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| Format  = Digital
| Format  = Digital
| Recorded = Spring 2016<br>The Lair, Los Angeles, CA
| Recorded = Spring 2016<br>The Lair, Los Angeles, CA
| Length  = 4:14
| Length  = 3:10
| Writer  = [[Rivers Cuomo]] & Sam Hollander
| Writer  = [[Rivers Cuomo]] & Sam Hollander
| Producer = Jake Sinclair
| Producer = Unknown
| Status  = Officially Released
| Status  = Officially Released
| Live debut  = N/A
| Live debut  = N/A
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'''I Love the USA''' is a digital single released by [[Weezer]] in June 2016.
'''I Love the USA''' is a digital single released by [[Weezer]] in June 2016.
==Overview==
==Overview==
[https://www.instagram.com/p/BHQ0rPWhXRw/ According to a post on the band's Instagram account], frontman [[Rivers Cuomo]] was inspired to write the song in April [[2016]] while the band was promoting the [[Weezer (The White Album)|White Album]] in Europe. "We were on tour abroad, and it got me thinking a lot about America, which lead to me write 'I Love the USA,'" Cuomo said. The band was later approached by Apple Music and NASA to take part in a celebration of NASA's Juno spacecraft's arrival at Jupiter on [[July 4]]. Cuomo said that the song "seemed like the perfect fit" to commemorate the occasion.
[https://www.instagram.com/p/BHQ0rPWhXRw/ According to a post on the band's Instagram account], frontman [[Rivers Cuomo]] was inspired to write the song in April [[2016]] while the band was promoting the [[Weezer (The White Album)|White Album]] in Europe. "We were on tour abroad, and it got me thinking a lot about America, which lead to me write 'I Love the USA,'" Cuomo said. The band was later approached by Apple Music and NASA to take part in a celebration of NASA's Juno spacecraft's arrival at Jupiter on [[July 4]]. Cuomo said that the song "seemed like the perfect fit" to commemorate the occasion. The song is notable for being the first officially released Weezer track in which Rivers sings the word "fuck."


==Release==
==Release==
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