Island in the Sun
by Weezer
- 112
- BPM
- E minor
- Key
- 9A
- Camelot
- 66
- Danceability
- 1
- Acousticness
"Island in the Sun" was not supposed to be on the album. Producer Ric Ocasek fought to get it onto Weezer's third album, and he won. It came out in July 2001 as the second single. In Australia it was the lead single. "Hash Pipe" was not released there. It also appears as a bonus track on the European and Australian versions of the follow-up, Maladroit.
The song peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 17 in France, and entered the top 40 in Canada and the United Kingdom. In Australia it placed seventh on the Triple J Hottest 100 poll of 2001. In late 2001 the band reworked its solo for the live show, and in 2005 Rivers Cuomo often opened the encore by playing it alone on acoustic guitar from the rear of the venue.
There are two videos. Marcos Siega directed one set at a Mexican wedding reception, the last to feature bassist Mikey Welsh. Spike Jonze directed the other, with the band on a hill among wild animals. Welsh had left shortly before it was shot. Only Brian Bell, Cuomo and Pat Wilson appear.
Island in the Sun runs at 112 BPM, the tempo of pop, funk and disco-leaning dance. In classical terms it sits in moderato territory. A bar of 4/4 lasts 2.14 seconds, and a quarter-note delay is 536 ms. It is in E minor, Camelot 9A, which shares its notes with G major and mixes cleanly with A minor and B minor.
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