Island in the Sun: Difference between revisions

== Overview ==

"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''.  

[[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.

[[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."

The song went through a number of changes during the sessions for ''The Green Album'', and in fact was, at one time, more of an upbeat rocker. This version can be heard during the documentary footage of the making of ''The Green Album'' on ''VCD''. Remarked [[Karl Koch]]: ''"'Island in the Sun', the unusual song that has always taken the most time and effort to get right. Tom worked all day and the results were wonderful!  It feels great to find the "answers" for that song and say 'wow, it's finished'."''

In late [[2001]], the band reworked the song's solo for their live show. In [[2005]], Rivers Cuomo would often open the band's encore by playing "Island in the Sun" alone on an acoustic guitar in the back of the venue they were playing. On some nights, he would crowd surf back up the stage.

"Island in the Sun", along with "[[Hash Pipe]]", was performed during the band's first appearance on ''Saturday Night Live'' in May of 2001. Comedian Will Ferrell, who was a cast member at the time, joined the band on stage for the performance of "Island", adding maracas to the mix.

 

It is a favorite among fans and also very notable for [[Mikey Welsh]]'s bass line before all the instruments come in.