The song was the third highest selling digital download of 2005 in the US according to Nielsen SoundScan. It was the first number one for Weezer, but this record was later met with “Perfect Situation,” Make Believe ‘s third single, which held the pole position for four weeks. “Beverly Hills” stayed at number one on the Modern Rock charts for one week. The song won College Song of the Year at the 54th Annual Broadcast Music Incorporated Pop Awards. The video for the song was nominated at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Rock Video. The song was nominated for Best Rock Song at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards, the first ever nomination for the band. The song also made the top 10 on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number nine, and remaining on the chart for five weeks. It also did very well on other Billboard charts, such as Adult Top 40 (number eight peak), Mainstream Top 40 (number two peak), Hot Digital Songs (number one peak) and Mainstream Rock Tracks (number 26 peak). As of January 2006, the digital single has been purchased over 962,000 times on iTunes. As of September 2018, it is still the band’s highest-charting Hot 100 single. It topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for a week, spending months near the top of the Billboard Hot 100 (peaking at number 10) and being certified gold on Jit was also the band’s first song to chart there since “ Undone – The Sweater Song” at number 57 in 1994 after 11 years since the rest of Weezer’s other hits from the past had only managed to chart only on the Hot 100 Airplay or the Bubbling Under Hot 100chart. ( March 2021)The song is the band’s most commercially successful single.
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I might as well enjoy my life and watch the stars play. Besides that, I think the lyrics are incredible in a very understated way. But originally it wasn’t meant to be sarcastic at all.” Ĭuomo stated that “Beverly Hills” and its solo, third verse, and last chorus of “Falling for You” (from Pinkerton) are his proudest musical achievements: “It’s incredibly fun: a great beat, guitar riffs, catchy vocal style. For some reason, by the time it came out-and the video came out-it got twisted around into something that seemed sarcastic. And then I wrote that song, Beverly Hills. And for some reason I just thought how nice it would be to marry, like, an ‘established’ celebrity and live in Beverly Hills and be part of that world. Background Edit Rivers Cuomo‘s story behind “Beverly Hills”: “I was at the opening of the new Hollywood Bowl and I flipped through the program and I saw a picture of Wilson Phillips.