Hash Pipe
2001 single by Weezer
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::summary 2001 single by Weezer ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox song"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Hash Pipe |
| cover | HashPipe.jpg |
| type | single |
| artist | Weezer |
| album | Weezer (The Green Album) |
| released | |
| studio | Cello (Los Angeles) |
| genre | *Hard rock |
| *power pop{{Cite web | last |
| length | |
| label | Geffen |
| writer | Rivers Cuomo |
| producer | Ric Ocasek |
| prev_title | Pink Triangle |
| prev_year | 1997 |
| next_title | Island in the Sun |
| next_year | 2001 |
| misc | |
| :: |
| name = Hash Pipe | cover = HashPipe.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Weezer | album = Weezer (The Green Album) | B-side =
- "I Do"
- "Starlight"
- "Teenage Victory Song" | released = | recorded = | studio = Cello (Los Angeles) | genre = *Hard rock
- power pop | length = | label = Geffen | writer = Rivers Cuomo | producer = Ric Ocasek | prev_title = Pink Triangle | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = Island in the Sun | next_year = 2001 | misc =
"Hash Pipe" is a song by American rock band Weezer. Released in 2001, it was the first single off the band's third album Weezer (The Green Album), and the only one of the Summer Songs of 2000 songs to make it onto the album, although "Dope Nose" and "Slob" were released on Maladroit.
Background
According to an interview with Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo, "Hash Pipe" was written on the same night as the song "Dope Nose" off Maladroit. The story goes that Cuomo took "a bunch of Ritalin and had like three shots of tequila," paced around for a while, then wrote both songs.
Weezer drummer Patrick Wilson is featured on the cover of the song's CD single. Since late 2001, the band has played the song live with a reworked guitar solo that no longer follows the verse melody.
Also according to Cuomo, he had intended on giving this song to Ozzy Osbourne in 2000 after he approached Cuomo for song ideas, but he did not use it.
Composition
With a tempo of 128 bpm, "Hash Pipe" is composed in the key of A minor. The opening line, "I can't help my feelings, I go out of my mind", is quoted from the Beatles' "You Can't Do That".
Music video
The video for the song was directed by Marcos Siega, the first of many Weezer videos that Siega would direct. In the video, Weezer is shown playing while a group of sumo wrestlers are standing in the background. As the song progresses, the wrestlers are shown wrestling and during the guitar solo, the wrestlers play the band members' instruments as the members watch from the background. During the final chorus, guitarist Brian Bell performs a move in which he bends backwards, taking the guitar with him, then thrusts his legs in the way he's bending. This move has become known among Weezer fans as "the impossible bend". According to the mini book that accompanies the Video Capture Device DVD, Siega was asked to avoid referring to the lyrics of the song for the video, due to its themes of homosexual prostitution and drug references.
Reception
The song was met with positive reviews by music critics. AllMusic writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine chose "Hash Pipe" as one of the four highlights from the album. Paul Brannigan of Kerrang! awarded the single 5 stars and named it "Single of the Week".
Slant Magazine writer Sal Cinquemani wrote that the song "is further evidence of the band's punk rock origins, with its crunchy guitar licks and sticcato (sic) vocals scorched with the residual edge leftover from the alt-rock boom".
In 2014, ticketing company AXS rated it as the band's seventh best song.
Track listings
Radio station promo
- "Hash Pipe" – 3:06
US CD retail CD/US retail 7″ single (black vinyl)
- "Hash Pipe" – 3:06
- "I Do" – 2:10
UK CD
UK 7″ single (green vinyl)
- "Hash Pipe" – 2:52
- "Teenage Victory Song" – 3:11
US promo remix 12″ single (black vinyl)
- "Hash Pipe" (Jimmy Pop remix)
- "Hash Pipe" (Chris Vrenna's Kick Me remix)
- "Hash Pipe" (Chris Vrenna's Under Glass remix) – 4:13
Dutch CD
- "Hash Pipe" – 3:06
- "I Do" – 1:53
- "Starlight" – 3:21
- "Hash Pipe" (Jimmy Pop remix) – 3:22
Charts
Weekly charts
::data[format=table title="Weekly chart performance for "Hash Pipe""] | Chart (2001) | Peak position | Canada (Nielsen SoundScan) | Canada Radio (Nielsen BDS) | Canada Rock (Nielsen BDS) | |---|---|---|---|---| | 16 | | | | | | 32 | | | | | | 3 | | | | | ::
Year-end charts
::data[format=table title="2001 year-end chart performance for "Hash Pipe""]
| Chart (2001) | Position | Canada (Nielsen SoundScan) | US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | |||
| 6 | |||
| :: |
::data[format=table title="2002 year-end chart performance for "Hash Pipe""]
| Chart (2002) | Position | Canada (Nielsen SoundScan) |
|---|---|---|
| 124 | ||
| :: |
Certifications
Other versions
Rock band Toto started covering the song live in 2018, before releasing it as a digital single, in response to Weezer's well-received version of their own hit song "Africa".
References
References
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- Mervis, Scott. (May 30, 2011). "Weezer's nerdy power-pop never gets old".
- Eliscu, Jenny. "Rivers Cuomo's Encyclopedia of Pop".
- "weezer.com tunes page - page 3".
- (28 May 2021). "Weezer's 'Hash Pipe' was almost an Ozzy Osbourne song".
- (24 September 2012). "Weezer "Hash Pipe" Guitar Tab".
- Luerssen D., John. ''Rivers' Edge: The Weezer Story''. ECW Press, 2004, {{ISBN. 1-55022-619-3 p. 335
- "The Impossible Bend".
- Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Weezer (Green Album) – Weezer".
- Brannigan, Paul. (June 30, 2001). "Singles". [[Kerrang!]].
- Cinquemani, Sal. (May 15, 2001). "Weezer: Weezer (The Green Album)". [[Slant Magazine]].
- Shawn S. Lealos. (November 30, 2014). "The 10 best Weezer songs - AXS".
- "Weezer Chart History (Canadian Digital Songs)".
- "The Hits Charts (Airplay) : Top 100 singles". [[Broadcast Data Systems]].
- "Canada Album Rock: 06/05/2001-06/11/2001".
- "Canada's Top 200 Singles of 2001". [[Jam!]].
- (December 29, 2001). "The Year in Music 2001: Hot Modern Rock Tracks".
- (January 14, 2003). "Canada's Top 200 Singles of 2002 (Part 2)". Jam!.
- Roffman, Michael. (July 31, 2018). "Toto have never sounded younger covering Weezer's "Hash Pipe": Watch".
- Roffman, Michael. (August 9, 2018). "Toto finally share studio version of Weezer's "Hash Pipe": Stream".
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