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{{Hatnote|Not to be confused with the Weezer song "[[Happiness Together]]".}} | |||
{{Infobox song | {{Infobox song | ||
| Name = Happy Together | | Name = Happy Together | ||
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| Next track = "[[Paranoid]]"<br>(6) | | Next track = "[[Paranoid]]"<br>(6) | ||
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"'''Happy Together'''" is a the sixth track from the [[Wikipedia:Happy_Together_(song)|1967 album of the same name]] by [[Wikipedia:The_Turtles|The Turtles]]. The song was covered by [[Weezer]] at various points in the band's career. | "'''Happy Together'''" is a the sixth track from the [[Wikipedia:Happy_Together_(song)|1967 album of the same name]] by [[Wikipedia:The_Turtles|The Turtles]]. The song was covered by [[Weezer]] at various points in the band's career. | ||
===Appearances=== | |||
*Performed live | |||
*''[[Weezer (The Teal Album)]]'' (2019) | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
When director [[Spike Jonze]] was finishing his film, ''[[Wikipedia:Adaptation_(film)|Adaptation]]'', in early 2002, he asked Weezer to record "Happy Together" for inclusion in the movie. The band learned to play the song during [[Weezer concert: 03/15/2002 - Barcelona, Spain|soundcheck before a show in Barcelona]] and demoed the song a few weeks later during the [[Album 5 demos|the early sessions for the band's planned fifth album]]. Ultimately, Jonze decided to use The Turtles' original recording in the final cut. Said Jonze: | When director [[Spike Jonze]] was finishing his film, ''[[Wikipedia:Adaptation_(film)|Adaptation]]'', in early 2002, he asked Weezer to record "Happy Together" for inclusion in the movie. The band learned to play the song during [[Weezer concert: 03/15/2002 - Barcelona, Spain|soundcheck before a show in Barcelona]] and demoed the song a few weeks later during the [[Album 5 demos|the early sessions for the band's planned fifth album]]. Ultimately, Jonze decided to use The Turtles' original recording in the final cut. Said Jonze: | ||
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In [[2018]], Rivers Cuomo added the song to the setlist of his solo acoustic shows with a snippet of [[Green Day]]'s "Longview" in the bridge. Later the same year, on the 2018 Weezer and Pixies Summer Tour, the band started covering the song with the Green Day snippet. The song finally appeared as an official studio recording on ''[[The Teal Album]]'' in [[2019]]. | In [[2018]], Rivers Cuomo added the song to the setlist of his solo acoustic shows with a snippet of [[Green Day]]'s "Longview" in the bridge. Later the same year, on the 2018 Weezer and Pixies Summer Tour, the band started covering the song with the Green Day snippet. The song finally appeared as an official studio recording on ''[[The Teal Album]]'' in [[2019]]. | ||
== | ==Video== | ||
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==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead guitar, lead vocals | *[[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead guitar, lead vocals | ||