Album · Weezer
Make Believe by Weezer
Make Believe is an album by Weezer, released in 2005. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 125 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Beverly Hills”, on 56 lists with a best position of #4.
Make Believe, Weezer's fifth album, came out on Geffen on May 10, 2005, with Rick Rubin producing, and it took forever to get there: the band started on it before Maladroit was even out, and the sessions stretched across almost three years. What came out the other end was a move back toward the bruised, open-hearted songwriting of their earlier records, crunchy power pop that wears its feelings on the outside.
The big one was "Beverly Hills", a big, stomping, goofy singalong that earned the band its first Grammy nomination, for Best Rock Song, and dragged the album to number two on the Billboard 200. "Perfect Situation" is sweeter and sadder, and "We Are All on Drugs" is a dumb-fun fist-pumper. Critics and fans were split, but the record kept selling long after the argument died down.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Make Believe on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills | 56 | #4 | – | 2005–2026 | |
| 2 | Perfect Situation | 36 | #7 | – | 2005–2020 | |
| 3 | We Are All on Drugs | 21 | #28 | – | 2005–2009 | |
| 4 | This is Such a Pity | 12 | #37 | – | 2005–2014 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.