![]() After the song leaked onto the internet, Rivers Cuomo reportedly refused to clear sample, which prompted Roth to debut a remixed version of his song as his official debut single. Asher Roth sampled the song for his debut rap single " I Love College". Deftones, The Sleeping, Young Guns, Finch, Real Estate and Dashboard Confessional have also covered the song live. An episode of " One Tree Hill" featured a cover by MoZella, Wakey!Wakey!, and Juliana Hatfield. The band Further Seems Forever covered the song on the Weezer tribute album Rock Music: A Tribute to Weezer. The video also features a cameo by the band's webmaster/band photographer/archivist and close friend for many years, Karl Koch.Ī small poster of Mercyful Fate/ King Diamond frontman King Diamond is visible several times throughout the video, most clearly during the final chorus, just as Rivers Cuomo turns his mic around. The music video for "Say It Ain't So", directed by Sophie Muller, met with less success than the previous two Weezer videos directed by Spike Jonze, but the song still successfully climbed to the top 10 of the Modern Rock Tracks chart.Īs noted in the Weezer DVD collection Video Capture Device and the slip cover of the re-released special edition of the group's debut album, the band filmed the music video at the house where the band used to rehearse and record. Live acoustic tracks were recorded on April 1, 1995, at Cat's Paw Studios in Atlanta, Georgia.Promo CD: Geffen Records / PRO CD 4742 (US) Limited Edition 10": Geffen Records / GFSV 95 (UK) Side one "No One Else" (Live and Acoustic) - 3:15ĬD: Geffen Records / GFSTD 95 (UK), GED 22064 (Europe), GEFDM 22064 (Australia).Track listing Cassette single: Geffen Records / GFSC 95 (UK) Both sides ![]() ![]() The album now features the version with the feedback. The band liked this mix so much that the members asked for it to replace the version on the album, after the album had sold 3 million copies. However, when the band released the single, the mix that kept the guitar feedback in the song was used. The original album pressings had a mix with slightly different sounding drums, bass and no guitar feedback. ( April 2008) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. This section possibly contains original research. The song has a basic sequence of Cm 7–G add ♯9–A ♭–E ♭ in the verses and interludes, changes to C 5–G 5–A ♭ 5–E ♭ 5 at the chorus and follows B ♭ 5–B ♭ 5/A–E ♭ 5–G ♭ 5 during the bridge as its chord progression. "Say It Ain't So" is composed in the key of C minor (Cm), while Rivers Cuomo's vocal range spans two octaves, from the low-note of B ♭ 3 to the high-note of B ♭ 5. According to the sheet music published at by Hal Leonard Music, it is written in the time signature of common time, with a moderate rock tempo of 76 beats per minute. "Say It Ain't So" is an alternative rock and emo song that lasts a duration of 4 minutes, 18 seconds. "Say It Ain't So" is a playable track in the video games Rock Band and Rocksmith 2014 in addition to appearing on an episode of Hindsight. In 2008, Rolling Stone ranked "Say It Ain't So" #72 on "The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time." Pitchfork included the song at number 10 on its "Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s". In 2015, Loudwire ranked the song number three on their list of the 10 greatest Weezer songs, and in 2021, Kerrang ranked the song number two on their list of the 20 greatest Weezer songs. ![]() ![]() "Say It Ain't So" is widely considered one of the band's best songs. He believed his mother and father's marriage ended because his father was an alcoholic, and this made him fear the marriage between his mother and step-father would end this way as well. Cuomo made a connection to an incident in high school where he came home and saw a bottle of beer in the fridge. Written by frontman Rivers Cuomo, the song came to be after he had all the music finished and one line, "Say it ain't so". It was released as the third and final single from the band's self-titled 1994 debut album. " Say It Ain't So" is a song by the American rock band Weezer. ![]()
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