Beverly Hills

"Beverly Hills" is the first track and lead single from Make Believe.
===Appearances===
* Make Believe
* Beverly Hills (UK Retail 7" (Picture Disc))
* Beverly Hills (UK Retail CD)
* We Are All on Drugs (UK Retail 7" (Pink Vinyl)) (Urbanix Mix)
* We Are All on Drugs (UK Retail CD) (Urbanix Mix)
*Official Bootlegs (live versions)
*I'm Your Daddy digital-45 single (live version, iTunes Canada only)
*Alone IX: The Make Believe Years
==Overview==
According to the Weezer Recording History, Rivers Cuomo wrote "Beverly Hills" around spring of 2004. It was considered an "A-list" contender by Cuomo for inclusion on Make Believe during the album's pre-production. The original demo for the song, released in November of 2020 as part of the digital compilation Alone IX: The Make Believe Years, featured a completely different chorus melody from the final version. The song was consistently included on the album's working tracklist, though it is known to have been considered for inclusion later on the album, as Make Believe's Amazon.com page listed as the fourth track in the months prior to release. Stephanie Eitel of the band Agent Sparks provided the "Gimmme, gimme" backing vocals.
"Beverly Hills" is, to date, Weezer's most commercially successful single. The song topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for a week, spending months near the top of the Billboard Hot 100 (peaking at #10). The song was certified gold on June 6, 2005. As of January 2006 the digital single has been purchased over 962,000 times on iTunes. It also did very well on other Billboard charts, such as Adult Top 40 (#8 peak), Hot Digital Songs (#1 peak) and Mainstream Rock Tracks (#26). The song also made the Top 10 on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #9 and remaining on the chart for five more weeks. The song was the top-selling digital download of 2005 according to Nielsen SoundScan .
The song was nominated for Best Rock Song at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards, the first ever nomination for the band. The video for the song was nominated at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Rock Video. The song won College Song of the Year at the 54th Annual BMI Pop Awards.
Rivers Cuomo stated in a 2006 fan interview that "Beverly Hills" along with the solo, third verse, and last chorus of "Falling for You," are his proudest musical achievements: "Its incredibly fun: a great beat, guitar riffs, catchy vocal style. Besides that, I think the lyrics are incredible in a very understated way. I might as well enjoy my life and watch the stars play. I love it! With this one song we were able to transcend our little niche and connect with all kinds of people, young and old, from all kinds of backgrounds."
"Beverly Hills" is commonly abbreviated by fans as BvH (to avoid confusion with BH). The song features a talk box solo, making it the only appearance of a talk box, to date, in the Weezer discography. Initially upon the single's release, Rivers Cuomo utilized the talk box during live performances before opting to simply perform the section as a standard guitar solo. From 2009 onwards, Brian Bell has typically performed the talk box solo when during live performances of the song.
An unfinished mix of the song entered fan-circulation after it was mistakenly embedded in a Flash player on Weezer's official website.
==Video/Audio==
The music video was directed by Marcos Siega and filmed at the Playboy Mansion (not actually located in Beverly Hills, but nearby Holmby Hills) with several Weezer fans, who were all informed of the event on Weezer's official website prior to the shooting.
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===Cell-phone clip===
During the filming of the music video, the song and the upcoming album were still very tightly under wraps and nobody had heard any material from the album. Despite all recording devices being checked at the entrance point of the shoot, a fan managed to get his cell phone in and record a clip from the song that he set as his Voicemail greeting. On the official weezer.com forums he posted that he had the clip, but did not know how to get it on the internet. Many fans did not believe him, so "enderw" called the supposed recorder's phone and got to his voicemail, proving the existence of the clip. "Enderw" then recorded the voicemail greeting with his computer microphone and posted it on the internet. The cell phone clip was quickly downloaded over and over by eager fans, as it represented the first new material heard from the band in two years.
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===Audio===
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==Inclusions and variations==
* An alternate music video featuring the Sims 2: Nightlife expansion of The Sims 2 was featured on the MTV2 show Video Mods.MTV Video Mods. "Beverly Hills" by Weezer, archived on Youtube by 
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* A remix of the song called "Beverly Hills (Urbanix Mix)" appears on the "We Are All on Drugs" single.
