One among Weezer’s best-known songs has joined an unique membership. “Island In The Sun,” from the band’s 2001 self-titled album (also referred to as The Inexperienced Album), has formally crossed one billion streams on Spotify, turning into certainly one of simply over one thousand songs on the whole platform to realize this feat. That is Weezer’s first track to achieve one billion streams.
“Island In The Sun” was launched because the second single from the album Weezer, on the heels of the observe “Hash Pipe.” Whereas the track was not an infinite success upon its launch—it didn’t crack the Billboard Sizzling 100—it steadily grew to become the most effective identified songs within the band’s catalog, incessantly being utilized in media and spiking in reputation a number of occasions by means of the years. Over the previous 24 years, the observe has appeared in exhibits like The Simpsons, The Sopranos, and 9-1-1 and the flicks Trolls Band Collectively and Aquamarine.
After the band’s earlier album, 1996’s Pinkerton, Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo made a aware effort to show away from the darker, extra breakup-oriented lyrics that appeared on that album. In a 2001 interview with Spin, Cuomo stated The Inexperienced Album made an effort to be “like early Beatles, Burt Bacharach, Beach Boys–songs that stand up without having to be some sort of personal revelation.” Drummer Pat Wilson agreed, saying “I mean, those songs from that era have no fluff, no artsy breaks. They’re meant for the hoi polloi–versus emotional freakouts.” “Island In The Sun” was one of many tracks that emerged from attempting out this writing model.
The observe additionally ended up getting two music movies. The primary exhibits the band taking part in at a Mexican wedding ceremony, and the second, directed by Spike Jonze, exhibits the band taking part in with animals like a bear, a chimp, and cats. However it’s the fan-made movies on TikTok that will have a bit extra to do with the observe’s strategy to the billions membership; the track has been utilized in almost 340,000 movies on the social media app.
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