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"'''Happy Hour'''" is the fourth track and second single from ''[[Pacific Daydream]]''. The song was released on [[October 18]]. | "'''Happy Hour'''" is the fourth track and second single from ''[[Pacific Daydream]]''. The song was released on [[October 18]]. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Songwriter [[Rivers Cuomo]] employed free-association when writing "Happy Hour." He knew that the chorus was going to be about wanting a "happy hour" and that the verses would depict the narrator's bleak life. The "20-ton weight" (a reference to the 16-ton weight recurring gag from '' | Songwriter [[Rivers Cuomo]] employed free-association when writing "Happy Hour." He knew that the chorus was going to be about wanting a "happy hour" and that the verses would depict the narrator's bleak life. The "20-ton weight" (a reference to the 16-ton weight recurring gag from ''{{Wikipedia|Monty Python's Flying Circus}}'' was described by Cuomo as the "ultimate buzzkill" that first came to mind when writing the verse.<ref name="npr">Hilton, Robin. "How Weezer Traded Power Chords For Pop: A Conversation With Rivers Cuomo" ''NPR''. 27 October 2017. https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2017/10/27/560044425/how-weezer-traded-power-chords-for-pop</ref> The opening lyrics referring to Stevie Ray Vaughan originally made explicit reference to Vaughan being high on cocaine<ref>"Making Records with Eric Valentine - Weezer - "Mexican Fender"" ''YouTube''. 1 September 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFGVMrcjSpA</ref>, but were later changed. | ||
The official YouTube video for Happy Hour features art by Spanish artist [http://laprisamata.es/ LAPRISAMATA], whose art also appears in the videos for "[[Beach Boys]]" and "[[Weekend Woman]]". A different music video, starring Pete Wentz of the band Fall Out Boy, was originally filmed for the song, but was scrapped. The footage was later repurposed for the single "[[Midnight]]", before the song was scrapped. The footage was repurposed again and was finally used as the music video for the ''[[Weezer (The Black Album)|Black Album]]'' track "[[Can't Knock The Hustle]]."<ref>Ginsberg, Gab. "Rivers Cuomo on His Data-Driven Approach to Weezer" ''Billboard''. 1 March 2019. https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/weezer-rivers-cuomo-data-driven-approach-interview-8500614/</ref> | The official YouTube video for Happy Hour features art by Spanish artist [http://laprisamata.es/ LAPRISAMATA], whose art also appears in the videos for "[[Beach Boys]]" and "[[Weekend Woman]]". A different music video, starring Pete Wentz of the band Fall Out Boy, was originally filmed for the song, but was scrapped. The footage was later repurposed for the single "[[Midnight]]", before the song was scrapped. The footage was repurposed again and was finally used as the music video for the ''[[Weezer (The Black Album)|Black Album]]'' track "[[Can't Knock The Hustle]]."<ref>Ginsberg, Gab. "Rivers Cuomo on His Data-Driven Approach to Weezer" ''Billboard''. 1 March 2019. https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/weezer-rivers-cuomo-data-driven-approach-interview-8500614/</ref> | ||