"Sweater Weather" | ||||
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Single by the Neighbourhood | ||||
from the album I Love You. | ||||
Released | December 3, 2012 [1] | |||
Genre | Alternative rock [2] | |||
Length | 4:00 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Justyn Pilbrow | |||
The Neighbourhood singles chronology | ||||
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"Sweater Weather" is a song by American alternative band the Neighbourhood. The song was written by group members Jesse Rutherford, Zach Abels and Jeremy Freedman, and was produced by Justyn Pilbrow. It serves as the lead single from their debut studio album, I Love You (2013). "Sweater Weather" reached number one on the Billboard Alternative Airplay chart in June 2013, logging eleven non-consecutive weeks at the summit of the chart. Pentatonix covered the song for their 2018 album Christmas Is Here! with an accompanying music video. [3] The song was also covered by Kurt Hugo Schneider, Alyson Stoner, and Max S in 2014. [4] In mid-to-late 2020, the song experienced a resurgence in popularity due to it being used on the social media platform TikTok. The song gained over 5 million on-demand streams on Spotify within the month of November 2020. [5] As of 10 January 2025, the song is the 7th most streamed on Spotify. In late 2023, for the 35th anniversary of Alternative Airplay, Billboard ranked the song as the 15th-most successful in the chart's history. [6] [7]
Zach Abels recalled to Radio.com: "One day Jesse was at my house and I was playing guitar. And he said, 'Hey that's pretty cool, let me record that.' And it just so happened to be "Sweater Weather." When we got done writing the song, when it was all said and done we were like 'Okay this is pretty good we should keep writing songs.'" [8]
"I think 'Sweater Weather' might've been the best song we'd ever written," Rutherford added, "but I didn't think it was going to be the best song we'd ever write. It was kind of like getting a Platinum record, like a little tap on the butt." [9]
There are two music videos for "Sweater Weather". The original video was released on March 28, 2012, but was later set as unlisted. The second music video for "Sweater Weather" was directed by Zack Sekuler and Daniel Iglesias Jr., [10] shot in grayscale to go with their black-and-white theme, released on March 5, 2013.
Social media platforms regularly use the song's title or listening to the song as a shorthand for bisexuality, also citing it as a "bisexual anthem". [11] Unpublished Zine said that the song has been made a bisexual anthem due to its exploration of intimacy, the lyrics' relative gender neutrality, the narrator's wearing of "bisexual" clothes, and the association of the song to other music popular on Tumblr upon its release — a time, reportedly, when many users were starting to express their bisexuality. [12]
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [65] | Platinum | 70,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada) [66] | 7× Platinum | 560,000‡ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [67] | 2× Platinum | 180,000‡ |
Germany (BVMI) [68] | 3× Gold | 900,000‡ |
Italy (FIMI) [69] | 2× Platinum | 200,000‡ |
Mexico (AMPROFON) [70] | Diamond+Platinum+Gold | 390,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [71] | 5× Platinum | 150,000‡ |
Portugal (AFP) [72] | 7× Platinum | 70,000‡ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [73] | 2× Platinum | 120,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [74] | 3× Platinum | 1,800,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [75] | 11× Platinum | 11,000,000‡ |
Streaming | ||
Greece (IFPI Greece) [76] | 4× Platinum | 8,000,000† |
Sweden (GLF) [77] | 3× Platinum | 24,000,000† |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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The Neighbourhood is an American alternative rock band formed in Newbury Park, California, in 2011. The band is composed of vocalist Jesse Rutherford, guitarists Jeremy Freedman and Zach Abels, and bassist Mikey Margott. Drummer Brandon Fried was also part of the band from 2014 until 2022. After releasing two EPs, I'm Sorry... and Thank You, the Neighbourhood signed with Columbia Records to release their debut studio album, I Love You. (2013). "Sweater Weather", the album's third single, became their sole entry Billboard Hot 100—peaking at number 14—and re-surged in popularity nearly a decade later on radio airplay and Spotify. Other notable hits from the band include "Daddy Issues", "Softcore", "You Get Me So High", "Reflections" and "The Beach".
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