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"'''I Love the USA'''" is a | "'''I Love the USA'''" is a single released by [[Weezer]] on [[June 29]], [[2016]]. It was later included as the 11th track of the deluxe edition of ''[[The White Album]]'', released [[October 7]] the same year. | ||
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<blockquote>{{Interviewer|Songfacts|Is there a hint of sarcasm in the Weezer song "I Love The USA"?}} | <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.}} | {{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> | :::—''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. Archived version: [https://web.archive.org/web/20210111235026/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. | [[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. | ||