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"'''Memories'''" is a song by the band [[Weezer]]. It is the opening track and first single from their 2010 album ''[[Hurley (album)|Hurley]]'' <ref name="epitathpage">{{cite web |url=http://www.epitaph.com/artists/album/604/Hurley#albdesc/|title=Epitath Record: Weezer - Hurley |publisher=[[Epitaph Records|Epitaph]] |accessdate=August 12, 2010}}</ref> and was first released online on August 10, 2010, to promote the comedy film ''[[Jackass 3D]]''. Following the death of ''[[Jackass (franchise)|Jackass]]'' member [[Ryan Dunn]], the video became the most searched for video on YouTube. The song received attention in 2018 after a sketch aired on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' where [[Matt Damon]] defended Weezer's later output including "Memories" while [[Leslie Jones (comedian)|Leslie Jones]] ridiculed him for liking the song among others.
==Composition==
Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' said that the song "harks back to the days when Weezer seemed like a fresh, slightly puzzled take on [[grunge]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://amp.theguardian.com/music/2010/sep/17/weezer-hurley-cd-review|work=[[The Guardian]]|title=Weezer: Hurley|first=Michael|last=Hann|accessdate=January 25, 2023|date=September 16, 2010|quote=This time he's been promising a return to form, and certainly Hurley seems devoted to the idea of the 90s – opener Memories harks back to the days when Weezer seemed like a fresh, slightly puzzled take on grunge…}}</ref>
==Music video==
The music video for "Memories" debuted on September 9, 2010, on the TV show ''[[Jersey Shore (TV series)|Jersey Shore]]''.<ref name="forum"/> The video was shot on [[Super 8 mm film|Super 8]] cameras and filmed on the locations of the skate video "[[The Search for Animal Chin]]".<ref name=mtv/> The clip features Weezer playing next to and inside an empty pool while various skateboarders do tricks around them.<ref name=mtv>{{Cite web | last = Anderson | first = Kyle | title = Weezer's 'Memories' Video Premieres | publisher = MTV | date = September 9, 2010 | url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1647467/20100909/weezer.jhtml | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100912231418/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1647467/20100909/weezer.jhtml | url-status = dead | archive-date = September 12, 2010 | accessdate = September 9, 2010}}</ref> The video track also features the cast of ''[[Jackass (TV series)|Jackass]]'' on backing vocals, and clips from the movie ''[[Jackass 3D]]''.<ref name="forum">{{cite web|url=http://www.weezer.com/blog/default.aspx?nid=29619|title=Memories video premiere (for real)|author=Koch, Karl|publisher=Weezer.com|date=September 9, 2010|accessdate=September 9, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913140838/http://www.weezer.com/blog/default.aspx?nid=29619|archivedate=September 13, 2010}}</ref>
==Track listing==
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|align="left"| Czech Republic Modern Rock ([[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|IFPI]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ifpicr.cz/hitparada/21/weezer/memories/148613|title=CZ - Radio - Top 20 Modern Rock - Memories - Weezer|publisher=[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|IFPI Czech Republic]]|accessdate=June 21, 2023|language=Czech}}</ref>
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|align="left"|Japan ([[Japan Hot 100]]) (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')
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