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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 | ||
| Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]] & Rick Nowels | | Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]] & [[Rick Nowels]] | ||
| Producer = [[Rivers Cuomo]] & [[Shawn Everett]] | | Producer = [[Rivers Cuomo]] & [[Shawn Everett]] | ||
| Status = Officially released | | Status = Officially released | ||
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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 (co-writer) [[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== | |||
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==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem>Someday | <poem>Someday | ||