Undone -- the Sweater song - wikipedia Undone -- the Sweater song `` Undone -- The Sweater Song '' Single by Weezer from the album Weezer ( The Blue Album ) B - side `` Mykel & Carli '' `` Susanne '' `` My Evaline '' Released June 24, 1994 Format CD, Cassette, 7 '' Recorded Electric Lady Studios New York City, US Genre Alternative rock Length 4 : 58 ( Album version ) 3 : 58 ( Single radio edit ) Label DGC Songwriter ( s ) Rivers Cuomo Producer ( s ) Ric Ocasek Weezer singles chronology `` Undone -- The Sweater Song '' ( 1994 ) `` Buddy Holly '' ( 1994 ) `` Undone -- The Sweater Song '' ( 1994 ) `` Buddy Holly '' ( 1994 ) Music video `` Undone -- The Sweater Song '' on YouTube `` Undone -- The Sweater Song '' is a song by the American alternative rock band Weezer, released on the band 's self - titled 1994 debut album. It was released as their debut single in 1994. Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo has commented on the song, saying : `` `` Undone '' is the feeling you get when the train stops and the little guy comes knockin ' on your door. It was supposed to be a sad song, but everyone thinks it 's hilarious. '' Cuomo has also said that it was his attempt at writing `` a Velvet Underground - type song, '' but later referred to the song as an inadvertent rip - off of Metallica 's `` Welcome Home ( Sanitarium ) '', with the band 's metal roots showing through. Contents 1 Overview 2 Musical composition 3 Music video 4 Track listing 5 Chart positions 6 Personnel 7 References 8 External links Overview Originally, the band intended to insert various sound clips into the song, but were wary of the cost of licensing them. Instead, the studio version of the song features a spoken introduction by then bassist Matt Sharp and longtime friend of the band Karl Koch, as well as an `` intermission '' set of dialogue between Karl and one of the founding members of Weezer 's official fan club and early supporter of the band, Mykel Allan. This dialogue is frequently ad - libbed during concerts and other live recordings. During live performances in 2005, the band would often invite a fan up to play the acoustic guitar part of `` Undone '' with the band. On the last night of the Foozer tour, Dave Grohl came up and played it with the band. The Fray, who toured with Weezer in 2005, played a cover version of this song live during 2007 touring. The Offspring covered it in 1994 and 1995. NewFangled Contraption covered it at every show in 2002 and 2003. The Bloodhound Gang covered it with a mix of Wu - Tang Clan 's `` Ai n't Nuttin To F Wit ''. Punk rock band Titus Andronicus have covered the song multiple times on various tours ; the band included one of these live covers on their mixtape, Titus Andronicus LLC Mixtape Vol 1. Mac DeMarco performed a version of the song in April 2013 for The A.V. Club 's A.V. Undercover series. In May 2013, UK Based Label Tiny Lights Recordings released a cover of the song recorded by a number of its artists to commemorate its second birthday. The song was also covered by dream pop band Beach House live in 2015. On the 2008 Troublemaker Tour, Tom DeLonge -- lead singer of the tour 's opening act Angels & Airwaves -- sang it as a duet with Cuomo. On their tour in 2011, the song was performed with the members of The Flaming Lips. Musical composition The song is notable for its seemingly basic chord progression which repeats through the verse and chorus of I, IV, V, IV. Many fans relate the progression to other popular rock songs such as `` Wild Thing '' performed by The Troggs. However, the song does experience a key change modulation for the guitar solo after the second chorus, modulating from the key of G Major to Bb Major, and thus following the same I, IV, V, IV progression. Also, the main guitar lead played over the chords of the intro and the outro contains a raised second pitch which resolves to the third. This accidental within the key gives the song an off - note and perceivably quirky feel to it. Music video The music video for `` Undone '' was Weezer 's first music video. According to Rivers ' Edge : The Weezer Story by John D. Luerssen, the band insisted that the video not have anything to do with a sweater. Yet Geffen received twenty - five treatments for the video, all involving sweaters. The video marks one of the early directorial efforts of Spike Jonze, whose pitch was simply `` A blue stage, a steadicam, a pack of wild dogs. '' The $60,000 video was shot on a steadicam in one unbroken shot, featuring the band playing to a sped up version of the song. When played at a slower speed, the illusion is created that the band is playing the song in the correct time, yet moving in slow motion. The one shot was taken over twenty - five times and the final version is somewhere between take # 15 and take # 20, in which the band had abandoned the idea of taking the video seriously at all. The humor was brought on by the frustration of shooting the same shot over and over to a sped up version of the song as well as the fact that one of the dogs defecated on Patrick Wilson 's bass drum pedal. The video became an instant hit on MTV. An alternate take of the video can be found on the band 's Video Capture Device DVD. In the video, lead singer Rivers Cuomo is wearing a Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz jersey. At Weezer 's first performance in Mexico City many fans wore the same jersey. Track listing Promo Only Radio Single `` Undone -- The Sweater Song '' ( Radio Edit ) -- 3 : 58 US Retail Cassette / US Promo 7 '' Jukebox Single ( Black