Say It Ain't So

"Say It Ain't So" is a song by the American rock band Weezer. It was released as the third and final single from their self-titled 1994 debut album. Written (like most Weezer songs) by frontman Rivers Cuomo, the song came to be after he had all the music finished and one line, "Say it ain't so". Cuomo made a connection to an incident in high school where he came home and saw a bottle of beer in the fridge. He believed his mother and father's marriage ended because his father was an alcoholic and this made him fear the marriage between his mother and step-father would end this way as well. Although not as successful as their 2 prior hit singles, it is actually the most popular single of the album due to its media usage and covers and it still remains their most popular single to date making this the band's signature song. In 2008, Rolling Stone ranked "Say It Ain't So" #72 on "The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time." Pitchfork Media included the song at number 10 on their Top 200 Tracks of the 90s. "Say It Ain't So" is a playable track on the 2007 game Rock Band and the 2013 game Rocksmith 2014