweden the song peaked at #21.