Vinyl ) `` Undone -- The Sweater Song '' -- 4 : 58 `` Holiday '' -- 3 : 26 Australian Retail CD `` Undone -- The Sweater Song '' -- 4 : 58 `` Mykel & Carli '' -- 2 : 53 `` Susanne '' -- 2 : 46 ( Original Mix ) `` My Evaline '' -- 0 : 44 ( Erroneously listed as `` Sweet Adeline '' ) UK Retail CD / UK Retail Cassette / UK 7 '' Single ( Blue Vinyl ) `` Undone -- The Sweater Song '' -- 4 : 58 `` Mykel & Carli '' -- 2 : 53 `` Susanne '' -- 2 : 46 ( Original Mix ) `` Holiday '' -- 3 : 26 French Retail CD / French Promo 7 '' Single ( Blue Vinyl ) `` Undone -- The Sweater Song '' -- 4 : 58 `` My Name Is Jonas '' -- 3 : 24 Chart positions Chart ( 1994 ) Peak position Australian Singles Chart 63 Canadian Singles Chart 6 UK Singles Chart 35 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 57 U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 30 U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 6 Personnel Rivers Cuomo -- lead guitar, keyboards, lead vocals Brian Bell -- rhythm guitar, backing vocals Matt Sharp -- bass guitar, backing vocals Patrick Wilson -- drums Ric Ocasek -- producer Karl Koch -- piano outro References Notes Jump up ^ Luerssen 2004, p. 111 Jump up ^ `` Undone - The Sweater Song by Weezer Songfacts ''. Retrieved 2 October 2016. Jump up ^ `` Rivers Cuomo : We Ripped Off `` The Sweater Song '' From Metallica ``. Retrieved 2 October 2016. Jump up ^ `` Fray undone ''. YouTube. 2007 - 01 - 27. Retrieved 2012 - 08 - 01. Jump up ^ `` undone cover offspring ''. YouTube. Retrieved 2012 - 08 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Mac DeMarco covers Weezer ''. Retrieved 24 April 2013. Jump up ^ http://tinylightsrecordings.com/2013/05/23/new-music-the-tiny-lights-birthday-band-single-number-2/. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 02. Missing or empty title = ( help ) Jump up ^ Brodsky, Rachel ( November 6, 2015 ). `` Watch Beach House Cover Weezer 's ' Sweater Song ' ''. Spin. Retrieved February 28, 2016. Jump up ^ King, Brian ( 2008 - 09 - 24 ). `` Weezer Kick Off North American Tour SPIN Live We Were There ''. SPIN. Retrieved 2012 - 08 - 01. Jump up ^ Luerssen 2004, p. 120 Jump up ^ Luerssen 2004, p. 121 Jump up ^ `` The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart -- Week Ending 06 Nov 1994 ''. Australian Record Industry Association Ltd. Retrieved 2016 - 02 - 25. Jump up ^ Ryan, Gavin ( 2011 ). Australia 's Music Charts 1988 - 2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia : Moonlight Publishing. Bibliography Luerssen, John D. ( 2004 ). Rivers ' Edge : The Weezer Story. ECW Press. ISBN 1 - 55022 - 619 - 3. External links `` Undone -- The Sweater Song '' Official music video on YouTube Weezer Rivers Cuomo Patrick Wilson Brian Bell Scott Shriner Matt Sharp Jason Cropper Mikey Welsh Studio albums Weezer ( Blue Album ) Pinkerton Weezer ( Green Album ) Maladroit Make Believe Weezer ( Red Album ) Raditude Hurley Everything Will Be Alright in the End Weezer ( White Album ) Pacific Daydream Compilations Death to False Metal EPs The Good Life The Lion and the Witch Winter Weezerland Christmas with Weezer... Happy Record Store Day ! DVD Weezer -- Video Capture Device : Treasures from the Vault 1991 -- 2002 Singles Weezer ( Blue Album ) `` Undone -- The Sweater Song '' `` Buddy Holly '' `` Say It Ai n't So '' Pinkerton `` El Scorcho '' `` The Good Life '' `` Pink Triangle '' Weezer ( Green Album ) `` Hash Pipe '' `` Island in the Sun '' `` Photograph '' Maladroit `` Dope Nose '' `` Keep Fishin ' '' Make Believe `` Beverly Hills '' `` We Are All on Drugs '' `` Perfect Situation '' `` This Is Such a Pity '' Weezer ( Red Album ) `` Pork and Beans '' `` Troublemaker '' `` The Greatest Man That Ever Lived ( Variations on a Shaker Hymn ) '' `` Dreamin ' '' Raditude `` ( If You 're Wondering If I Want You to ) I Want You to '' `` I 'm Your Daddy '' Hurley `` Memories '' `` Hang On '' Everything Will Be Alright in the End `` Back to the Shack '' `` Cleopatra '' `` Da Vinci '' Weezer ( White Album ) `` Thank God for Girls '' `` Do You Wanna Get High ? '' `` King of the World '' Pacific Daydream `` Feels Like Summer '' `` Happy Hour '' Other songs `` My Name Is Jonas '' `` Only in Dreams '' `` Turning Up the Radio '' `` Lonely Girl '' `` The British Are Coming '' `` Go Away '' `` Mexican Fender '' Tours Weezer & Panic ! at the Disco Summer Tour 2016 Related Articles Discography Songs Songs from the Black Hole The Kitchen Tape Alone : The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo Alone II : The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo Alone III : The Pinkerton Years Christmas with Weezer ( video game ) Ric Ocasek Rick Rubin Spike Jonze Bands The Rentals Scott & Rivers The Special Goodness The Relationship Homie Space Twins Book : Weezer Category : Weezer Portal : Alternative rock Commons : Weezer Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Undone_ -- _The_Sweater_Song&oldid = 835258637 '' Categories : Weezer songs 1994 singles Debut singles Music videos directed by Spike Jonze Songs about suicide Songs written by Rivers Cuomo Rock ballads Song recordings produced by Ric Ocasek 1994 songs Hidden categories : Pages with citations lacking titles Pages with citations having bare URLs Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Català Ελληνικά Español Galego Italiano Português Edit links This page was last edited on 7 April 2018, at 15 : 41. 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Question: who sings if you want to destroy my sweater
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