Beverly Hills Lyrics

[Outro]
Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills, livin' in Beverly Hills

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About

Genius Annotation

“Beverly Hills” is the opening track for Weezer’s fifth album, Make Believe. The song was also the record’s lead single.

In the track, Rivers Cuomo wishes for a life in Beverly Hills, amongst movie stars and celebrities, but in the end decides that he simply wouldn’t fit in.

“Beverly Hills” is arguably the most successful song ever released by Weezer, 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). As of January 2006, the digital single had been purchased over 962,000 times on iTunes, the song 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).

Even with the success in sales, the song recieved mostly negative reviews from critics and fans. Many people consider “Beverly Hills” to be one of the worst/most overrated song by Weezer, because of its simple structure, the lyrics and the song’s lack of irony.

Many fans might also notice that the chord progression and rhythm closely resemble the song “Blast Off” from their unreleased rock opera Songs from the Black Hole.

Q&A

Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning

What did Weezer say about "Beverly Hills"?
Genius Answer

According to Rivers Cuomo in 2005:

I saw a picture of Wilson Phillips. And for some reason I just thought how nice it would be to marry, like, an established celebrity and live in Beverly Hills and be part of that world. And it was a totally sincere desire. And then I wrote that song. For some reason, by the time it came out and the video came out, it got twisted into something that seemed sarcastic. But originally, it wasn’t meant to be sarcastic at all.

Brian Bell in 2005:

When I first heard the song, it was a Rivers demo of it, and I think I called him and said, ‘Congratulations, you wrote a hit song.’

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Percussion
Synthesizer
Backing Vocals
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Engineering
Recorded At
Cello Studios, Grandmaster Recorders, Henson Studios, and Rick Rubin's home studio, Los Angeles
Release Date
March 29, 2005
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