Weird (Hanson song)

"Weird" is a song written and performed by the American pop rock band Hanson. It was the fourth single released from the band's major label debut album, Middle of Nowhere (1997), and became a moderate hit worldwide, charting within the top 20 in Australia, Canada, Finland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. It was also featured in the 1997 film The Borrowers, playing during the end credits.

"Weird"
Single by Hanson
from the album Middle of Nowhere
ReleasedMarch 1998
Recorded1996
GenrePop rock, soft rock
Length4:02
LabelMercury, PolyGram
Songwriter(s)
Hanson singles chronology
"I Will Come to You"
(1997)		 "Weird"
(1998)		 "Thinking of You"
(1998)
Music video
"Weird" on YouTube

Chart performance

"Weird" performed well in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart and becoming their fourth top-twenty hit there.[1] It also did well on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, charting at number 12,[2] the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart, reaching number 11,[3] and the New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart, peaking at number 10.[4] It charted the highest in Finland, where it rose to number four during its third week on the Finnish Singles Chart.[5]

Music video

The music video for "Weird" was directed by Gus Van Sant.[6] The shots in the white room were filmed in a giant round Victorian room with a floor of lights that rolled on its side and was twenty feet tall. The room rotated and was built by Tom Foden who has also designed and built the spaceship for Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson's "Scream" video. The painting on the wall of the white room was The Judgment of Solomon by eighteenth-century Italian painter Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and was a smooth, enlarged color print, so Hanson could slide across it as the room revolved. Another tricky part of the video shoot was having Hanson swim underwater and lip sync to the song at the same time. This sequence was designed by visual effect supervisor Ash Beck. The brothers wore weights so they would not float out of shot. They also had to hold their breath for a whole verse while they swam towards the camera. The video also shows Hanson in Times Square and on the New York City Subway.

The version of the track used in the video differed slightly from the album cut. The video version contained extra backing vocals from Isaac and Zac Hanson and contained a different intro. The name of the version in the video is the "Movo Mix", which was only released on a promotional single released in the US in 1998.

Track listing

All songs written by Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson, and Zac Hanson. Additional writers in parentheses.

  1. "Weird" [Album Version] (Desmond Child)
  2. "I Will Come to You" [Tee's Radio] (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil)
  3. "Speechless" (Cliff Magness)
  4. "I Will Come to You" [Tee's Frozen Club Mix] (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil)

Remixes
  • Desmond Child Mix (4:08)
  • Tom Lord Alge Mix (4:11)
  • South Beach Mix (4:04)
  • Movo Mix (4:17)
  • Guitar Mix (4:10)
  • Greg & Joey's Radio Edit (3:42)
  • Greg & Joey's Cure Mix (7:41)
  • Mr. Mig Dance/Club Radio Edit (3:27)
  • Mr. Mig Dance/Club Extended (6:53)
  • Mr. Mig Dance/Pop Radio Edit (3:50)

Charts and certifications

References
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  2. "Australian-charts.com – Hanson – Weird". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  3. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 3544." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  4. "Charts.nz – Hanson – Weird". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  5. "Hanson: Weird" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  6. "Hanson Gets "Weird" With Director Gus Van Sant". MTV.com. February 12, 1998. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
  7. "Ultratop.be – Hanson – Weird" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  8. "Ultratop.be – Hanson – Weird" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  9. "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 3569." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  10. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 15 no. 15. April 11, 1998. p. 10. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  11. "Lescharts.com – Hanson – Weird" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  12. "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (28.5. – 4.6. 1998)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). May 29, 1998. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  13. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Weird". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  14. "Dutchcharts.nl – Hanson – Weird" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  15. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  16. "Swedishcharts.com – Hanson – Weird". Singles Top 100. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  17. "Hanson Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  18. "ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Singles 1998". ARIA. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  19. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1998 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
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