Oh
Woah-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Debt on my head
Wasting time on my own (Oh yeah)
Sleep rescue me
Take me back to my home (Oh, take me home)
For the times that you wanna go and
Bust rhymes real slow
I'll appear, slap you on the face and
Enjoy the show
Oh
Whoa-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Cheese smells so good
On a burnt piece of lamb (Piece of what?)
Fag of the year
Who could beat up your man
For the times that you wanna go and
Bust rhymes real slow
I'll appear, slap you on the face and
Enjoy the show
Oh, this dope nose
Whoa-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
(Take me back, take me home baby)
For the times that you wanna go and
Bust rhymes real slow
I'll appear, slap you on the face and
Enjoy the show
Oh, this dope nose
Whoa-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Dope Nose
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Single by Weezer | ||||||||||||||
Album | Maladroit | |||||||||||||
Released | February 2002 | |||||||||||||
Recorded | December 2001-February 2002 | |||||||||||||
Length | 2:17 | |||||||||||||
Label | Geffen | |||||||||||||
Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | |||||||||||||
RC# | 484 | |||||||||||||
COR# | 177 | |||||||||||||
Producer(s) | Weezer, Rod Cervera, Chad Bamford | |||||||||||||
Status | Officially released | |||||||||||||
Live debut | June 16, 2000 | |||||||||||||
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"Dope Nose" is the second track and lead single from Maladroit.
Appearances
- Songs from the Forthcoming Maladroit (2002)
- Maladroit (2002)
- The Lion and the Witch (2002)
- Weezer (The Red Album) (Japanese Deluxe Edition bonus DVD)
- Official Bootleg series (various releases)
Overview
"Dope Nose", along with "Hash Pipe" and "Slob", is one of the few Summer Songs of 2000 tracks to be fully recorded and released on an album. The song went through a slight metamorphosis during the Maladroit sessions, as its arrangement tightened up and became a more streamlined power pop tune. Cuomo commented on the songwriting process during a 2002 interview:
CDNOW: What were the circumstances surrounding the composition of the first single, "Dope Nose"?
Rivers: It's not about anything. It's just a bunch of garbage lyrics. [It was] six in the morning. I had three shots of tequila, and I forget how many milligrams of Ritalin, and I just went in my backyard and sat down. In like half an hour I was just like foaming at the mouth, and I just wrote it in one manic burst of about three minutes. Sitting there in the chair, composing in my head. Not even with a guitar. Just all in my mind. Bam. There's "Dope Nose."
Early mixes of the song were delivered to radio prior to the album's release, when Rivers Cuomo took it upon himself to distribute material from the album during its mixing/mastering process. At least two different versions of the promo went out, with different mixes of "Keep Fishin'" and this song. These versions featured backup vocals in different sections, or no backup vocals at all, and its original, fade-in intro - as opposed to the isolated riff that begins the LP version.
"Dope Nose" is one of the songs playable in the PlayStation 2 video game Amplitude, developed by Harmonix. An interview in Electronic Gaming Monthly with the creators of the PlayStation 2 game Guitar Hero (also developed by Harmonix) mentioned the game's early builds were based on "Dope Nose". The song also appears in an episode of the TV series Monk, "Mr. Monk Goes to a Fashion Show" and on the TV series Psych in the episode "Romeo and Juliet and Juliet". The song is a playable track in Guitar Hero: Van Halen.
At a performance at the Constellation Room in April 2024, an alternate second verse was debuted.
