List of cover songs

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Weezer (The Teal Album), released in 2019, is a full record of covers, including a cover of Toto's "Africa."
The 2009 EP Raditude ...Happy Record Store Day! featured a cover of Green Day's "Brain Stew." Weezer has previously covered "Worry Rock" as well.

This list is an attempt to document every cover song recorded or performed live by Weezer or solo covers by past or present members of Weezer (including Rivers Cuomo).

0–A

Artist Song Original artist Author Recorded Album Time Producer
Rivers Cuomo 1979 The Smashing Pumpkins Billy Corgan 2018 unreleased
Weezer Africa Toto David Paich, Jeff Porcaro 2018 Weezer (The Teal Album) 3:58 Pat Wilson
Weezer All the Small Things Blink-182 Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus Riot Fest, September 14, 2018 unreleased
Rivers Cuomo Anak Sekolah Chrisye Oddie Agam November 2022 single
Weezer Aneurysm Nirvana Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl Goat Punishment Show #1, Hollywood, CA, November 1998 Band-recorded bootleg 4:43
Rivers Cuomo Annie's Song John Denver John Denver June 11, 2004 2:46 Rivers Cuomo
Weezer Are 'Friends' Electric? Tubeway Army Gary Numan live in Fresno, CA on October 29, 2005 "Pork and Beans" (UK Retail CD & US Retail 7") 5:23 Weezer

B

Artist Song Original artist Author Recorded Album Time Producer
Weezer Baby, You're a Rich Man The Beatles John Lennon, Paul McCartney 1993 unreleased performed live at Club Lingerie in Hollywood, "mutated" mashup with "China Grove" by The Doobie Brothers
Weezer Basket Case Green Day Green Day May 10, 2018 unreleased
Weezer Been In The Storm Traditional Spiritual 2000, 2001 unofficially released online in mp3 form 1:02
Weezer Better Off Alone Alice Deejay Alice DeeJay, Pronti & Kalmani December 18, 2001 unofficially released online in mp3 form 1:05 Weezer
Weezer Big Me Foo Fighters Dave Grohl Make Believe Tour, 2005 unreleased -
Weezer Billie Jean Michael Jackson Michael Jackson 2018 Weezer (The Teal Album) 4:54 Pat Wilson
Weezer Blew Nirvana Kurt Cobain Goat Punishment Show #1, Hollywood, CA, November 1998 Band-recorded bootleg 3:14
Rivers Cuomo The Bomb Ice Cube Ice Cube Fall, 1992 Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo 1:18 Rivers Cuomo
Weezer* Brain Stew Green Day Green Day Sessions@AOL (2009) Raditude ...Happy Record Store Day! 3:18 Scott Fritz
Weezer Breed Nirvana Kurt Cobain Goat Punishment Show #1, Hollywood, CA, November 1998 Band-recorded bootleg 2:45

C

Artist Song Original artist Author Recorded Album Time Producer
Rivers Cuomo Can't Fight This Feeling REO Speedwagon Kevin Cronin May 9, 2018 in San Francisco unreleased
Rivers Cuomo Champagne Supernova Oasis Noel Gallagher May 30, 2018 in Los Angeles unreleased
Weezer China Grove The Doobie Brothers Tom Johnston 1993 unreleased
Weezer Conversationalist (a re-working of "So Much Talk") Wax Joe Sib, Thomas Gardocki, David Georgeff, Loomis Fall, Daniel Rey Three live dates in August of 1992, bootlegs not circulating unreleased
Weezer Creep Radiohead Radiohead, Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood 2008 performed at various hootenannies

D

Artist Song Original artist Author Recorded Album Time Producer
Weezer Dive Nirvana Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic Goat Punishment Show #1, Hollywood, CA, November 1998 Band-recorded bootleg 2:15
Rivers Cuomo Don't Worry Baby The Beach Boys Brian Wilson, Roger Christian March 25, 1993 Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo 2:59 Rivers Cuomo
Weezer Dueling Banjos Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith Arthur Smith, Don Reno July 27, 1992 unreleased

E

Artist Song Original artist Author Recorded Album Time Producer
Rivers Cuomo The End of the World Skeeter Davis Arthur Kent, Sylvia Dee December 2002 unreleased 0:54 Rivers Cuomo
Weezer Enter Sandman Metallica Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich 2020 The Metallica Blacklist 5:32 Suzy Shinn
Weezer Everybody Wants to Rule the World Tears for Fears Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, Chris Hughes 2018 Weezer (The Teal Album) 4:04 Pat Wilson

F

Artist Song Original artist Author Recorded Album Time Producer
Weezer The First Noel various traditional 2008 Christmas with Weezer 2:22 Weezer

