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"'''Paranoid Android'''" is the second track and lead single from the [[1997]] album ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_Computer OK Computer]'' by [ | "'''Paranoid Android'''" is the second track and lead single from the [[1997]] album ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_Computer OK Computer]'' by [[Radiohead]]. Weezer covered the song in [[2011]]. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
[[Rivers Cuomo]] first hinted that he was learning "Paranoid Android" in [https://twitter.com/RiversCuomo/status/60039594707648512 a tweet] from [[April 18]], [[2011]] in which he simply said "''Time to learn Radiohead's "Paranoid Android."''". Weezer's cover of the song was released as a video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nTo8rjo-lM on YouTube] on [[May 27]]. The song was performed live for the first time on the same day at [[Weezer concert: 05/27/2011|a concert in Atlantic City, NJ]]. Weezer continued to play the song live at numerous concerts throughout the year, with it's most recent performance being on [[Weezer concert: 01/19/2012|the Lido Deck]] during [[The Weezer Cruise]] on [[January 19]], [[2012]]. | [[Rivers Cuomo]] first hinted that he was learning "Paranoid Android" in [https://twitter.com/RiversCuomo/status/60039594707648512 a tweet] from [[April 18]], [[2011]] in which he simply said "''Time to learn Radiohead's "Paranoid Android."''". Weezer's cover of the song was released as a video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nTo8rjo-lM on YouTube] on [[May 27]]. The song was performed live for the first time on the same day at [[Weezer concert: 05/27/2011|a concert in Atlantic City, NJ]]. Weezer continued to play the song live at numerous concerts throughout the year, with it's most recent performance being on [[Weezer concert: 01/19/2012|the Lido Deck]] during [[The Weezer Cruise]] on [[January 19]], [[2012]]. | ||
Cuomo first heard the song in [[1997]] while on tour with [[No Doubt]]. According to Cuomo, “And then one day on the tour bus, the guys are like, ‘Check it out. It's the new Radiohead single…’ They turned on MTV and it was ‘Paranoid Android.’ It completely obliterated me." <ref>Cingrana, Joe (January 29, 2021). [https://www.audacy.com/national/music/rivers-cuomo-was-obliterated-by-radioheads-1997-album Rivers Cuomo reveals he was 'completely obliterated' by Radiohead's 'OK Computer']. ''Audacy''. Retrieved July 17, 2022.</ref> | Cuomo first heard the song in [[1997]] while on tour with [[No Doubt]]. According to Cuomo, “And then one day on the tour bus, the guys are like, ‘Check it out. It's the new Radiohead single…’ They turned on MTV and it was ‘Paranoid Android.’ It completely obliterated me." <ref>Cingrana, Joe (January 29, 2021). [https://www.audacy.com/national/music/rivers-cuomo-was-obliterated-by-radioheads-1997-album Rivers Cuomo reveals he was 'completely obliterated' by Radiohead's 'OK Computer']. ''Audacy''. Retrieved July 17, 2022.</ref> | ||
The song is referenced directly in the lyrics of "[[Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori]]". | The song is referenced directly in the lyrics of "[[Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori]]". | ||
Weezer also covered Radiohead's "[[Creep]]" in live performances in [[2008]]. | |||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – guitar, lead vocals | *[[Rivers Cuomo]] – guitar, lead vocals | ||