Happy Hour (Weezer song)
{{Infobox song
| name = Happy Hour
| cover =
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| type = single
| artist = Weezer
| album = Pacific Daydream
| released = October 31, 2017
| format =
| recorded = 2016
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| genre = {{flatlist|
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| length = 2:57
| label = Atlantic
| writer = {{flatlist|
- Rivers Cuomo
- Chris Sernel
- Seann Bowe
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| producer = {{flatlist|
- Butch Walker
- Sernel
- Bowe
}}
| prev_title = Feels Like Summer
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title = Africa
| next_year = 2018
}}
"Happy Hour" is a song by the American rock band Weezer. It was released as the second single from their eleventh studio album Pacific Daydream on October 31, 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/alternative/future-releases|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022001657/https://www.allaccess.com/alternative/future-releases
|title=Alternative Future Releases|publisher=All Access|archive-date=October 22, 2017}} The song previously premiered at Beats 1 on October 18.{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1967689/weezer-happy-hour/music/|title=Weezer – "Happy Hour"|date=October 18, 2017|access-date=November 1, 2017}}
Composition
"Happy Hour" is a departure from Weezer's usual distorted guitar sound, instead featuring a layered production and slower tempo. Vocalist Rivers Cuomo stated "We really challenged ourselves to leave behind the Nineties distorted guitar, downstroke eighth note thing and try to see what else we can do."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-weezers-effervescent-new-song-happy-hour-w509562|title=Hear Weezer's Effervescent New Song 'Happy Hour'|magazine=Rolling Stone |date=18 October 2017 |access-date=November 1, 2017}} Arielle Gordon of Spin described the song as a "breezy, carefree jaunt that feels more like a Kardashian interstitial than a loner anthem."{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2017/10/weezer-happy-hour-stream/|title=Weezer – "Happy Hour"|date=October 18, 2017|access-date=November 1, 2017}} The song has been characterized as pop rock{{cite web|url=https://zumic.com/happy-hour-weezer-youtube-audio-single|title="Happy Hour" - Weezer [YouTube Audio Single] - Zumic - Free Music Streaming & Concert Listings|date=October 18, 2017|access-date=November 1, 2017}} and R&B.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/weezer-pacific-daydream-review|title=Weezer - 'Pacific Daydream' Album Review|website=NME|date=26 October 2017 |access-date=November 1, 2017}}
Reception
Gideon Plotnicki at Liveforlivemusic.com gave "Happy Hour" a positive reaction, stating "The song is certainly a departure from the band's signature sound, however, in the end, 'Happy Hour' is a good and acceptable pop song."{{cite web|url=http://liveforlivemusic.com/news/weezer-new-single-happy-hour/|title=Listen To The New Groove-Centric Weezer Song, "Happy Hour"|date=October 18, 2017|access-date=November 1, 2017}} Allan Raible from ABC News described it as a "focus track", adding "somewhere between its dance beat and its oddball, random cultural references, this song really clicks."{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/weezers-pacific-daydream-return-pop-works/story?id=50748198|title=Weezer's 'Pacific Daydream' is a return to pop that works|date=October 28, 2017|website=ABC News|access-date=November 1, 2017}} Arielle Gordon of Spin called the song "a breezy, carefree jaunt" and "a chilled-out, jazzy ode to islands, sucking on limes and coconuts, and looking forward to happy hour."{{cite magazine |last=Gordon |first=Arielle |date=October 18, 2017 |title= Weezer — "Happy Hour"|url= https://www.spin.com/2017/10/weezer-happy-hour-stream/|magazine=Spin |location= |publisher= |access-date=April 6, 2024}}
Charts
=Weekly charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (2017–18)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| {{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|9|artist=Weezer|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 23, 2018}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardrocksongs|20|artist=Weezer|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 7, 2018}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardadultalternativesongs|21|artist=Weezer|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 5, 2019}} |
=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (2018)
! scope="col"| Position |
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| scope="row"| US Alternative Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/alternative-songs|title=Alternative Songs – Year-End 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 12, 2018}}
| 34 |
| scope="row"| US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/hot-rock-songs|title=Hot Rock Songs – Year-End 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 12, 2018}}
| 73 |
| scope="row"| US Rock Airplay Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/rock-airplay-songs|title=Rock Airplay Songs – Year-End 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 12, 2018}}
| 48 |