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"Hash Pipe" is a popular single by Weezer. Released in 2001, it was the first single off the band's long-awaited third album, Weezer, and the only one of The Summer Sessions songs to make it onto the album, although "Dope Nose" and "Slob" were released on Maladroit. According to an interview with Weezer front man Rivers Cuomo, "Hash Pipe" was written on the same night as the hit song "Dope Nose" off Maladroit. The story goes that Rivers took "a bunch of Ritalin and had like three shots of tequila," paced around for a while, then wrote both songs. The song was inspired by a male transvestite prostitute known for rambling to people in Santa Monica.
"Hash Pipe" is one of the band's biggest hits, best remembered for its driving guitar melody, offbeat lyrical content, Cuomo's falsetto vocals and the gang backup vocals of "whoa-oh-oh." The song peaked at #2 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart, #24 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and #16 on Billboard's Canadian Singles Chart.
With a tempo of 128 bpm, "Hash Pipe" is composed in the key of A minor. The opening line, "I can't help my feelings, I go out of my mind", is quoted from The Beatles' "You Can't Do That".
The video for the song was nominated for Best Rock Video at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards as well as being nominated for High Times magazine's "Pot Song of the Year" in 2001 . The video was directed by Marcos Siega, the first of many Weezer videos that Siega would direct. In the video, Weezer is shown playing while a group of sumo wrestlers are standing in the background. As the song progresses, the wrestlers are shown wrestling and during the guitar solo, the wrestlers play the band members' instruments as the members watch from the background. During the final chorus, guitarist Brian Bell performs a move in which he bends backwards, taking the guitar with him, then thrusts his legs in the way he's bending. This move has become known among Weezer fans as "the impossible bend." According to the mini book that accompanies the Video Capture Device DVD, Siega was asked to avoid referring to the lyrics of the song for the video, due to its themes of homosexual prostitution and drug references.
Track listings
Radio station promo
"Hash Pipe" – 3:06
US CD retail CD/US retail 7″ single (black vinyl)
"Hash Pipe" – 3:06
"I Do" – 2:10
UK retail CD
"Hash Pipe" – 2:51
"Starlight" – 3:35
"Hash Pipe" (Jimmy Pop remix)
"Hash Pipe" (CD-ROM video)
UK retail 7″ single (green vinyl)
"Hash Pipe" – 2:52
"Teenage Victory Song" – 3:11
US promo remix 12″ single (black vinyl)
"Hash Pipe" (Jimmy Pop remix)
"Hash Pipe" (Chris Vrenna's Kick Me remix)
"Hash Pipe" (Chris Vrenna's Under Glass remix) – 4:13
Dutch retail CD
"Hash Pipe" – 3:06
"I Do" – 1:53
"Starlight" – 3:21
"Hash Pipe" (Jimmy Pop remix) – 3:22
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