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Featured era: 2008
Pork and Beans
“Timbaland knows the way to reach the top of the chart.”
- Featured era
- 2008
- Peak era
- 2008
- Company
- Weezer (directed by Mathew Cullen, Motion Theory)
- Category
- Viral Videos
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Weezer's "Pork and Beans"
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About This Video
- From:
- WeezerVEVO
- Added:
- December 13, 2009
- Length:
- 3:16
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What Was It?
"Pork and Beans" is a 2008 single by Weezer from their self-titled Red Album. Rivers Cuomo wrote it after Geffen executives told the band to record more commercial material, and it spent eleven weeks at number one on Billboard's Modern Rock chart.
Its music video, directed by Mathew Cullen of Motion Theory and first released on YouTube on May 23, 2008, is a tribute to the YouTube stars of the day. Gary Brolsma, Tay Zonday, Judson Laipply, Liam Kyle Sullivan, Fritz Grobe and Stephen Voltz with their Diet Coke and Mentos fountains, and many more appear alongside the band, while memes from the Dramatic Chipmunk to "Will It Blend?" are recreated.
It was YouTube's most-watched video in its first week and won the Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video.
Things You Probably Forgot
- Gary Brolsma and Tay Zonday in the same video
- The Diet Coke and Mentos fountains
- A recreated Dramatic Chipmunk
- The 2009 remix that ended in a Rickroll
The Story
- 2008 Weezer released "Pork and Beans" to radio on April 22.
- 2008 The music video premiered on YouTube on May 23.
- 2009 A remix of the video added more memes and ended with a Rickroll.
Its Legacy
The video is still on Weezer's official YouTube channel. It is remembered as the moment a major band paid tribute to YouTube's first generation of stars, nearly all of them in one place.
Memories
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