'" Bassist Matt Sharp recalled: "Ric said we'd be stupid to leave it off the album. Do it anyway, and if you don't like it when it's done, we won't use it. In the book River's Edge, Ocasek is quoted saying: "I remember at one point he was hesitant to do 'Buddy Holly' and I was like, 'Rivers, we can talk about it.
Producer Ric Ocasek persuaded him to include it. He originally planned to exclude it from the album he felt it was "cheesy" and perhaps did not represent the sound he was pursuing for Weezer. Songwriter Rivers Cuomo wrote "Buddy Holly" after his friends made fun of his Asian girlfriend. VH1 ranked it as one of the "100 Greatest Songs of the 90s" at number 59 in December 2007. The digital version of the single for "Buddy Holly" was certified gold by the RIAA in 2006. Rolling Stone ranked "Buddy Holly" number 484 in its list of " The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" (2021), raising it 15 spots from number 499 (2010), and raised from around 19 years prior, being ranked number 497 (2004). The song also reached number six in Canada, number 12 in the United Kingdom, number 13 in Iceland and number 14 in Sweden. It reached number two and number 34 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart and the US Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, respectively. The lyrics reference the song's 1950s namesake and actress Mary Tyler Moore. The song was written by Rivers Cuomo and released as the second single from the band's debut album, Weezer ( The Blue Album) on September 7, 1994, which would have been Buddy Holly's 58th birthday. " Buddy Holly" is a song by American rock band Weezer.
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