I Love the USA
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| Single by Weezer | |||||
| Album | The White Album (Deluxe) | ||||
| Released | June 29, 2016 | ||||
| Format | digital, CD (Japan-only) | ||||
| Recorded | Spring 2016 The Lair, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Length | 3:10 | ||||
| Label | Crush Music/Atlantic Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo, Sam Hollander | ||||
| Producer(s) | Jake Sinclair | ||||
| Status | Officially Released | ||||
| Live debut | July 9, 2016 | ||||
| Stream |  Spotify |
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| The White Album (Deluxe) track listing | |||||
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 Single artwork |
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"I Love the USA" is a single released by Weezer on June 29, 2016. It was later included as the 11th track of the deluxe edition of The White Album, released October 7 the same year.
Appearances
- "I Love the USA" (digital single)
- Weezer (The White Album) (Deluxe) (2016)
Overview
Songfacts: Is there a hint of sarcasm in the Weezer song "I Love The USA"?
Sam Hollander: You'd have to ask Rivers. On that one, we sat out back and he had this title that I just adored, and he was singing "I love the USA." We were playing around with strange fragments of imagery that I thought should not connect in any way, shape or form. That's the way Rivers' mind works. There's just so many interesting visuals.
- —Songfacts interview with Sam Hollander, 2020[1]
Rivers Cuomo was inspired to write "I Love the USA" in April of 2016 while the band was promoting The White Album in Europe.[2] "We were on tour abroad, and it got me thinking a lot about America, which lead to me write 'I Love the USA.'" Cuomo also said in a July 2016 interview that he began writing the song "about a year" earlier [citation needed]. The band was later approached by Apple Music and NASA to take part in a celebration of NASA's Juno spacecraft's arrival at Jupiter on July 4. Cuomo said that the song "seemed like the perfect fit" to commemorate the occasion.
The song is notable for being the first officially-released Weezer track in which Rivers sings the word "fuck." Both a clean and an explicit version were released. The clean version replaces all instances of "fuck" with "eff." A 1:20 alternate clean edit was used in an August 2016 Team USA Olympics promo and replaced "fuck yeah" with "oh yeah."
The song was released exclusively through Apple Music on June 29. It was released as a single and put on Spotify on September 2 with new artwork. The song was later included as a bonus track on the deluxe version of The White Album.
Music video
The music video was directed by SCANTRON and No. 2 Pencil and features comedian Patton Oswalt. It premiered on October 9, 2016.
Lyrics
Ain't that bad a place
I was born that way
I bite my fingernails
Still got bills to pay
You should know what to say
I'll put you in your place
Land of the free
I'm on my way
I love the USA
I love the USA
Fuck yeah this place is great
I love the USA
Stop at Coffee Bean
This is like a dream
Let's run across the beach
Mama, what's the deal?
Nothing's wrong with me
Still waters running deep
Home of the brave
Dog on a leash
I love the USA
I love the USA
Fuck yeah this place is great
I love the USA
God save the king
God save the king
God save the king
Won't feel a thing
God save the king
God save the king
God save the king
I love the USA
I love the USA
Fuck yeah this place is great
I love the USA
Fuck yeah this place is great
I love the USA
Planes up in the sky
There's a missing man
A boy who didn't make it
Known recordings
| Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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| Rivers Cuomo | I Love the USA | I Love The USA 5 verses Bigger Than Us @104.mp3 | 2015—2016 | ||||
| Rivers Cuomo | I Love the USA | I Love The USA 7 ballad vocal @104.mp3 | 2015—2016 | ||||
| Rivers Cuomo | I Love the USA | I Love The USA 8 full time piano @104.mp3 | 2015—2016 | ||||
| Rivers Cuomo | I Love the USA | I Love The USA 15 memorial day @104.mp3 | 2015—2016 | ||||
| Rivers Cuomo | I Love the USA | I Love The USA 16 vocal jam solo @108.mp3 | 2015—2016 | ||||
| Weezer | I Love the USA | 2016 | 3:10 |
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| Weezer | I Love the USA | 2016 | 3:10 |
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Clean edit |
See also
References
- ↑ Wiser, Carl. Interview with Sam Hollander. Songfacts. 11 January 2020. https://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/sam-hollander. Archived version: [1]
- ↑ Weezer [@weezer] "We were on tour abroad, and it got me thinking a lot about America, which lead to me write “I Love The USA." When @AppleMusic & @NASA asked us to be involved with Juno’s historic landing on July 4th, this song seemed like the perfect fit. - @Rivers_Cuomo #🚀#🇺🇸 — download “I Love The USA" now exclusively on iTunes or stream it on Apple Music." Instagram. 30 June 2016. https://www.instagram.com/p/BHQ0rPWhXRw/