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| Album = The White Album (Deluxe) | | Album = The White Album (Deluxe) | ||
| Released = [[June 29]], [[2016]] | | Released = [[June 29]], [[2016]] | ||
| Format = digital, CD ( | | Format = digital, CD (Japan-only) | ||
| Recorded = Spring 2016<br>The Lair, Los Angeles, CA | | Recorded = Spring 2016<br>The Lair, Los Angeles, CA | ||
| Length = 3:10 | | Length = 3:10 | ||
| Label = Crush Music/Atlantic Records | | Label = Crush Music/Atlantic Records | ||
| Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]] | | Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]], [[Sam Hollander]] | ||
| Producer = [[Jake Sinclair]] | | Producer = [[Jake Sinclair]] | ||
| Status = Officially Released | | Status = Officially Released | ||
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"'''I Love the USA'''" is a digital single released by [[Weezer]] on [[June 29]], [[2016]]. It was later released on the deluxe edition of ''[[The White Album]]''. | "'''I Love the USA'''" is a digital single released by [[Weezer]] on [[June 29]], [[2016]]. It was later released on the deluxe edition of ''[[The White Album]]''. | ||
===Appearances=== | |||
*"I Love the USA" (digital single) | |||
*''[[Weezer (The White Album)]]'' (Deluxe) (2016) | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
<blockquote>{{Interviewer|Songfacts|Is there a hint of sarcasm in the Weezer song "I Love The USA"?}} | |||
{{Interviewee/general|[[Sam Hollander]]|You'd have to ask Rivers. On that one, we sat out back and he had this title that I just adored, and he was singing "I love the USA." We were playing around with strange fragments of imagery that I thought should not connect in any way, shape or form. That's the way Rivers' mind works. There's just so many interesting visuals.}} | |||
:::—''Songfacts interview with [[Sam Hollander]], [[2020]]''<ref>Wiser, Carl. Interview with Sam Hollander. ''Songfacts''. 11 January 2020. https://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/sam-hollander</ref></blockquote> | |||
[[Rivers Cuomo]] was inspired to write "I Love the USA" in April of [[2016]] while the band was promoting [[Weezer (The White Album)|''The White Album'']] in Europe.<ref>Weezer [@weezer] "We were on tour abroad, and it got me thinking a lot about America, which lead to me write “I Love The USA." When @AppleMusic & @NASA asked us to be involved with Juno’s historic landing on July 4th, this song seemed like the perfect fit. - @Rivers_Cuomo #🚀#🇺🇸 — download “I Love The USA" now exclusively on iTunes or stream it on Apple Music." ''Instagram''. 30 June 2016. https://www.instagram.com/p/BHQ0rPWhXRw/</ref> "We were on tour abroad, and it got me thinking a lot about America, which lead to me write 'I Love the USA.'" Cuomo also said in a July 2016 interview that he began writing the song "about a year" earlier {{Citation needed}}. The band was later approached by Apple Music and NASA to take part in a celebration of NASA's Juno spacecraft's arrival at Jupiter on [[July 4]]. Cuomo said that the song "seemed like the perfect fit" to commemorate the occasion. | |||
The song is notable for being the first officially-released Weezer track in which Rivers sings the word "fuck." Both a clean and an explicit version were released. The clean version replaces all instances of "fuck" with "eff." A 1:20 alternate clean edit was used in an August 2016 Team USA Olympics promo and replaced "fuck yeah" with "oh yeah." | The song is notable for being the first officially-released Weezer track in which Rivers sings the word "fuck." Both a clean and an explicit version were released. The clean version replaces all instances of "fuck" with "eff." A 1:20 alternate clean edit was used in an August 2016 Team USA Olympics promo and replaced "fuck yeah" with "oh yeah." | ||
The song was later included as a bonus track on the deluxe version of ''[[The White Album]]''. | The song was released exclusively through Apple Music on [[June 29]]. It was released as a single and put on Spotify on September 2 with new artwork. The song was later included as a bonus track on the deluxe version of ''[[The White Album]]''. | ||
==Known recordings== | |||
{{Known recordings header}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|I Love the USA|I Love The USA 5 verses Bigger Than Us @104.mp3|[[2015]]—[[2016]]|||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|I Love the USA|I Love The USA 7 ballad vocal @104.mp3|[[2015]]—[[2016]]|||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|I Love the USA|I Love The USA 8 full time piano @104.mp3|[[2015]]—[[2016]]|||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|I Love the USA|I Love The USA 15 memorial day @104.mp3|[[2015]]—[[2016]]|||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|I Love the USA|I Love The USA 16 vocal jam solo @108.mp3|[[2015]]—[[2016]]|||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|I Love the USA||[[2016]]||3:10| | |||
*Digital single | |||
*''[[Weezer (The White Album)]]'' (Deluxe)|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|I Love the USA||[[2016]]||3:10| | |||
*Digital single|Clean edit}} | |||
{{Known recordings footer}} | |||
==Music video== | ==Music video== | ||
The music video was directed by SCANTRON and No. 2 Pencil and features comedian [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patton_Oswalt Patton Oswalt]. It premiered on [[October 9]], [[2016]]. | The music video was directed by SCANTRON and No. 2 Pencil and features comedian [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patton_Oswalt Patton Oswalt]. It premiered on [[October 9]], [[2016]]. | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[List of Weezer songs]] | *[[List of Weezer songs]] | ||
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
[[Category: Weezer singles]] | [[Category:Weezer singles]] | ||
[[Category: Weezer songs]] | [[Category:Weezer songs]][[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
[[Category:Bonus tracks]] | [[Category:Bonus tracks]] | ||
[[Category:Songs on Weezer (The White Album)]] | [[Category:Songs on Weezer (The White Album)]] | ||