Susanne (song)

"Susanne" is a song by American rock group Weezer, which originally appeared as a B-side to the 1994 single, "Undone - The Sweater Song". It was later included on the Deluxe Edition of the debut Weezer album, Weezer. It most famously is played during the credits of the 1995 film Mallrats.

Overview

The subject of the song, Susanne, was a PA at Geffen Records when Weezer was first getting its music off the ground. Rivers Cuomo was facing the emotional challenges of breaking into the music business, so she would make baked goods, especially brownies, as pick-me-ups for him, and gave him her spare winter coat to use when he needed a jacket, in addition to having heart-to-heart conversations via telephone with Cuomo, as is detailed in the first verse of the song. The line from the second verse, "Even Izzy, Slash, and Axl Rose" was originally written with Kurt Cobain's name but it was edited out (out of respect) after Cobain's death in 1994.

Weezer's Brian Bell has claimed it is his favorite of the group's songs. It was also part of the set list on the 2008 US tour, during which Bell sang lead vocals.

In popular culture

• "Susanne" was featured as the closing theme to the 1995 movie Mallrats and was later included on the soundtrack.
• Midtown covered the song on the 2002 album, Rock Music: A Tribute to Weezer.

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