# Raditude

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2009 studio album by Weezer

Raditude Studio album by Weezer Released October 30, 2009 (2009-10-30) Recorded November 2008 - January 2009 Summer 2009 Studio Rubyred (Santa Monica) The Village (Los Angeles) Sound City (Van Nuys) The Document Room (Malibu) Zeitgeist (Los Angeles) Conway (Los Angeles) The Thom Thom Club (Santa Monica) Genre Power pop[1][2] pop rock[3][4] Length 34:34 Label DGC Interscope Geffen Producer Dr. Luke Jacknife Lee Polow da Don Butch Walker Rivers Cuomo Weezer chronology Christmas with Weezer (2008) Raditude (2009) Hurley (2010) Singles from Raditude "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To" Released: August 18, 2009 "I'm Your Daddy" Released: January 20, 2010

***Raditude*** is the seventh studio album by American [rock](/source/Rock_music) band [Weezer](/source/Weezer), released on November 3, 2009, and is their final album on [DGC Records](/source/DGC_Records), [Geffen Records](/source/Geffen_Records) and [Interscope Records](/source/Interscope_Records).[5][6][7] The title of the album was suggested to Weezer frontman [Rivers Cuomo](/source/Rivers_Cuomo) by actor [Rainn Wilson](/source/Rainn_Wilson).[8] The album's first single, "[(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To](/source/(If_You're_Wondering_If_I_Want_You_To)_I_Want_You_To)", was released in August 2009. The album debuted at number seven on the [*Billboard* 200](/source/Billboard_200). The album's [cover artwork](/source/Cover_art) is a photo of a dog named Sidney, originally published in the August 2009 issue of *[National Geographic](/source/National_Geographic_(magazine))*.[9][10]

The album was initially released in Australia on October 30, 2009. It was made available in the United Kingdom on November 2, 2009, and the following day in the United States. It opened at number seven on the Billboard 200, selling 66,000 copies in its first week of availability. As of September 2010, it has sold 240,000 copies.

## Background and recording

Knowledge of the record was first made public by Billboard.com, who reported that Weezer was to head into the studio in early November 2008 to record a seventh album. A [YouTube](/source/YouTube) post titled "Let's Write A Sawng: Step 16," uploaded on November 15, 2008, showed frontman [Rivers Cuomo](/source/Rivers_Cuomo) in the studio with producer [Jacknife Lee](/source/Jacknife_Lee) short-listing[*[when defined as?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch)*] three songs from a list of 23, adding speculation to the recording of a seventh album or new [B-sides](/source/B-sides).[11]

In May, the band's webmaster and archivist [Karl Koch](/source/Karl_Koch_(Weezer_assistant)) revealed that the album had no set release date, and that the band would be recording additional material. He revealed that Cuomo would be the sole lead vocalist on this album unlike their previous album, 2008's *[Weezer](/source/Weezer_(2008_album))* (also known as the *Red Album*). In early summer of 2009, session drummer [Josh Freese](/source/Josh_Freese) joined Weezer as the drummer, with regular drummer [Patrick Wilson](/source/Patrick_Wilson_(drummer)) taking over guitar duties for Cuomo. Freese performed with the band at the [KROQ Weenie Roast](/source/KROQ_Weenie_Roast). In an interview for the event, the band revealed that the new album would be released in summer 2009.

On July 24, Weezer played three new songs in Korea at the [Jisan Valley Rock Festival](/source/Jisan_Valley_Rock_Festival): "Can't Stop Partying", "I'm Your Daddy", and "The Girl Got Hot". "Can't Stop Partying" had previously been released in demo form on Cuomo's *Alone II* album in 2008. While performing "The Girl Got Hot" on July 26, 2009, at the Fuji Rock Festival, Cuomo revealed that Weezer's seventh studio album would be released in October 2009. August 4, 2009, saw the final recording sessions for the album, with mixing of the disc beginning two days later.

"Can't Stop Partying" was co-written with hip-hop producer [Jermaine Dupri](/source/Jermaine_Dupri), and features rapper [Lil Wayne](/source/Lil_Wayne). "Put Me Back Together" was co-written with [The All-American Rejects](/source/The_All-American_Rejects) members [Tyson Ritter](/source/Tyson_Ritter) and Nick Wheeler.

