| "Do You Wanna Get High?" | ||||
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| Single by Weezer | ||||
| from the album Weezer (The White Album) | ||||
| Released | November 3, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2015 | |||
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| Length | 3:27 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Rivers Cuomo | |||
| Producer(s) | Jake Sinclair | |||
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"Do You Wanna Get High?" is a song by the American rock band Weezer, released on November 3, 2015 for the band's self-titled 2016 album. [1]
Concept-wise, "Do You Wanna Get High?" is about Rivers Cuomo's former addiction to prescription pills, which he did along with his girlfriend he had in 2000 and 2001. [2] [3] Cuomo states "Suddenly the song is sunny and sweet and in my mind, creatively this is when the high kicks in — everything is lovely and dreamy." [4] Jon Blistein of Rolling Stone compared the song's opening feedback to that of "No Other One" from Pinkerton . [5] Alex Young at Consequence of Sound compared the song's "bombastic guitar riffs and earworm hooks" to Pinkerton. [6] Genre-wise, it has been described as an "alt rock chugger" [7] and a "power pop jam". [8]
Chris DeVille at Stereogum held the song in higher regards than the previous single, "Thank God for Girls", describing it as "Pinkerton style meets Green Album quality." [9] Carolyn Menyes from Music Times stated ""Do You Wanna Get High?" is a hard-hitting song and reminds fans that for every goofy Weezer song, there's this sort of real rock gem. And, for bonus points, there's a soaring guitar solo that brings the real hardness of this song all the way home." [10] At Spin , Andrew Unterberger ranked it as the 14th best post-Pinkerton Weezer song, observing "the narcotic temptations of the lyrics give “High” a darkness and intrigue we never heard from Cuomo the first time around, thankfully keeping it from becoming cartoonish in its retro leanings." [7]
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