| "El Scorcho" | ||||
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| Single by Weezer | ||||
| from the album Pinkerton | ||||
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| Released | September 19, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | September 1995 – June 1996 | |||
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| Length | 4:03 | |||
| Label | DGC | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Rivers Cuomo | |||
| Producer(s) | Weezer | |||
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"El Scorcho" is a song by the American rock band Weezer. It is the first single from the band's second album, Pinkerton, released in 1996. The music video features the band playing in an old ballroom in Los Angeles (as revealed by Weezer's Video Capture Device DVD), surrounded by light fixtures of diverse origin, flashing in time to the music. The name of the song supposedly came from a packet of hot sauce from Del Taco, labeled "Del Scorcho".[4]
The track failed commercially; several radio stations refused to play the song, and the video was not played on MTV. This is considered to be one of the causes for Pinkerton’s initial commercial failure.
The single was, however, extremely popular in Australia, and made it to #9 on the Triple J Hottest 100 chart for 1996, the national poll conducted by alternative rock station Triple J for the year's most popular alternative songs. It was subsequently released on the 1996 Triple J Hottest 100 compilation album.
The song is available as a downloadable track for the video game series Rock Band.
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