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Drummer [[Patrick Wilson]] is featured on the single's cover artwork holding a pack of Natural American Spirit cigarettes. The retail and promo versions of this cover has the brand's logo blurred out due to copyright issues. On the European retail single CD the blurred out logo was replaced with the song title and the Weezer logo. An alternate cover of the retail single shows then-bassist [[Mikey Welsh]] pushing a skateboard upon which a life-size cardboard cutout of Rivers Cuomo is standing, photographed during the [[Yahoo! Outloud Tour]]. | Drummer [[Patrick Wilson]] is featured on the single's cover artwork holding a pack of Natural American Spirit cigarettes. The retail and promo versions of this cover has the brand's logo blurred out due to copyright issues. On the European retail single CD the blurred out logo was replaced with the song title and the Weezer logo. An alternate cover of the retail single shows then-bassist [[Mikey Welsh]] pushing a skateboard upon which a life-size cardboard cutout of Rivers Cuomo is standing, photographed during the [[Yahoo! Outloud Tour]]. | ||
===Covers=== | ===Covers=== | ||
The song has been covered by [[Phantom Planet]] in concert and by [[Wikipedia:Richard Cheese|Richard Cheese & Lounge Against the Machine]] at one of their live shows. Following Weezer's cover of "[[Africa]]" by Toto in [[2018]], Toto responded by releasing their own cover of "Hash Pipe".<ref>Toto - Topic "Hash Pipe" ''YouTube''. 3 August 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOoC-Gflass</ref> | The song has been covered by [[Phantom Planet]] in concert and by [[Wikipedia:Richard Cheese|Richard Cheese & Lounge Against the Machine]] at one of their live shows. Following Weezer's cover of "[[Africa]]" by Toto in [[2018]], Toto responded by releasing their own cover of "Hash Pipe".<ref>Toto - Topic "Hash Pipe" ''YouTube''. 3 August 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOoC-Gflass</ref> Haitian-Canadian artist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9lissa_Laveaux Mélissa Laveaux] recorded a stripped-down, genre-bending version of the song for her 2013 album ''Dying Is a Wild Night''<ref>[[Weezerpedia:Featured video October 2022]]</ref>. | ||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead guitar, lead vocals | *[[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead guitar, lead vocals | ||
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*[[Ric Ocasek]] - producer | *[[Ric Ocasek]] - producer | ||
==Music video== | ==Music video== | ||
{{Karl Koch quote|Impressed by how the bands looked in his other videos, [[Marcos Siega|Siega]] was sought out and asked to avoid referring to the lyrics in his treatment. Sumos were brought up, and immediately approved. Rock!|''[[Video Capture Device]]'' liner notes}} | {{Karl Koch quote|Impressed by how the bands looked in his other videos, [[Marcos Siega|Siega]] was sought out and asked to avoid referring to the lyrics in his treatment. Sumos were brought up, and immediately approved. Rock!|''[[Video Capture Device booklet#.22Hash_Pipe.22|Video Capture Device]]'' liner notes}} | ||
The video for the song was directed by [[Marcos Siega]], the first of several Weezer videos that he would direct. The premise of the video shows Weezer playing while a group of sumo wrestlers engage in activity. At one point in the video, the wrestlers appear as stand-ins for the band, complete with instruments, miming to the song. In the video, guitarist [[Brian Bell]] employs a maneuver in which he bends backwards, taking the guitar with him, then thrusts his legs in the direction he's bending. This is affectionately known among Weezer fans as "[[The Impossible Bend]]". According to the mini book that accompanies ''[[Video Capture Device]]'', Siega was specifically asked to avoid referring to the lyrics of the song in the video. | The video for the song was directed by [[Marcos Siega]], the first of several Weezer videos that he would direct. The premise of the video shows Weezer playing while a group of sumo wrestlers engage in activity. At one point in the video, the wrestlers appear as stand-ins for the band, complete with instruments, miming to the song. In the video, guitarist [[Brian Bell]] employs a maneuver in which he bends backwards, taking the guitar with him, then thrusts his legs in the direction he's bending. This is affectionately known among Weezer fans as "[[The Impossible Bend]]". According to the mini book that accompanies ''[[Video Capture Device]]'', Siega was specifically asked to avoid referring to the lyrics of the song in the video. | ||