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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. Rivers also said in a July 2016 interview that he began writing the song "about a year" earlier. 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." Both a clean and an explicit version were released. The clean version replaces all instances of "fuck" with "eff." | The song is notable for being the first officially released Weezer track in which Rivers sings the word "fuck." Both a clean and an explicit version were released. The clean version replaces all instances of "fuck" with "eff." | ||