Song · Weezer
“King of the World” by Weezer
From the album Weezer (2016)
“King of the World” by Weezer appears on 7 radio countdowns from 7 stations in 2016. It was first released in 2016 on the album Weezer. Its best result is #16 on the WBER Listener Countdown 2016. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #22 alternative song of 2016 and #376 of the '10s.
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Weezer put out "King of the World" as a single in January 2016, video in tow, ahead of their self-titled 2016 album, and it plays as a knowing wink back at the band's early days. Rivers Cuomo wrote it with Jarrad K, Jake Sinclair produced, Claudius Mittendorfer mixed, and Christopher Wray added synthesizer. Critics caught the throwback: NME's Mark Beaumont heard the quirky grunge of the debut, Pop-Break's Bill Bodkin heard the Blue and Green albums in its crunch and cheered Cuomo's hopeful, feel-good writing, and Stereogum's Chris DeVille heard vintage Weezer given room to breathe.
The band marked the album's release by playing it on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, with Cuomo dressed as Elvis Presley, and again on Good Morning America the next day, where they posed for a photo with several Major League Baseball mascots.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 67 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2016 | 91 |
| 2016 | 20 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 25 Songs of 2016 | 26 |
| 2016 | 54 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2016 | 103 |
| 2016 | 16 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2016 | 99 |
| 2016 | 35 | 96.5 The Buzz Kansas City, MO-KS | 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 Songs of 2016 | 96 |
| 2016 | 16 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2016 | 117 |
| 2016 | 24 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2016 | 50 |
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