Buddy Holly (song)
Categories: Weezer songs | Weezer singles | 1994 songs | 1995 singles
| "Buddy Holly" | ||
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| Single by Weezer from the album Weezer (The Blue Album) | ||
| Released | September 7, 1995 | |
| Format | CD | |
| Recorded | August-September, 1993 at Electric Lady Studios, New York City | |
| Genre | Alternative | |
| Length | 2 min 39 s | |
| Label | DGC Records | |
| Producer | Ric Ocasek | |
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| Weezer singles chronology | ||
| "Undone (The Sweater Song)" (1994) | "Buddy Holly" (1995) | "Say It Ain't So" (1995) |
"Buddy Holly" is a popular single by Weezer. It was released as a single in 1995 and appeared on the self-titled debut album in 1994. The lyrics reference 50's singer, Buddy Holly and actress, Mary Tyler Moore.
Music video
The music video for "Buddy Holly" was directed by Spike Jonze. It portrayed Weezer performing at the original Arnold's Drive-In diner from the popular 70's television show, Happy Days. The video combined newer footage of the band with clips from the show. Happy Days cast member Al Molinaro made a cameo appearance in the video; he threw in a plug for his home town, Kenosha, Wisconsin in the introduction.
The innovative video scored four awards at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards, including prizes for Breakthrough Video and Best Alternative Video.
The "Buddy Holly" music video was included on the Microsoft Windows 95 CD-ROM.
Looking "just like Buddy Holly"
Rivers Cuomo is known for wearing thick-rimmed glasses, as did Buddy Holly. Weezer is often considered to be pioneers of fashion in the Emo subculture, as one of its standards is the wearing of square glasses like Cuomo's. Ironically, Cuomo was not wearing his signature glasses in the video for the song. Weezer also inspired a small flourish of 'geek chic' fashion, making it popular to wear articles of clothing usually associated with geekdom, such as sweater vests.
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