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{{Infobox song | {{Infobox song | ||
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*''Tripping Down the Freeway'' digital-45 single (iTunes Canada only) | *''Tripping Down the Freeway'' digital-45 single (iTunes Canada only) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
This song was confirmed to be on ''Raditude'' by Rivers Cuomo on [[August 21]], 2009 in an interview with Billboard magazine. [[Patrick Wilson]], the band's drummer and sometimes guitarist, plays the guitar solo on this song. The song is notable for | This song was confirmed to be on ''Raditude'' by Rivers Cuomo on [[August 21]], 2009 in an interview with Billboard magazine. [[Patrick Wilson]], the band's drummer and sometimes guitarist, plays the guitar solo on this song. The song is notable for more closely resembling the "classic" Weezer style on the otherwise more pop-oriented ''Raditude''. The song is one of only two on the album credited solely to Cuomo. | ||
Wilson | The origin of the name "Shirley Applebee" (or Appleby) is not known to have been commented on officially. Though Cuomo pronounces the name as "Shirley" on the album and during live performances, some postulate that the lyric is intended to refer to actress [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiri_Appleby Shiri Appleby]. Following the release of the song, Appleby commented on Twitter: "i'm beyond flattered. thank you weezer..." [https://twitter.com/ShiriAppleby/status/6340720918] | ||
Around the time of release, Wilson named the song as a recent favorite in the band's catalog, and was known to have, along with [[Karl Koch]], pushed for the song to be a single. | |||
Weezer, when performing the song live at Bonaroo in 2010, were accompanied by YouTube musician [[Julia Nunes]], who had previously covered the Weezer song "[[Keep Fishin']]". A video of the band rehearsing with Nunes was released as [[List of Weezer webisodes|Weezer Webisode]] #18 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7E76U2jsmQ]. | Weezer, when performing the song live at Bonaroo in 2010, were accompanied by YouTube musician [[Julia Nunes]], who had previously covered the Weezer song "[[Keep Fishin']]". A video of the band rehearsing with Nunes was released as [[List of Weezer webisodes|Weezer Webisode]] #18 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7E76U2jsmQ]. | ||