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| Artist = Weezer | | Artist = Weezer | ||
| Album = Make Believe | | Album = Make Believe | ||
| Released = July | | Released = [[July 12]], 2005<ref>"Available for Airplay Archive" ''FMQB''. Archived by ''Wayback Machine'', 28 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161028021808/http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16771</ref> | ||
| Format = CD, 7" | | Format = CD, 7" | ||
| Recorded = Summer 2004 | | Recorded = Summer 2004 | ||
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When the song was serviced to radio, the band was not free to immediately film a video. In order to get a quick video made to promote the song, a hastenly-edited video was constructed using footage from a 1985 video for the song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhTdKigJhZc "Fear No Evil"] by heavy metal band [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grim_Reaper_(band) Grim Reaper]. Eventually, a proper video - employing heavy use of green-screen effects - was shot and distributed. | When the song was serviced to radio, the band was not free to immediately film a video. In order to get a quick video made to promote the song, a hastenly-edited video was constructed using footage from a 1985 video for the song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhTdKigJhZc "Fear No Evil"] by heavy metal band [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grim_Reaper_(band) Grim Reaper]. Eventually, a proper video - employing heavy use of green-screen effects - was shot and distributed. | ||
The song was covered by the Los Angeles pop metal/rock band Baba Yaga (formerly Skinmask) and released as the band's debut single on [[July 2]], [[2020]]. Weezer members [[Scott Shriner]] and [[Brian Bell]] made guest appearences in the video | The song was covered by the Los Angeles pop metal/rock band Baba Yaga (formerly Skinmask) and released as the band's debut single on [[July 2]], [[2020]]. Weezer members [[Scott Shriner]] and [[Brian Bell]] made guest appearences in the video.<ref>BabaYagaMetal "BABA YAGA "We are all on drugs"" ''YouTube''. 2 July 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98_cCDGqK7M</ref> | ||
==Reception== | ==Reception== | ||
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*[[Rick Rubin]] - producer | *[[Rick Rubin]] - producer | ||
==Music video== | ==Music video== | ||
The music video was directed by [ | The music video was directed by [[Justin Francis]].<br> | ||
<youtube>t0OVpyvey4U</youtube> | <youtube>t0OVpyvey4U</youtube> | ||