Rhythm guitarist [Brian Bell](/source/Brian_Bell) stated that he had reservations about the inclusion of outside collaborators and the album's overall mainstream [pop](/source/Pop_music) aesthetic. In a 2010 interview, Bell revealed that he "[had] a conversation with Rivers about [*Raditude*]. And he said, to put my mind at ease, that this is just one album out of many more that we are going to make in our career. When I heard that, I was like, okay, cool, well that’s a great way to think of it. We’re just trying something and this is just one record out of many more. When I heard that, I was fine with it."[12]

## Promotion

On August 14, 2009, [MTV](/source/MTV) confirmed that the first single, "[(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To](/source/(If_You're_Wondering_If_I_Want_You_To)_I_Want_You_To)", was to be released on American rock radio on August 25.[13] The track leaked less than a week after the announcement,[14] and the official release of the single to radio was moved up to Tuesday, August 18.[6] A music video for the single was filmed with director [Marc Webb](/source/Marc_Webb) and co-starring [Odette Yustman](/source/Odette_Yustman).

Via updates on their official website, the band revealed in August 2009 that the album would be called *Raditude* and released on October 27. This date was pushed back a week to November 3. On October 13, the band announced "The Weezer Raditude Club," which allowed customers to pre-order *Raditude* and gain access to exclusive tracks each week leading up to the album's release.

Weezer recorded a promotional performance for *[Sessions@AOL](/source/Sessions%40AOL)*. Guests included [Kenny G](/source/Kenny_G), [Chamillionaire](/source/Chamillionaire) and [Sara Bareilles](/source/Sara_Bareilles). Kenny G's contribution was a solo after the second chorus of "I'm Your Daddy". Prior to the performance he said that he knew nothing of Weezer. Although Cuomo and Kenny G live near each other in Malibu they had never met before the recording, which was done in one take. Kenny G commented in the green room on the lack of rehearsal, "...that's OK. I'm a professional."[15]

*Raditude* was sold in conjunction with a Weezer version of the [Snuggie](/source/Sleeved_blanket), a popular wearable blanket.[16]

The album debuted at number seven on the [*Billboard* 200](/source/Billboard_200), selling 66,000 copies in its first week,[17] only about half as many copies as the band's previous album, *[Weezer](/source/Weezer_(2008_album))*, sold in its first week in 2008.[17]

While Weezer did not necessarily promote the album live (this can likely be attributed to the cancellation of the majority of the album's promotional tour),[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] handfuls of songs from this album were still performed throughout 2009 and some of 2010, and the lead single has become one of their more frequently played live songs in recent years.

## Critical reception

Professional ratings Aggregate scores Source Rating AnyDecentMusic? 4.8/10[18] Metacritic 57/100[19] Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [20] The A.V. Club C+[21] Chicago Tribune [22] Entertainment Weekly B+[23] Los Angeles Times [24] NME 6/10[25] Pitchfork 4.5/10[1] Q [26] Rolling Stone [27] Spin 6/10[28]

*Raditude* received mixed reviews from critics. At [Metacritic](/source/Metacritic), which assigns a [normalized](/source/Standard_score) rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an [average](/source/Weighted_mean) score of 57 ("mixed or average reviews"), based on 22 reviews.[19]

A positive review came from Matt Collar of [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic), who wrote that "Musically, *Raditude* really sounds like vintage Weezer, but never in a pandering, played-out way", praising "I'm Your Daddy" and "The Girl Got Hot" for being "as sparkling with creative enthusiasm as anything the band has done since '[Buddy Holly](/source/Buddy_Holly_(song))'."[20] "Songs about going to meet your girlfriend's parents or how the ugly duckling in junior high school suddenly turned into a double-take ice queen, are an odd thing for men pushing 40 to sing about. But perhaps because Weezer are as sexually threatening as melted [Solero](/source/Solero_(ice_cream)), such an approach sounds uniquely stylized rather than criminally creepy," *[Kerrang!](/source/Kerrang!)* reviewer Ian Winwood remarked.[29] Noting the backlash the album had received, [Rob Sheffield](/source/Rob_Sheffield) of *[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)* wrote that "when it comes to taunting and baiting the crowd, [frontman Rivers] Cuomo makes every other rock star out there look like a dilettante", while praising the album itself as being "full of gloriously cheesy Weezer tunes".[27]