*Another remix dubbed the 'Ultimix' was posted at albumsix.com in December 2008 by user BringHomeTheTurkey, after discovering it at a PTP network. It appears to be an unreleased DJ remix, but is in fact little more than an extended re-edit, with some additional programmed percussion throughout.
* The song is also featured on Now That's What I Call Music! 20 and Kidz Bop 9.
* The song also has been used on Malcolm in the Middle.
* The song's chorus is featured in the track "Polkarama!" from "Weird Al" Yankovic's album Straight Outta Lynwood. This, after Rivers withheld the rights to Buddy Holly when Yankovic wanted to include it in a polka circa 1995.
* The song was also used in an episode of Cold Case called "Knuckle Up"
* The band Bob Ricci made a parody of this song, based on the show Beverly Hills, 90210
* The song is featured in the second Bring It On sequel, All Or Nothing.
==Personnel==
*Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals
*Patrick Wilson – percussion
*Brian Bell – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*Scott Shriner – bass guitar, backing vocals
*Stephanie Eitel - additional backing vocals
*Rick Rubin - producer
*Rod Cervera - mixing
==Lyrics==
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|-|Album version=Where I come from isn't all that great
My automobile is a piece of crap
My fashion sense is a little whack
And my friends are just as screwy as me
I didn't go to boarding schools
Preppy girls never looked at me
Why should they?
I ain't nobody
Got nothing in my pocket
Beverly Hills
That's where I want to be (Gimme gimme, gimme gimme)
Livin' in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills
Rolling like a celebrity (Gimme gimme, gimme gimme)
Livin' in Beverly Hills
Look at all those movie stars
They're all so beautiful and clean
When the housemaids scrub the floors
They get the spaces in between
I wanna live a life like that
I wanna be just like a king
Take my picture by the pool
'cause I'm the next big thing
Beverly Hills
That's where I want to be (Gimme gimme, gimme gimme)
Livin' in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills
Rolling like a celebrity (Gimme gimme, gimme gimme)
Livin' in Beverly Hills
The truth is I don't stand a chance
It's something that you're born into
And I just don't belong
No I don't
I'm just a no-class beat down fool
And I will always be that way
I might as well enjoy my life
And watch the stars play
Beverly Hills
That's where I want to be (Gimme gimme, gimme gimme)
Livin' in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills
Rolling like a celebrity (Gimme gimme, gimme gimme)
Livin' in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills (Yeah!) 
Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills (Gimme gimme, gimme gimme)
Livin' in Beverly Hills
|-|Demo=Where I come from isn't all that great
My automobile is a piece of crap
My passion sense is a little whack
And my friends are just as screwy as me
I didn't go to boarding school
Preppy girls never looked at me
Why should they?
I ain't nobody
Got nothing, not a dime to my name
Beverly Hills
It's where I want to be
Beverly Hills
Married to a celebrity
Look at all those movie stars
They're all so beautiful and clean
When the housemates scrub the floors
They get the places in between
I want to live a life like that
I want to be that fabulous
Take my picture by the pool
I'm everything you wish you was
Beverly Hills
It's where I want to be
Beverly Hills
Married to a celebrity
The truth is I don't stand a chance
It's something that you're born into
And I just don't belong
No I don't
I'm just a no-class beat down fool
And I will always be that way
I might as well enjoy my life
And let the famous people play
Beverly Hills
It's where I want to be
Beverly Hills
Married to a celebrity
Beverly Hills
It's where I want to be
Beverly Hills
Married to a celebrity
Come on, baby
Let's get married
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==Known recordings ==
==See also==
*Make Believe
*List of Weezer songs
==References==
Category:Weezer songs
Category:Weezer singles
Category:Songs that appeared on the 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo list
Category:Allmusic track picks
Category:Songs on Make Believe
Category:Self-produced Weezer songs
Category:Weezer songs produced by Rick Rubin
Category:Weezer songs produced by Chad Bamford
Category:Featured song
Category:Music videos directed by Marcos Siega
Category:Songs on Six Hits
Category:2005 releases