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Buddy Holly (song)
1994 single by Weezer
Buddy Holly (song)
"Buddy Holly" is a song by the American rock band Weezer. It was written by Rivers Cuomo and released by DGC Records as the second single from the Weezer debut album, Weezer (The Blue Album) (1994). The lyrics reference the 1950s rock-and-roll singer Buddy Holly and the actress Mary Tyler Moore. Released on September 7, 1994—which would have been Holly's 58th birthday—"Buddy Holly" reached number two on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart. It reached number six in Canada, number 12 in the United Kingdom (upon release in 1995), number 13 in Iceland, and number 14 in Sweden. The music video, which features footage from Happy Days and was directed by Spike Jonze, earned considerable exposure when it was included as a bonus media file in Microsoft's initial successful release of the operating system Windows 95. Rolling Stone ranked "Buddy Holly" number 484 on its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" (2021), raising it 15 spots...
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