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Buddy Holly is one of the most universally-loved, most famous Weezer songs. The guitar fill at the end of the solo is one of the most famous moments in any Weezer song. Its music video was very significant in Weezer's career. During the [[Make Believe Tour]], an extended intro was added to the song, which was somewhat darker than the rest of the song. The [[Troublemaker Tour]], however, saw that intro discarded and the song was played in its original form.

In the [[Alone]] booklet, Cuomo explained how he was inspired to write the song after a friend from his choir lent him a Korg Keyboard.  The lyrical inspiration derived from an incident in which the other members of Weezer were making fun of Cuomo's friend, Kyung He. Cuomo talks about how he originally didn't want to include the song on the album, but was convinced by producer [[Ric Ocasek]]. Cuomo also talks about the writing process of the song, stating that originally, the chorus lyrics were "You look just like Ginger Rogers/Oh-oh/I move just like Fred Astaire."

The Alone version features some differences from the finished album version. It is in a slower tempo, the melody is somewhat different, and the short synth sections during the verses are different.

The music video, featuring the band spliced into a "Happy Days" set, was directed by [[Spike Jonze]]. The video uses a combination of old footage from the show and new footage of the band, including many old stars like Henry Winkler and Ron Howard. It was massively successful, and launched the band into mainstream fame. It was featured on Microsoft Windows 95 CD-ROM as well. In the commentary for the video on the [[Video Capture Device]], the band members tell of how many of the backup dancers used in the video are friends of theirs, including Tony Maxwell of [[that dog.]]. Also included is the actual Al Molinaro, who played Al Delvecchio in the show.

Strangely enough, the huge success of the music video confused and angered Cuomo. He thought people only liked Weezer because of the seemingly "gimmicky" music video, and weren't taking seriously or appreciating his song writing. This played a large part in causing the more serious, gimmick-free sophomore album [[Pinkerton]]. During promotion for Pinkerton, Cuomo refused to have any of their music videos contain anything even remotely gimmicky, and many blame that as the cause of the album's eventual commercial failure. This attempt at a straight-forward, more less bubble-gum music video can be seen in [[El Scorcho#Music video|El Scorcho's music video]].