G

Artist Song Original artist Author Recorded Album Time Producer
Rivers Cuomo God Only Knows The Beach Boys Brian Wilson, Tony Asher December 22, 2010 Youtube.com 2:39 Rivers Cuomo


H

Artist Song Original artist Author Recorded Album Time Producer
Weezer Happy Together The Turtles Garry Bonner, Alan Gordon 2018 Weezer (The Teal Album) 2:25 Pat Wilson
Weezer Hark! The Herald Angels Sing various traditional 2008 Christmas with Weezer 1:37 Weezer
Weezer Heavy Rotation AKB48 Yasushi Akimoto, Yō Yamazaki Weezer concert: 01/08/2013 - Jakarta, Indonesia (partial cover) unreleased
Brian Bell, Pat Wilson Heroin The Velvet Underground Lou Reed 2006 unreleased
Weezer Hey Ya! OutKast Andre 3000 Feels Like Summer Tour unreleased
Weezer Homely Girl Scott & Rivers Rivers Cuomo, Scott Murphy 2012, 2013, 2016 unreleased
Weezer Hot for Teacher Van Halen Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony, David Lee Roth Raditude Tour, 2009 Official Bootleg: Milwaukee, WI - 12/03/2009
Official Bootleg:Toronto, Canada - 12/05/2009
0:39
0:34
Weezer Human The Killers The Killers Weezer concert: 10/27/2009 - New York, NY unreleased -

I

Artist Song Original artist Author Recorded Album Time Producer
Weezer I Don't Know How to Love Him Jesus Christ Superstar Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice Make Believe Tour, 2005 unreleased Weezer
Weezer If I Fell The Beatles John Lennon, Paul McCartney April 29, 1993 unofficially released online in mp3 form Weezer
Rivers Cuomo Invincible Ann Poonkasem Ann Poonkasem June 11, 2004 1:12 Rivers Cuomo
Weezer I'm a Believer The Monkees Neil Diamond 2010 Shrek Forever After: Music from the Motion Picture 2:58 Neal Avron
Weezer I Think We're Alone Now Tommy James and the Shondells Ritchie Cordell live in Atlantic City, NJ on June 1, 2012 Official Bootleg 3:17 Weezer
Weezer I Took a Pill in Ibiza Mike Posner Mike Posner Feels Like Summer Tour unreleased Weezer
Weezer* I Woke Up in Love This Morning The Partridge Family L. Russell Brown, Irwin Levine March 29, 2003 "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To" 3:01

J

Artist Song Original artist Author Recorded Album Time Producer
Rivers Cuomo Je Changerais d'Avis‎ Françoise Hardy Ghigo De Chiara, Maurizio Costanzo, Ennio Morricone 2003 1:28 Rivers Cuomo
Weezer Just What I Needed The Cars Ric Ocasek August 6, 1993 unofficially released online in mp3 form 2:38

K

Artist Song Original artist Author Recorded Album Time Producer
Weezer Kids MGMT Andrew Van Wyngarden & Ben Goldwasser 2009 Raditude iTunes pre-order bonus track (mashup with Lady Gaga's "Poker Face")

L

Artist Song Original artist Author Recorded Album Time Producer
Weezer Life's What You Make It Talk Talk 2008 Weezer (The Red Album) (UK and Japanese edition) 3:32 Weezer
Weezer Like a Good Neighbor State Farm Jingle Barry Manilow December 9th, 2010 (released 2011) Released online through State Farm's Facebook page as a free download and music video. 2:45 Weezer
Weezer Lithium Nirvana Kurt Cobain 2019
Rivers Cuomo Little Diane Dion DiMucci and The Del-Satins Dion DiMucci March 2003 Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo 2:41 Rivers Cuomo
Weezer Longview Green Day Green Day 2018 unreleased
Weezer Los Angeles Black Francis January 21, 2012 Live on The Weezer Cruise - Palladium Lounge 4:27 Weezer
Weezer Lost in the Woods Jonathan Groff Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez Frozen 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 3:05
Weezer Love My Way The Psychedelic Furs 2008 "Pork and Beans" UK Retail 7" (Part 2) 3:04 Weezer

M

Artist Song Original artist Author Recorded Album Time Producer
Weezer M.E. Gary Numan Gary Numan Weezer's first show, 1992
Weezer Meonjiga Doeeo (먼지가 되어) Kim Kwang-seok Song Moon-sang, Lee Dae-heon South Korea, 2013; 2016 unreleased
Weezer* Meri Kuri BoA 2008 Weezer (The Red Album) (Japanese edition) 5:27 Weezer
Weezer Morning Glory Oasis Noel Gallagher Troublemaker Tour, 2008 unreleased Weezer
Weezer Mr. Blue Sky Electric Light Orchestra Jeff Lynne 2018 Weezer (The Teal Album) 4:46 Pat Wilson
Weezer Mr. Moustache Nirvana Kurt Cobain Goat Punishment Show #1, Hollywood, CA, November 1998 Band-recorded bootleg 3:27 Weezer
Weezer My Evaline traditional July 9, 1994 Weezer (The Blue Album) (Deluxe Edition) 0:44 Weezer

