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“Keep Fishin'” by Weezer

From the album Maladroit (2002)

“Keep Fishin'” by Weezer appears on 28 radio countdowns from 19 stations between 2002 and 2014. It was first released in 2002 on the album Maladroit. Its best result is #6 on the CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #27 alternative song of 2002, #4,963 alternative song of all time and #274 of the '00s.

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Weezer - Keep Fishin' (Official Music VIdeo)

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"Keep Fishin'" was the second single from Maladroit, Weezer's fourth album, in 2002, and it's Rivers Cuomo doing what he does best: a tight, sticky power-pop rocker with a paranoid streak running through the words. The band produced it, with extra production from Chad Bamford and Rod Cervera and Tom Lord-Alge on the mix. The A.V. Club later counted it among the 12 best songs Weezer made after Pinkerton.

Then there's the video. Marcos Siega directed it, dropping Weezer onto The Muppet Show as the guests while drummer Patrick Wilson is held captive by Miss Piggy, and it was the first time the band members actually acted in one of their clips. It premiered on MTV2 on July 14, 2002, with a half-hour behind-the-scenes special in tow.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 34 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002 107
2002 32 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2002 91
2002 25 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002 106
2002 45 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 101
2002 72 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002 100
2002 67 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002 92
2002 84 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 50 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2002 107
2002 70 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2002 89
2002 6 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 101
2002 54 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 16 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002 99
2002 55 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002 105
2002 10 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2002 224
2002 36 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 40 Songs of 2002 40
2002 20 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002 103
2002 24 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2002 100
2002 71 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002 99

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 1984 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 1756 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1756 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1757 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1917 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1945 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1961 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 108 94.1 The Zone 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade 210
2013 1923 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1824 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Also listed as: Keep Fishin.

Charting alongside it in 2002

Best songs of 2002 →
  1. 1By the WayRed Hot Chili Peppers
  2. 2AerialsSystem of a Down
  3. 3ToxicitySystem of a Down
  4. 4You Know You're RightNirvana
  5. 5All My LifeFoo Fighters
  6. 6SweetnessJimmy Eat World

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