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{{Infobox song | {{Infobox song | ||
| Name = Hang On | | Name = Hang On | ||
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| Artist = Weezer | | Artist = Weezer | ||
| Album = Hurley | | Album = Hurley | ||
| Released = [[September 14]], [[2010]] | | Released = [[September 14]], [[2010]] (album)<br>February [[2011]] (single) | ||
| Length = 3:33 | | Length = 3:33 | ||
| Label = Epitaph Records | | Label = Epitaph Records | ||
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}} | }} | ||
"'''Hang On'''" is the second single and seventh track from ''[[Hurley]]''. | "'''Hang On'''" is the second single and seventh track from ''[[Hurley]]''. | ||
===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
*''[[Hurley]]'' | *''[[Hurley]]'' | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Actor Michael Cera plays mandolin and provides backing vocals on this track. | Actor [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cera Michael Cera] plays mandolin and provides backing vocals on this track. In an interview, Cuomo stated that the songwriting collaboration was the result of Rick Nowels playing the song's chord progression, with Cuomo following up with the song's melody and lyrics. | ||
To date, "Hang On" has been performed live only twice, during the last two tour dates on Weezer's [[2010 Tour]]. | |||
A new radio mix of the song was recorded in [[2010]] and debuted in early February of [[2011]], omitting the album version's mandolin instrumentation in favor of electric guitar. This mix features a guitar solo and a lyric not present in the original song ("We'll be so happy we waited, hang on"). Footage of the band was filmed in front of a green screen for a music video that was never officially released, though footage has been released on YouTube in various states [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbsD-AzTB6w] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mEugBvN4zI] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuTF5wcOdlM]. | |||
Weezer performed the song in [[Weezer TV Appearance: 05/02/2011 - The Hard Times of RJ Berger|the episode "You, Me, and Weezer" of the TV series ''The Hard Times of RJ Berger'']]. | |||
==Live performances== | |||
*[[Weezer concert: 10/29/2010 - New Orleans, LA]] | |||
*[[Weezer concert: 10/30/2010 - Atlanta, GA]] | |||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] - | *[[Rivers Cuomo]] - lead vocals, guitar | ||
*[[Brian Bell]] - | *[[Brian Bell]] - guitar, backing vocals | ||
*[[Scott Shriner]] - | *[[Scott Shriner]] - bass, backing vocals | ||
*[[Patrick Wilson]] - | *[[Patrick Wilson]] - drums | ||
*Tony Berg - | *Tony Berg - hurdy gurdy | ||
*Michael Cera - | *Michael Cera - mandolin, background vocals | ||
==Audio== | |||
<youtube>isnXodWAcPo</youtube> <youtube>4CSiu5e_zgI</youtube> | |||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem>Someday | <poem>Someday | ||