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-"'''Happy Together'''" is a 60s pop classic by The Turtles, and covered by [[Weezer]] and [[Rivers Cuomo]] in 2002, 2018, and 2019.
+:''Not to be confused with "[[Happiness Together]]".''
+"'''Happy Together'''" is a the sixth track from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Together_(song) 1967 album of the same name] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Turtles The Turtles]. The song was covered by Weezer at various points in the band's career.
 ==Overview==
-When [[Spike Jonze]] was finishing his film ''Adaptation'' in early 2002, he asked Weezer to record "Happy Together" for inclusion in the film.  The band rehearsed, recorded, and even performed the song live during the spring, but for reasons unknown, Jonze decided to use The Turtles' original recording in the final cut.  Weezer's studio version remains unreleased, although a live soundboard recording was released at the official site, and is frequently traded digitally online.  Due to the timing of the mp3's release, it has been speculated that this live version was recorded during the same May 2002 Japanese tour that spawned the live EP ''[[The Lion and the Witch]]''.
+When [[Spike Jonze]] was finishing his film ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptation_(film) Adaptation]'' in early 2002, he asked Weezer to record "Happy Together" for inclusion in the film.  The band learned to play the song during [[Weezer concert: 03/15/2002 - Barcelona, Spain|soundcheck before a show in Barcelona]] and demoed the song a few weeks later during the [[Album 5 Demos|the early sessions for the band's planned fifth album]]. Ultimately, Jonze decided to use The Turtles' original recording in the final cut. Said Jonze:
+:''"With every little piece in the film, we experimented endlessy to find the balance, and that is why we were in the editing room for 13 months. So thank you again for participating in our search. I still listen to the acoustic version you did in the hotel. It’s really sad and pretty."'' [https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Karl%27s_Corner_-_12/10/2002]
+Weezer's studio version from that period remains unreleased, though a live soundboard recording was released on the official site, and is frequently traded digitally online. The date of the recording is unknown.
-In 2018, Rivers added the 60's tune to the setlist of his solo acoustic shows with a snippet of [[Green Day]]'s Longview in the bridge, later in the same year on the Pixies and Weezer summer tour, the band started covering the song with the Green Day snippet. It is also the fifth track on 2019's "[[Weezer (The Teal Album)]]".
+In [[2018]], Rivers Cuomo added the song to the setlist of his solo acoustic shows with a snippet of [[Green Day]]'s "Longview" in the bridge. Later the same year, on the 2018 Weezer and Pixies Summer Tour, the band started covering the song with the Green Day snippet. The song finally appeared as an official studio recording on ''[[The Teal Album]]'' in [[2019]].
 ==Videos==
+===2002 Soundboard recording===
-===2002 Cover===
+<youtube>ENdXNw2U4tM</youtube>
-<youtube>RR6XoHw_Fms</youtube>
+===2018 Rivers Cuomo performance===
-===2018 River's Cover===
 <youtube>rKQBYQ25Kes</youtube>
+===[[The Teal Album]] version===
+<youtube>i--uixPYvEk</youtube>
-===2018 Weezer Cover===
-<youtube>SnpCVSj892w</youtube>
 ==Lyrics==