Represent

"Represent"
Single by Weezer
Album	Hurley (Deluxe Edition)
Released	June 11, 2010
Format	digital
Recorded	June 2010
Length	4:14
Writer(s)	Rivers Cuomo, Rick Nowels
Producer(s)	Rivers Cuomo, Shawn Everett
Status	Officially Released
Stream	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Spotify
	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Apple Music
Weezer singles chronology
"I'm Your Daddy" (2010) "Represent" (2010) "Trippin' down the Freeway" (2010)
Hurley (Deluxe Edition) track listing
14 tracks "Memories" "Ruling Me" "Trainwrecks" "Unspoken" "Where's My Sex?" "Run Away" "Hang On" "Smart Girls" "Brave New World" "Time Flies" Deluxe Edition bonus tracks "All My Friends Are Insects" "Viva la Vida" "I Want to Be Something" "Represent" (Rocked Out Mix)

"Represent" is a song by Weezer. Initially released as a standalone digital single in June of 2010, an alternate version was later released as the fourteenth track on the deluxe version of Hurley.

Appearances

• "Represent" (digital single)
• Hurley (Deluxe)

Overview

Weezer is recording a new song this week for the U.S. soccer team...hopefully to be released before Saturday's game. It's called Reprazent! —Rivers Cuomo, Twitter

In 2006, in exchange for tickets to U.S. soccer matches, Rivers Cuomo was asked by the U.S. Soccer Federation to write a theme song for the team. In the months leading up to the World Cup Finals, however, Cuomo found himself preoccupied with finishing his final semester of college and preparing for his wedding. By the time Cuomo found time to write later that year, his mood had dramatically shifted following the poor performance of the U.S. team, who were eliminated in the first round, leading him to write the melancholy ballad "My Day Is Coming." Years later, however, Cuomo sought to write a newer, more enthusiastic song. On June 7, 2010, Cuomo announced on Twitter that Weezer was recording a new song that week for the U.S. team, ahead of the U.S. team's first match that Saturday (June 12). "Represent" was co-written by Cuomo with Rick Nowels, who Cuomo also collaborated with on the Hurley album track "Hang On." "Represent" was released as a standalone digital single on June 11, 2010.

An alternate version of the song, listed as the "Rocked Out Mix," was included as the fourteenth track on the deluxe version of Weezer's subsequent album, Hurley, on September 10, 2010. This version ends with a short piano/string outro, which would later be demoed as a full song, titled "Semper Fi" (also known as "Higgs Boson").

On June 18, 2024 an earlier demo of the song was leaked on leaked.cx.

Video/Audio

Music video

The US Men's team uploaded a video for the song on June 23, along with a phone interview with Cuomo. The video features footage of the U.S. team interspersed with live performances by Weezer and footage of Cuomo singing the song in a studio.

Lyrics

US Soccer 2010!
Represent

I'm sick and tired of everybody
Trying to tell me what to do
If I'm in need of your advice
Then surely I would come to you
I didn't get in this position
Just by happenstance
I work my bones beyond my limit
Just to have half a chance

It matters how you play the game
It matters that you can take the pain
You don't want to lie, steal,
Or cheat your way to the top
It matters what your people think
You represent your family
But that's just one more reason
To see that it matters
Whether you win or lose

Can I have a little more bum bum bum bum?

Why don't we see who is the wizard
And play some one-on-one
I think you'll find me sympathetic
To ya' when I've won
It's seems you've got the brawn to beat me
If beef was all it takes
But I got skills to pay the bills
And punish each of your mistakes
You know that

It matters how you play the game
It matters that you can take the pain
You don't want to lie, steal,
Or cheat your way to the top, oh
It matters what your people think
You represent your family
But that's just one more reason
To see that it matters
Whether you win or lose

One hundred years from now
They'll look back on this day
Where are you going to be
And what are they going to say
I see my name in lights
The people call my name
It's all up to you
Will you find your way?

It matters how you play the game
It matters that you can take the pain
You don't want to lie, steal,
Or cheat your way to the top
It matters what your people think
You represent your family
But that's just one more reason
To see that it matters
(Whether you win or lose)

It matters what your mama thinks
You represent your family
But that's just one more reason
To see that it matters
Whether you win or lose

I'm sick and tired of everybody
Trying to tell me what to do
If I'm in need of your advice
Then surely I would come to you
I didn't get in this position
Just by happenstance
I work myself beyond my limit
Just to have half a chance

It matters how you play the game
It matters that you can take the pain
You don't want to lie, steal,
Or cheat your way to the top
It matters what your mama thinks
You represent your family
But that's just one more reason
To see that it matters
Whether you win or lose

Why don't we see who is superior
And play some one-on-one
I think you'll find me sympathetic
To ya' when I've won
I known you've got the brawn to beat me
If beef was all it took
But I got laser eyes
To burn you up with just a look
You know that

It matters how you play the game
It matters that you can take the pain
You don't want to lie, steal,
Or cheat your way to the top, oh
It matters what your mama thinks
You represent your family
But that's just one more reason
To see that it matters
Whether you win or lose

One hundred years from now
They'll look back on this day
Where are you going to be
And what are they going to say
I see my name in lights
The people call my name
It's all up to you
Will you find your way?

It matters how you play the game
It matters that you can take the pain
You don't want to lie, steal,
Or cheat your way to the top
It matters what your mama thinks
You represent your family
But that's just one more reason
To see that it matters

It matters what your mama thinks
You represent your family
But that's just one more reason
To see that it matters
Whether you win or lose

Known recordings

about this table

Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	Represent	Weezer - REPRESENT DR019.mp3	2010	?	4:01	Leaked online
Weezer	Represent		June 7-10, 2010	?	4:14	Digital single
Weezer	Represent		2010	Zeitgeist Studios, Los Angeles, CA Red Bull Studios, Santa Monica, CA The Village, Los Angeles, CA Threshold Sound & Vision, Santa Monica, CA Hurley Studios, Costa Mesa, CA	4:12	Hurley (Deluxe)	"Rocked Out Mix"

See also

• List of Weezer songs
• List of Rivers Cuomo songs
• List of Weezer B-sides and bonus tracks