Buddy Holly : Rolling Stone

Written by: Rivers Cuomo
Produced by: Ric Ocasek
Released: Aug. '94 on DGC
Charts: 21 weeks
Top spot: No. 18

In the early 1990s, Cuomo had an awkward girlfriend who was routinely picked on. His efforts to stick up for her inspired Weezer's breakthrough, a track whose bubble-grunge hooks and lines such as "I look just like Buddy Holly/And you're Mary Tyler Moore" helped the band reach a nation of pop-minded suburban punks. It also earned them personalized, autographed photos from the real Mary Tyler Moore.

Appears on: Weezer (Geffen)

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