N

Artist Song Original artist Author Recorded Album Time Producer
Rivers Cuomo The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down The Band Robbie Robertson 2007 unreleased Rivers Cuomo
Weezer No Scrubs TLC Kevin Briggs, Kandi Burruss, Tameka Cottle, Lisa Lopes 2018 Weezer (The Teal Album) 3:10 Pat Wilson
Matt Sharp & Maya Rudolph Not Tonight Tegan and Sara Sara Quin 2004 released digitally 3:12 James Saez

O

Artist Song Original artist Author Recorded Album Time Producer
Weezer Oddfellows Local 151 R.E.M. Michael Stipe 2008 "Pork and Beans" UK Retail 7" (Part 3) 2:57
Rivers Cuomo One Of Us Joan Osborne Eric Bazilian 2009 Sirius AltNation 3:57
Weezer Over the Hills and Far Away Led Zeppelin Jimmy Page, Robert Plant 2005
Weezer O Come All Ye Faithful various traditional 2008 Christmas with Weezer 2:09 Weezer
Weezer O Holy Night various traditional 2008 Christmas with Weezer 4:07 Weezer

P

Artist Song Original artist Author Recorded Album Time Producer
Weezer Paranoid Black Sabbath Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward 2018 Weezer (The Teal Album) 2:44 Pat Wilson
Weezer Paranoid Android Radiohead Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Philip Selway, Thom Yorke June 25, 2011 Officially released online 6:28 Shawn Everett
Weezer Poker Face Lady Gaga Lady Gaga, RedOne 2009 Raditude iTunes pre-order bonus track (mashup with MGMT's "Kids")
Weezer Pumped Up Kicks Foster the People Mark Foster Summer/Fall 2011 unreleased

R

Artist Song Original artist Author Recorded Album Time Producer
Weezer Rainbow Connection (feat. Hayley Williams) Kermit the Frog (Jim Henson) Paul Williams, Kenneth Ascher 2011 Muppets: The Green Album 4:00 Shawn Everett, Jake Sinclair
Weezer Reason To Worry The Special Goodness Patrick Wilson 2002 released online in mp3 form on weezer.com Weezer
Weezer Rosanna Toto David Paich 2018 "Rosanna" single 4:52 Pat Wilson


S

Artist Song Original artist Author Recorded Album Time Producer
Weezer Safe and Sound Capital Cities Ryan Merchant Sebu Simonian September 2013, 2013 Tour unreleased
Matt Sharp She Looks at Me That Dog. Rachel Haden, Anna Waronker 1994 Excellent Stocking Stuffer 2:49
Weezer Should I Stay Or Should I Go? The Clash Mick Jones Live At Virgin Mobile FreeFest '09 iTunes Pass: The Weezer Raditude Club Tracks 3:07 Weezer
Weezer Silent Night traditional 2008 Christmas with Weezer 2:22 Weezer
The Rentals 1995 How the ----- Stole Christmas
Excellent Stocking Stuffer
4:05 Tom Grimley, Matt Sharp
Weezer The Simpsons Theme Danny Elfman Danny Elfman 2019/2020 0:59
Weezer Sliver Nirvana Kurt Cobain Troublemaker Tour 2008 unreleased Weezer
Rivers Cuomo Some Children See Him Alfred Burt December 25, 2013 Youtube.com 3:08 Rivers Cuomo
Weezer Song 2 Blur Make Believe Tour, 2005 unreleased Weezer
Weezer Stalkin' Your Mom Your Favorite Martian Ray William Johnson, Bailey Anderson, Michael Jones September 14, 2010 included in the outro for the YouTube video "Ray It Ain't So (2010)"
Weezer Stand by Me Ben E. King Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber , Mike Stoller 2018 Weezer (The Teal Album) 3:00 Pat Wilson
Rivers Cuomo The Star Spangled Banner Francis Scott Key, John Stafford Smith July 2, 2004 Myspace.com 1:36 Rivers Cuomo
Weezer The Story Is Wrong The Special Goodness Patrick Wilson 2002 released online in mp3 form on weezer.com Weezer
Rivers Cuomo Sugar, We're Goin Down Fall Out Boy Pete Wentz, Patrick Stump, Joe Trohman, Andy Hurley 2021 Hella Mega Tour
Scott & Rivers Summer Has Come traditional 2018 single 1:32
Rivers Cuomo Surfer Girl The Beach Boys Brian Wilson July 1994 unreleased Rivers Cuomo
Rivers Cuomo Surfin' USA The Beach Boys Brian Wilson, Chuck Berry 20?? unreleased Rivers Cuomo
Weezer Swap Meet Nirvana Kurt Cobain Goat Punishment Show #1, Hollywood, CA, November 1998 Band-recorded bootleg 3:02
Weezer Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Eurythmics Annie Lennox, David A. Stewart 2018 Weezer (The Teal Album) 3:34 Pat Wilson

