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| − | | Name = Pork and Beans
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| − | | Cover = Weezer Pork and Beans.jpg
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| − | | Type = [[Single (music)|Single]]
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| − | | Artist = Weezer
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| − | | Album = Weezer (The Red Album)
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| − | | Released = [[April 24]], [[2008]] (digital)<br>[[June 3]], 2008 (physical)
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| − | | Recorded = February 2008
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| − | | Length = 3:09
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| − | | Label = [[Geffen]]
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| − | | Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]]
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| − | | RC# = N/A
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| − | | COR# = N/A
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| − | | Producer = [[Jacknife Lee]]
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| − | | Status = Officially released
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| − | | Reviews = *[[Pork and Beans Pitchfork Media track review|Pitchfork Media]]
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| − | | Album = Weezer (The Red Album)
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| − | | Album type = studio
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| − | | Previous track = "[[The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)]]"<br>(2)
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| − | | This track = "Pork and Beans"<br>(3)
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| − | | Next track = "[[Heart Songs]]"<br>(4)
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| − | | Last single = "[[This Is Such a Pity]]"<br>(2006)
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| − | | This single = "Pork and Beans"<br>(2008)
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| − | | Next single = "[[Troublemaker]]"<br>(2008)
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| − | | Misc = {{Extra album cover 2
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| − | | Upper caption = Alternate Cover
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| − | | Type = studio
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| − | | Cover = Weezer Pork and Beans 3.jpg
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| − | | Lower caption = Alternate Cover
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| − | "'''Pork and Beans'''" is the lead [[Weezer discography#Singles|single]] and third track off of ''[[Weezer (The Red Album)|The Red Album]]''.
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| − | ===Appearances===
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| − | *''[[Weezer (The Red Album)]]'' (2008)
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| − | *"Pork and Beans" single (2008)
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| − | *[[List of Official Bootlegs|Several Official Bootlegs]] (Live Version)
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| − | ==Overview==
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| − | ===Inspiration===
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| − | "Pork and Beans" was not originally a part of ''The Red Album''. The song was written by [[Weezer]] lead singer [[Rivers Cuomo]] after a meeting with [[Geffen Records]] that left him fuming. In the meeting, label suits told Cuomo that the album was too slow and needed more upbeat, commercial material, which upset the band. Cuomo then wrote what [[Brian Bell]] would later call "a kickass song" based on a riff he'd written almost ten years earlier, taken from an old demo that he'd recently found in his personal library. He then reworked it into a new song adding a fresh chorus and bridge. The lyrics of the song explain his point of view of the meeting with the label. Supposedly, he'd paraphrased actual quotes of the label representatives. Ironically, "Pork and Beans" would go on to become one of Weezer's biggest hits ever. Pork and Beans is the first Weezer single ever to lack a guitar solo.
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| − | ===Announcement===
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| − | Originally, Rivers posted on his official MySpace page that the lead single would be twelve letters and one word that started with T and ended with R. In a revised update, Rivers said that he was wrong about the initial lead single and that the new single would be about a four-legged pink farm animal. He then added, "You ain't never gonna figure it out boi!" Many Weezer fans took this as a tongue in cheek comment that the lead single was obviously "[[Pig]]", which had leaked a little under a year ago in [[2007]].
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| − | On [[Albumsix]], band webmaster [[Karl Koch]] shot this down saying he "for one would be very surprised if Pig was the first single", but commented that he did not know of the band's intentions. On [[April 1]], ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' released information that Weezer's new album was a self titled red album with the lead-off single to be "Pork and Beans". Many fans took this as an April fool's joke. Shortly after, a few Albumsix boardies posted a [[Fake "Pork and Beans" lyrics|prank]] online of fake lyrics for the song. On [[April 12]], a clip of "Pork and Beans" was posted on Amazon.com, with a release date scheduled as [[April 24]], [[2008]].
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| − | ==Release==
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| − | The full song was premiered by [[KROQ]] on [[April 15]], 2008 -- three days after the initial Amazon clip. That night, Karl signed into the [[Albumsix]] chat room to discuss "Pork and Beans" with fans. The single was later released as a two-track CD, and on vinyl, in three versions, each with a different B-side. All of the single's various B-sides were cover songs.
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| − | ===Reception===
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| − | Initial fan reactions to "Pork and Beans" were mostly positive. Fans were quick to note the guitar tone being crunchy and reminiscent of ''[[The Blue Album]]'' (something [[Pat]] had hinted about on his [[Pat Wilson's Twitter|Twitter page]]). Fans were also quick to unhappily note that the song lacks a solo. The lyrics of the second verse were initially criticized as well. Generally, however, Pork and Beans is viewed highly by more devout Weezer fans. It has received critical and commercial fame in the mainstream market, and is one of Weezer's most successful singles.
