Pork and Beans (song)
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| Single by Weezer | ||||||||||
| from the album Weezer | ||||||||||
| Released | June 16, 2008 | |||||||||
| Format | CD, Vinyl | |||||||||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||||||||
| Genre | Alternative rock, power pop | |||||||||
| Length | 3:09 | |||||||||
| Label | Geffen | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | |||||||||
| Producer(s) | Jacknife Lee | |||||||||
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"Pork and Beans" is a song by the American alternative rock band Weezer, released on the group's 2008 self-titled album Weezer. It was released to radio on April 22, 2008 and released in digital form on April 24. The track debuted at number 19 on Billboard's Modern Rock chart, and spent eleven weeks at number one. The song charted in many countries such as Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom as well as the United States.
A music video of the song, which incorporated many YouTube celebrities and memes with the band, was premiered first on YouTube and was one of the most popular videos in the weeks following its release. The video won a Grammy Award for Best Music Video at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards.
Rivers Cuomo, lead singer and guitarist for Weezer, wrote the song in reaction to a meeting with Geffen executives, who told the band members that they needed to record more commercial material. Cuomo remarked, "I came out of it pretty angry. But ironically, it inspired me to write another song."Jacknife Lee produced the track with the band in early 2008 in what was the third and final recording session for the album. The many references to popular culture in the song are said to be a "statement of defiance" according to Internet reviewer David Ritter, who later describes it to be an "anti-anthem anthem" that opens up a "broad space for critical exploration of what it means to be an aging band in the major label system".
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