Photograph

"Photograph" (originally known as "If You Want It") is the second song and third single from self-titled 2001 album, (The Green Album).
===Appearances===
* Weezer (The Green Album)
* Photograph (Radio Only Promo CD)
* Photograph (Japan Retail CD)
*Keep Fishin' (UK Retail CD #1) (Live)
==Overview==
"Photograph" is first known to have been demoed by Weezer in October of 2000.Weezer Recording History - Page 12
"Photograph" was released in Japan as the lead-off promo single for The Green Album, which differs from the US's "Hash Pipe." The song enjoyed only modest success on the radio, peaking at #17 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart.
There are two alternate mixes of "Photograph." A longer, unmastered mix with an alternate chorus leaked prior to the release of The Green Album alongside thirteen other tracks. Another alternate mix of the song appeared on Japanese promo CDs, featuring an edited intro and no applause at the end.
During many live shows since 2005, the band has performed the song live with drummer Patrick Wilson on lead vocals and guitar with Rivers Cuomo on drums. Often, the band has performed the song as a lead-in to a cover of "Song 2" by Blur.
Photograph's release as a single was the last officially-released Weezer song to feature Mikey Welsh. 
===Reception===
"Photograph" was selected as a "Track Pick" in Stephen Thomas Erlewine's 2001 review of The Green Album. In a mostly positive review for the Weezer Songblog Teenage Victory Songs, Soymilkrev compared the song to "Buddy Holly" from The Blue Album. The review included "Photograph" as among "The Very Best" of Weezer's catalogue.
==Music video==
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The music video for the song is notable for being directed by Weezer.com webmaster and longtime friend of the band Karl Koch. It consists of footage shot while the band was touring for The Green Album. Among the notable footage is Cuomo playing soccer, guitarist Brian Bell attempting to skateboard and juggle (not at the same time), Wilson riding a Razor Scooter, a brief clip of the duo from Tenacious D running onstage during a Weezer show and a scene with Cuomo playing a prank on new bassist Scott Shriner. Interestingly enough, although Mikey Welsh plays bass and sings backup vocals on the studio recording, Shriner is in the video, as Welsh had left the band at that point. During the very end of the video, when Cuomo is playing the prank on Shriner, a demo of "Death and Destruction" can be heard in the background. This song would later surface on the band's next album, 2002's Maladroit. The video is featured on Video Capture Device, the band's DVD.
==Personnel==
*Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals
*Patrick Wilson – percussion
*Brian Bell – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*Mikey Welsh – bass guitar, backing vocals
*Ric Ocasek - producer
==Lyrics==
<tabber>
|-|Album lyrics=
If you want it, you can have it
But you gotta learn to reach out there and grab it
'Cause everybody wants some love
Shooting from the stars above
And though my heart will break
There's more that I could take
I could never get enough
If you need it, you should show it
'Cause you might play so monastic that you blow it
'Cause everybody wants some hope (Oh, baby)
Something they can barely know (Oh, baby)
And though my heart will break
There's more that I could take
I could never let it go
It's in the photograph
It's in the photograph
It's in the photograph of love
'Cause everybody wants a dream (Oh, baby)
Something they can barely see (Oh, baby)
And though my heart will break
There's more that I could take
I could never let it be
It's in the photograph
It's in the photograph
It's in the photograph of love
If you blew it, don't reject it
Just sit drawing up the plans and re-erect it
Just sit drawing up the plans and re-erect it
Just sit drawing up the plans and re-erect it
|-|Leak lyrics=
If you want it, you can have it
But you gotta learn to reach out there and grab it
'Cause everybody wants some love (Oh, baby)
Shooting from the stars above (Oh, baby)
And though my heart will break there's more that I could take
I could never get enough
If you need it, you should show it
'Cause you might play so monastic that you blow it
'Cause everybody wants some hope (Oh, baby)
Something they can barely know (Oh, baby)
And though my heart will break
There's more that I could take
I could never let it go
It's in the photograph
It's in the photograph
It's in the photograph of love
If you blew it, don't reject it
Just sit drawing up the plans and re-erect it
'Cause everybody wants a dream (Oh, baby)
Something they can barely see (Oh, baby)
And though my heart will break
There's more that I could take
I could never let it be
Darling, you know for sure
If all your love is pure
I won't be letting go this time
'Cause everybody wants a dream (Oh, baby)
Something they can barely see (Oh, baby)
And though my heart will break
There's more that I could take
I could never let it be
Darling, you know for sure
If all your love is pure
I won't be letting go this time
If you blew it, don't reject it
Just sit drawing up the plans and re-erect it
Just sit drawing up the plans and re-erect it
Just sit drawing up the plans and re-erect it</tabber>
==Known recordings==
==See also==
*List of Weezer songs
*List of Rivers Cuomo songs
==References==
Category:Weezer songs
Category:Rivers Cuomo songs
Category:Weezer singles
Category:Allmusic track picks
Category:Songs on Weezer (The Green Album)
Category:Weezer songs produced by Ric Ocasek
Category:Featured song
Category:Book-end tracks
Category:Music videos directed by Karl Koch
Category:Teenage Victory Songs The Very Best
Category:2001 releases
Category:Catalog o' Riffs