Buddy Holly

by Weezer

Buddy Holly cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: 7 September 1994
  • Label: DGC
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 14:47
  • Community rating: 3.98/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Blending massive, distorted grunge guitars with Beach Boys-esque vocal harmonies, this track effectively defined the geek-rock explosion of the 1990s. Frontman Rivers Cuomo famously almost scrapped the song from 'The Blue Album' for sounding too cheesy, before producer Ric Ocasek convinced him otherwise. Its Spike Jonze-directed music video, brilliantly inserting the band into an episode of 'Happy Days', came bundled with the Windows 95 installation CD-ROM.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, accessible, infectious, radio, witty

Tracklist

  1. Buddy Holly (LP Version) (2:40)
  2. My Name Is Jonas (Live Version) (3:40)
  3. Surf Wax America (Live Version) (4:09)
  4. Jamie (Geffen Rarities LP Version) (4:18)

Credits

  • Weezer - primary artist
  • Rivers Cuomo - written-by
  • Jason Cropper - written-by
  • Pat Wilson - written-by

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