Weezer: Buddy Holly (1994 Video)
Trivia
Al Molinaro's final acting role before his death on October 30, 2015 at the age of 96.
The music video was also featured as part of the "Fun Stuff" portion of the Microsoft Windows 95 Release CD, which resulted in popularity of the video and song skyrocketing.
The original cover art for the single was an early photograph of Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo with an unidentified female friend.
The cover art was soon changed, however, as the woman on the cover sued Weezer for usage of her photo without legal permission. The cover art was quickly changed to a childhood picture of Cuomo next to his younger brother, Leaves Cuomo. Cuomo wished to contact the woman, to no response.
The song reached #2 and #34 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart and the US Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, respectively.
The music video for "Buddy Holly" was directed by Spike Jonze and filmed at Charlie Chaplin Studios in Hollywood.
The innovative video scored four awards at the 1995 MTV Video Music Award, including prizes for Best Alternative Video, Breakthrough Video, Best Direction and Best Editing also nominated Video of the Year.
In 2015, the song was featured as an impromptu a cappella family sing along in an advert for the Honda Pilot.
In 2016, the song was covered by Canadian nerd rock trio Double Experience with an accompanying video.
In 2017, the song was chosen by Finn Wolfhard on the show Lip Sync Battle during the Stranger Things episode.
