Song · Weezer
“Photograph” by Weezer
From the album Weezer (2001)
“Photograph” by Weezer appears on 20 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 2001 and 2014. It was first released in 2001 on the album Weezer. Its best result is #41 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #69 alternative song of 2001 and #1,398 alternative song of all time.
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"Photograph" was the last single pulled from Weezer's self-titled third album, the Green Album, released on Geffen in 2001, though in Japan it went out first, in place of "Hash Pipe". Rivers Cuomo wrote it, Ric Ocasek produced it, and Mikey Welsh played bass and sang backing vocals on the recording: a sunny, sugar-rush tune with a chorus made for shouting along.
Karl Koch, the band's webmaster and an old friend, directed the video from footage shot on the Green Album tour, complete with Tenacious D charging the stage. Welsh had left by then, so Shriner is the one on screen. The song kept a second life on stage: through much of 2005, Weezer ended their first set with drummer Patrick Wilson out front singing and playing guitar on it while Cuomo sat behind the kit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 103 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2001 | 107 |
| 2001 | 41 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2001 | 91 |
| 2001 | 52 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2001 | 106 |
| 2001 | 66 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001 | 100 |
| 2001 | 56 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2001 | 107 |
| 2001 | 78 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2001 | 89 |
| 2001 | 66 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 | 101 |
| 2001 | 42 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2001 | 99 |
| 2001 | 92 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2001 | 191 |
| 2001 | 49 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001 | 103 |
| 2001 | 82 | 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL | 97X Top 97 Songs of 2001 | 97 |
| 2002 | 89 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 | 101 |
| 2002 | 69 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 85 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 96 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 92 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 85 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 74 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 70 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 67 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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