T

Artist Song Original artist Author Recorded Album Time Producer
Weezer Take On Me A-ha Magne Furuholmen, Morten Harket, Pål Waaktaar 2018 Weezer (The Teal Album) 3:34 Pat Wilson
Weezer Talk Dirty to Me Poison Bret Michaels, Rikki Rockett, Bobby Dall, C.C. DeVille Spring/Summer 2012 unreleased
Weezer Teenage Dirtbag Wheatus Brendan B. Brown
Weezer Theme From The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys) Waylon Jennings Waylon Jennings June 20, 1997 (Y100 Sonic Sessions) unreleased 1:11
Weezer Time Pink Floyd Roger Waters Troublemaker Tour 2008
Raditude Tour 2009
Chicago, IL Live Bootleg
Weezer Today The Smashing Pumpkins Billy Corgan Spring/Summer 2018 unreleased
Rivers Cuomo Tomorrow Annie (musical) Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin June 11, 2004 2:51 Rivers Cuomo
The Rentals Tracy Jacks Blur Damon Albarn, Dave Rowntree, Graham Coxon, Alex James 1996 4:26
Weezer The Trooper Iron Maiden Steve Harris Pinkerton Tour, 1996 unreleased Weezer
Weezer Turn It On Again Genesis Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford October 24, 2009 Weezer concert: 10/24/2009 - Los Angeles, CA Weezer

U

Artist Song Original artist Author Recorded Album Time Producer
Weezer Unbreak My Heart Toni Braxton Diane Warren 2004 Death to False Metal 4:11 Rick Rubin
Weezer Up the Beach Jane's Addiction Perry Farrell 2019

V

Artist Song Original artist Author Recorded Album Time Producer
Weezer Velouria The Pixies Black Francis 1998 Where Is My Mind?: A Tribute to the Pixies 3:54 Rich Mouser, Todd Sullivan
Weezer Viva la Vida Coldplay Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin 2009 Hurley (Deluxe edition) 4:06 Weezer

W

Artist Song Original artist Author Recorded Album Time Producer
Weezer War Pigs Black Sabbath Iommi, Osbourne, Butler, Ward Bleezer Tour, 2009 official bootlegs offered on weezer.com
Weezer We Are the Champions Queen Freddie Mercury Troublemaker Tour, 2008 unreleased
Weezer* We Are Young fun. Jack Antonoff, Jeffrey Bhasker, Andrew Dost, Nathaniel Ruess 2016 unreleased
Matt Sharp, Damon Albarn We Have a Technical Gary Numan Gary Numan 1997 Random 3:20
Weezer We Will Rock You Queen Brian May Weezer concert: 09/09/2008 - Nagoya, Japan unreleased
Weezer We Wish You A Merry Christmas various traditional 2008 Christmas with Weezer 1:27 Weezer
Weezer The Weight The Band Robbie Robertson 2008 Weezer (The Red Album) (international pressings) 4:32
Weezer Where Is My Mind? Pixies Black Francis Summer 2018 Tour unreleased Weezer
Rivers Cuomo Without You‎ Badfinger Pete Ham, Tom Evans 2003 3:07 Rivers Cuomo
Weezer Wonderwall Oasis Noel Gallagher Summer 2018 Tour unreleased Weezer
Rivers Cuomo The World We Love So Much Gregg Alexander Gregg Alexander February 1992 Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo 3:39 Rivers Cuomo
Weezer Worry Rock Green Day Green Day February 12, 2003 A Different Shade of Green: A Tribute to Green Day Rod Cervera

Y

Artist Song Original artist Author Recorded Album Time Producer
Weezer YYZ Rush Lee, Lifeson, Peart 2000 unreleased Weezer
Weezer You Might Think The Cars Ric Ocasek 2011 Cars 2 (Original Soundtrack) 3:07 Shawn Everett
Scott & Rivers Yuki Ga Furu Machi (雪が降る町) Unicorn Tamio Okuda 2013 Unicorn Covers 3:52

* indicates a song credited to Weezer but performed solo by Rivers Cuomo.

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