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| − | ==Track listings==
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| − | ===Physical===
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| − | '''UK Retail CD / US Indie Retail 7" (red vinyl)'''
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| − | #"[[Pork and Beans]]"
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| − | #"[[Are 'Friends' Electric?]]" ([[Gary Numan|Tubeway Army]] cover)
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| − | '''UK Retail 7" #1'''
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| − | #"Pork and Beans"
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| − | #"[[Love My Way]]" ([[Psychedelic Furs]] cover)
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| − | '''UK Retail 7” #2'''
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| − | #"Pork and Beans"
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| − | #"[[Oddfellows Local 151]]" ([[R.E.M.]] cover)
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| − | ===Digital===
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| − | '''UK iTunes E.P. / UK amazon E.P.'''
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| − | #"Pork and Beans"
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| − | #"Are 'Friends' Electric?"
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| − | #"Oddfellows Local 151"
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| − | #"Love My Way"
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| − | '''UK iTunes E.P.'''
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| − | #"Pork and Beans"
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| − | #"Pork and Beans" (Naked Version)
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| − | #"Pork and Beans" (Video)
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| − | '''German iTunes E.P. / Austrian iTunes E.P.'''
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| − | #"Pork and Beans"
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| − | #"Are 'Friends' Electric?"
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| − | #"Oddfellows Local 151"
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| − | #"Pork and Beans" (Naked Version)
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| − | ==Music video==
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| − | The wildly popular music video for "Pork and Beans", released on [http://www.youtube.com/ YouTube] on [[May 23]], [[2008]], was directed by Mathew Cullen. The video contains many internet celebrities and memes - mainly from YouTube - including Numa Numa, The Evolution of Dance, and Afro Ninja. It was an immediate hit at the site, and as of November 2009, it has had over twenty million views. On [[February 8]], [[2009]], the video won the Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video. In August of 2009, the video was named the [http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7695-the-top-50-music-videos-of-the-2000s/5/ 3rd best music video of the 2000s] by [[Pitchfork Media]].
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| − | <youtube>PQHPYelqr0E</youtube>
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| − | ==Personnel==
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| − | *[[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead guitar, lead vocals
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| − | *[[Patrick Wilson]] – percussion
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| − | *[[Brian Bell]] – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, keyboard
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| − | *[[Scott Shriner]] - bass guitar, backing vocals
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| − | *[[Jacknife Lee]] - producer
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| − | ==Lyrics==
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| − | <lyrics>They say I need some Rogaine to put in my hair
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| − | Work it out at the gym to fit my underwear
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| − | Oakley makes the shades to transform a tool
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| − | You'd hate for the kids to think that you lost your cool
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| − | I'm 'a do the things that I want to do
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| − | I ain't got a thing to prove to you
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| − | I'll eat my candy with the pork and beans
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| − | Excuse my manners if I make a scene
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| − | I ain't gonna wear the clothes that you like
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| − | I'm fine and dandy with the me inside
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| − | One look in the mirror and I'm tickled pink
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| − | I don't give a hoot about what you think
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| − | Everyone likes to dance to a happy song
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| − | With a catchy chorus and beat so they can sing along
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| − | Timbaland knows the way to reach the top of the chart
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| − | Maybe if I work with him I can perfect the art
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| − | I'm 'a do the things that I want to do
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| − | I ain't got a thing to prove to you
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| − | I'll eat my candy with the pork and beans
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| − | Excuse my manners if I make a scene
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| − | I ain't gonna wear the clothes that you like
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| − | I'm fine and dandy with the me inside
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| − | One look in the mirror and I'm tickled pink
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| − | I don't give a hoot about what you think
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| − | No I don't care,
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| − | I don't care,
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| − | I don't care, I don't care, I don't care, I don't care
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| − | I'm 'a do the things that I want to do
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| − | I ain't got a thing to prove to you
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| − | I'll eat my candy with the pork and beans
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| − | Excuse my manners if I make a scene
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| − | I ain't gonna wear the clothes that you like
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| − | I'm fine and dandy with the me inside
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| − | One look in the mirror and I'm tickled pink
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| − | I don't give a hoot about what you think
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| − | </lyrics>
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| − | ==See also==
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| − | * [[List of Weezer songs]]
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| − | * [[Jacknife Lee]]
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | * [http://www.youtube.com/ YouTube]
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| − | [[Category: Weezer songs]]
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| − | [[Category: Weezer singles]]
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| − | [[Category:Songs that appeared on the 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo list]]
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| − | [[Category:Allmusic track picks]]
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| − | [[Category: Songs on Weezer (The Red Album)]]
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| − | [[Category:Weezer songs produced by Jacknife Lee]]
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