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-{{Featured song MP3 headline|http://play.last.fm/preview/121469186.mp3|Photograph}}
+{{Featured song MP3 headline|http://play.last.fm/preview/118734250.mp3|Island in the Sun}}
-{{Featured song artwork|Weezer Photograph cover.jpg}}
+{{Featured song artwork|Weezer Island in the Sun cover CD.jpg}}
-"'''[[Photograph]]'''" is the second song and third single from [[Weezer's]] [[2001]] album, ''[[The Green Album]]''.
+"'''Island in the Sun'''" is the second single and fourth track from ''[[The Green Album]]''
-Originally known as "If You Want It", "Photograph" was released in Japan as the lead-off promo single for ''The Green Album'', which differs from the US's "[[Hash Pipe]]." The song enjoyed only modest success on the radio, peaking at #17 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart.
+"[[Island in the Sun]]" has proven to be one of Weezer's biggest hits, especially among the general public.  It has been used in film, commercials, and even appeared in an episode of ''The Simpsons''.
-During many live shows in [[2005]], the band would close out their first set by having drummer [[Patrick Wilson]] take lead vocals and guitar on "Photograph", while [[Rivers Cuomo]] played drums. Most of the time the band would do a medley of "Photograph" and the Blur song "Song 2."
+[[Rivers Cuomo]] wrote and first recorded a demo of the song in 1999. The original demo recording has circulated on the internet for several years.
-The music video for the song is notable for being directed by [[Weezer.com]] webmaster and longtime friend of the band [[Karl Koch]]. It consists of footage shot while the band was touring for ''The Green Album''. Among the notable footage is Cuomo playing soccer, guitarist [[Brian Bell]] attempting to skateboard and juggle (not at the same time), Wilson riding a Razor Scooter, a brief clip of the duo from Tenacious D running onstage during a Weezer show and a scene with Cuomo playing a prank on new bassist [[Scott Shriner]].
+[[Brian Bell]] originally heard the song when he went to Rivers' place at a time when he was writing all of his demo's names on the walls.  The title instantly caught his attention, as did the song.  On the audio commentary for the song's video on ''[[Video Capture Device]]'', Brian has expressed that it "might be [his] favorite [[Weezer]] song."
-{{Featured song links|Photograph}}
+{{Featured song links|Island in the Sun}}
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