Music video
The music video was directed by Marcos Siega, who previously directed the video for "Keep Fishin'" and would later direct the video for "Beverly Hills". Before Weezer's label decided to hire Marcos Siega for the music video, Karl Koch purchased and rented props with the intent to direct his own music video for approximately $1000.[1][2]
Personnel
- Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals
- Patrick Wilson – percussion
- Brian Bell – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Scott Shriner – bass guitar, backing vocals
Lyrics
Hey boys and girls
Are you up for a ride
Crank up the amps
Find your soul, lose your mind
Debt on my head
Wasting time on my own
Sleep rescue me
Take me back to my home
For the times that you wanna go and
Bust rhymes real slow
I'll appear, slap you on the face and
Enjoy the show
This dope nose
Cheese smells so good
On a burnt piece of toast
Fag of the year
Who could love you the most
For the times that you wanna go and
Bust rhymes real slow
I'll appear, slap you on the face and
Enjoy the show
This dope nose
Cheese smells so good
On a burnt piece of toast
Fag of the year
Who could love you the most
For the times that you wanna go and
Bust rhymes real slow
I'll appear, slap you on the face and
Enjoy the show
This dope nose
Known recordings
Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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Weezer | Dope Nose | May 2000[3] | Cole Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 2:57 | Leaked online | Rehearsal | |
Weezer | Dope Nose | July 2000[3] | Tour demo, reportedly same as above recording | ||||
Weezer | Dope Nose | September 2000[3] | Tour demo | ||||
Weezer | Dope Nose | October 28, 2000[3] | 6145 Rodgerton Dr., Los Angeles, CA | ||||
Weezer | Dope Nose | Summer 2000 | 2:12 | Summer Songs 2000 ("album") | Likely one of above versions | ||
Weezer | Dope Nose | WEEZER-2001-12-20_01Dope_Nose_177.mp3 | December 20, 2001 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 2:57 | Released on weezer.com | |
Weezer | Dope Nose | WEEZER-2002-01-01_03Dope_Nose_177.mp3 | January 1, 2002 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 2:13 | Released on weezer.com | |
Weezer | Dope Nose | WEEZER-2002-01-02_03Dope_Nose_177.mp3 | January 2, 2002 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 2:13 | Released on weezer.com | |
Weezer | Dope Nose | WEEZER-2002-01-04_06Dope_Nose_177.mp3 | January 4, 2002 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 2:15 | Released on weezer.com | |
Weezer | Dope Nose | WEEZER-2002-01-07_04Dope_Nose_177.mp3 | January 7, 2002 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 2:15 | Released on weezer.com | |
Weezer | Dope Nose | WEEZER-2002-01-12_03Dope_Nose_177.mp3 | January 12, 2002 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 2:24 | Released on weezer.com | |
Weezer | Dope Nose | WEEZER-2002-01-16_Dope_Nose.mp3 | January 16, 2002 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 2:15 | Released on weezer.com | |
Weezer | Dope Nose | WEEZER-2002-02-03_Dope_Nose_177.mp3 | February 3, 2002 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 2:13 | Released on weezer.com | |
Weezer | Dope Nose | WEEZER-2002-02-11_Dope_Nose_177.mp3 | February 11, 2002 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 2:13 | Released on weezer.com | |
Weezer | Dope Nose | WEEZER-2002-02-13_Dope_Nose_177.mp3 | February 13, 2002 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 2:10 | Released on weezer.com | |
Weezer | Dope Nose | 2002 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 2:15 | Songs from the Forthcoming "Maladroit" | BJM #11946 | |
Weezer | Dope Nose | 2002 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 2:22 | Songs from the Forthcoming "Maladroit" | LIGHTING HILL/11982 | |
Weezer | Dope Nose | 2002 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 2:17 | Songs from the Forthcoming "Maladroit" | LIGHTING HILL/12020 | |
Weezer | Dope Nose | 2002 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 2:17 | Maladroit (unmastered German promo) | ||
Weezer | Dope Nose | 2002 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 2:17 | Maladroit | ||
Weezer | Dope Nose | 2002 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 1:28 | ...Und Es War Sommer | Shortened edit | |
Weezer | Dope Nose | 2002 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 1:29 | Shortened edit | ||
Weezer | Dope Nose | May 19, 2002 | Club Zepp, Fukuoka, Japan | 5:19 | The Lion and the Witch | Live performance |
See also
References
- Pages using Tabber parser tag
- Apple Music-link page
- Known recordings table
- Weezer songs
- Rivers Cuomo songs
- Weezer singles
- Allmusic track picks
- Songs on Maladroit
- Self-produced Weezer songs
- Weezer songs produced by Rod Cervera
- Weezer songs produced by Chad Bamford
- Summer Songs of 2000
- Music videos directed by Marcos Siega
- Songs on The Lion and the Witch
- Catalog o' Riffs
- 2002 releases