Scott Heisel of *[Alternative Press](/source/Alternative_Press_(magazine))* gave *Raditude* a mixed review, calling it "the antithesis of everything you loved about the first two albums" and writing that the album "takes a severe and almost irreversible nosedive" following the third track "The Girl Got Hot".[30] Rob Mitchum of *[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))* criticized Cuomo's lyrics for seemingly being "stuck in an eternal puberty, forever 13—confused, horny, hyperbolic, obsessed with brand names", and concluded that "the record's teen-boy empowerment message doesn't have much to offer anyone over 13 years old".[1] Spencer Kornhaber of *[Spin](/source/Spin_(magazine))* wrote that the album "might be enjoyed for what it is—extremely catchy, fist-pumping pop—and for what it represents: escapism", but felt that "the second half sags, the ballads bore, and weirdly, it's too short".[28] Huw Jones of *[Slant Magazine](/source/Slant_Magazine)* panned the album as "a thematically vacant and sonically uninspired collection of ditties tailor-made for mainstream radio" that contains "an abhorrent cocktail of deluded lyricism and indolent musicianship."[31] Evan Sawdey of *[PopMatters](/source/PopMatters)* felt that *Raditude* should be judged for being "a collection of straight-faced, irony-free pop songs written by a guy who knows his way around a hook", concluding, "As a Weezer album, it is nothing short of a profound disappointment. By any other standard, it's just the worst album of the year."[32]

In 2014, Tom Hawking of *[Flavorwire](/source/Flavorwire)* included the album in his list of "The 50 Worst Albums Ever Made".[33]

## Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length 1. "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To" Rivers Cuomo Butch Walker Walker 3:28 2. "I'm Your Daddy" Cuomo Lukasz Gottwald Dr. Luke 3:08 3. "The Girl Got Hot" Cuomo Walker Walker 3:14 4. "Can't Stop Partying" (featuring Lil Wayne) Cuomo Jermaine Dupri Polow da Don 4:22 5. "Put Me Back Together" Cuomo Tyson Ritter Nick Wheeler Walker 3:15 6. "Trippin' Down the Freeway" Cuomo Jacknife Lee 3:40 7. "Love Is the Answer" Cuomo Lee Lee 3:43 8. "Let It All Hang Out" Cuomo Dupri Lee Walker 3:17 9. "In the Mall" Patrick Wilson Lee 2:39 10. "I Don't Want to Let You Go" Cuomo Lee 3:48

Deluxe edition No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Get Me Some" Cuomo Gottwald 3:36 2. "Run Over by a Truck" Cuomo 3:33 3. "The Prettiest Girl in the Whole Wide World" Cuomo 4:00 4. "The Underdogs" Cuomo Kazuhiro Hara 4:40

**Amazon MP3 exclusive version bonus tracks**

- "Turn Me Round" (recorded in 2003) – 3:10

**International bonus tracks**

- "[I Woke Up in Love This Morning](/source/I_Woke_Up_in_Love_This_Morning)" (Japan only; recorded in 2003, Rivers Cuomo and [Sloan](/source/Sloan_(band))) – 3:04

- "Turn Me Round" (recorded in 2003; UK, Russia & Australia only) – 3:09[34]

**iTunes bonus tracks**

- "The Story of My Life" (recorded in 2003) – 3:15[35]

- "[Kids](/source/Kids_(MGMT_song))/[Poker Face](/source/Poker_Face_(song))" – 4:58

**iTunes Pass: The Weezer Raditude Club Tracks (exclusive to the iTunes Pass)**

- "[Should I Stay or Should I Go](/source/Should_I_Stay_or_Should_I_Go)" (live at Virgin Mobile FreeFest '09; cover of [The Clash](/source/The_Clash)) – 3:07

- "I Hear Bells" (recorded in 2000) – 2:44

- "Put Me Back Together" ([Rich Costey](/source/Rich_Costey) mix) – 3:15

- "Cold Dark World" (Rivers lead vocal; originally featured on the *Red Album* with Scott Shriner on vocals) – 3:52

