Records (song)
{{Infobox song
| name = Records
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Weezer
| album = SZNZ: Summer
| released = June 16, 2022
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre =
- Alternative rock{{Cite web|url=https://kbco.iheart.com/content/2022-06-21-weezer-celebrate-summer-with-new-ep-and-big-announcement/|title=Weezer Celebrate Summer With New EP And Big Announcement|website=97.3 KBCO}}
- {{Nowrap|power pop}}{{Cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/weezer_sznz_summer_ep_album_review|title=Weezer Set Fire to 'Summer' with Their Heaviest Album Ever | Exclaim!|website=exclaim.ca}}
| length = 3:28
| label =
| writer = {{hlist|Rivers Cuomo|Sam Hollander| Grant Michaels}}
| producer = Daniel Omelio
| prev_title = A Little Bit of Love
| prev_year = 2022
| next_title = I Want a Dog
| next_year = 2022
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|AdAdYaIePfs|"Records"}}}}
}}
"Records" is a song by the American rock band Weezer, released on June 16, 2022, as the first single from the second of their planned 2022 series of four extended plays SZNZ: Summer.
Release
"Records" was released as a single on June 16, 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/weezer_share_summer_single_records|title=Weezer Share 'Summer' Single "Records" — but There's a Twist | Exclaim!|website=exclaim.ca}} The song was initially released via the "Human Record Player," a smartphone app that played the song as one physically spins themself around clockwise.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/you-can-listen-to-the-new-weezer-single-but-only-by-becoming-a-human-record-player/|title=You can listen to the new Weezer single… but only by becoming a…|website=Kerrang!|date=17 June 2022 }}
The song made its live debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on June 20, 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2190930/watch-weezer-a-keyboard-playing-wolf-perform-a-fantastical-records-on-kimmel/news/|title=Weezer Perform A Fantastical "Records" On 'Kimmel' With A Keyboard-Playing Wolf: Watch|date=June 21, 2022}}
On August 31, 2022, Weezer released a remix of "Records" featuring the rapper Noga Erez.{{Cite web |title=Noga Erez on Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/noga-erez/1166657901 |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=Apple Music |language=en-US}}
Critical reception
Rob Wilson at Gigwise described the song as "catchy but undercooked," and stated that it feels out-of-place on the EP "musically and conceptually."{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Rob |title=EP Review: Weezer - SZNZ: Summer |url=https://www.gigwise.com/reviews/3423581/ep-review--weezer--sznz--summer |website=Gigwise |access-date=June 30, 2022 |date=June 29, 2022}}
Charts
=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Weekly chart performance for "Records" ! scope="col"| Chart (2022–23) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{single chart|Billboardcanadarock|12|artist=Weezer|rowheader=true|access-date=December 10, 2023}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardrockairplay|6|artist=Weezer|rowheader=true|access-date=December 10, 2023}} |
=Year-end charts=
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|+Year-end chart performance for "Records" ! scope="col"| Chart (2023) ! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"| US Rock Airplay (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2023/rock-airplay-songs/|title=Rock & Alternative Airplay Songs – Year-End 2023|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 10, 2023}}
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