- "Across the Sea" (live song from the Japan 2005 Tour) – 4:32

- Tour Video Introductions from the US 2009 Tour – 4:46

- "The Good Life" (live; video) – 4:38

- "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To" ([Steve Aoki](/source/Steve_Aoki) remix) – 6:36

- "The Prettiest Girl in the Whole Wide World" (Karlophone Remix) – 4:21

- "I'm Your Daddy" ([Pat Wilson](/source/Patrick_Wilson_(drummer)) remix) – 3:08

- "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To" music video – 3:31

- "Can't Stop Partying" (Coconut Teaser Mix) – 3:32

- "Love Is the Answer" (Laid Back Mix) – 3:01

- Live Video from Rehearsals – 5:29

- Making of *Raditude* (video) – 12:18

- "I’m Your Daddy" ([Serban Ghenea](/source/Serban_Ghenea) mix) – 3:08

"Can't Stop Partying", "I Don't Want to Let You Go", and "The Prettiest Girl in the Whole Wide World" were previously released in demo form on Cuomo's compilation album *[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo](/source/Alone_II%3A_The_Home_Recordings_of_Rivers_Cuomo)*. [Sugar Ray](/source/Sugar_Ray) previously recorded the track "Love Is the Answer" on their 2009 album *[Music for Cougars](/source/Music_for_Cougars)* with a guest appearance by Cuomo.

## Personnel

Personnel taken from *Raditude* CD booklet.[36]

Weezer Rivers Cuomo Pat Wilson Brian Bell Scott Shriner Additional musicians Lil Wayne – vocals (track 4) Josh Freese – drums (tracks 2, 3, 8) Jacknife Lee – keyboards, backing vocals, guitar, percussion, and programming (tracks 7, 9, 10, "Get Me Some", "Run Over By A Truck", "The Prettiest Girl In The Whole Wide World", and "The Underdogs") Amrita Sen – vocals (track 7) Nishat Khan – additional vocals, sitar (track 7) Aaron Suplizio – additional bass guitar (track 7) Sim Grewall – additional percussion (track 7) Design Andy Mueller – art direction and design Johannes Gamble – art direction and design Morning Breath Inc. – cover co-design Jason Neely – dog photography Sean Murphy – band photography Karl Koch – additional photography Daniel Field – additional photography Production Butch Walker – producer (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8) Jacknife Lee – producer (tracks 6, 7, 9; "I Don't Want to Let You Go", "Get Me Some", "Run Over By A Truck", "The Prettiest Girl In The Whole Wide World", and "The Underdogs") Dr. Luke – producer (track 2) Polow da Don – producer (track 4) Shawn Everett – additional producer (track 7), drum & guitar recording (tracks 6, 7, 9) Ananda Sen – additional producer (track 7) Tom McFall – recording (Jacknife Lee sessions) Sam Bell – additional engineering and editing (tracks 6, 7, 9; "I Don't Want to Let You Go", "Get Me Some", "Run Over By A Truck", "The Prettiest Girl In The Whole Wide World", and "The Underdogs") Jake Sinclair – recording (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8) Joe Zook – recording (tracks 3, 8) Doug McKean – recording (track 2) Rich Costey – mixing Charlie Stavish – mixing assistant Serban Ghenea – mixing (track 5) John Hanes – mixing engineer (track 5) Tim Roberts – mixing assistant (track 5) Joshua Minyard – mixing assistant George Gumbs – mixing assistant Douglas Forsdick – studio tech Henry Trejo – guitar tech Mike Fasano – drum tech Dave Collins – mastering

## Charts

Chart (2009) Peak position Australian Albums Chart[37] 36 Canadian Albums Chart[38] 10 French Albums Chart[37] 119 German Albums Chart[39] 94 Norwegian Albums Chart[37] 36 US Billboard 200[17] 7 US Billboard Alternative Albums[17] 1 US Billboard Rock Albums[17] 1

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## External links

- [*Raditude*](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC2qC-e5YikcJsvR0P_2MwyvDHpE_vGQY) at [YouTube](/source/YouTube) (streamed copy where licensed)

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