"Sweater Weather" is a song by American

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. The song was written by group members Jesse Rutherford, Zach Abels and Jeremy Freedman, and was produced by Justyn Pilbrow. It serves as the lead single from their debut studio album, '' I Love You'' (2013). "Sweater Weather" reached number one on the ''

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chart in June 2013, logging eleven non-consecutive weeks at the summit of the chart.

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covered the song for their 2018 album ''

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'' with an accompanying music video. In mid-to-late 2020, the song experienced a resurgence in popularity due to it being used on the social media platform

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. The song gained over 5 million on-demand streams on Spotify within the month of November 2020. As of January 5, 2022, the song is ranked in the top 100 of the most streamed songs on Spotify.

Background and writing

Zach Abels recalled to

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: "One day Jesse was at my house and I was playing guitar. And he said, 'Hey that's pretty cool, let me record that.' And it just so happened to be "Sweater Weather." When we got done writing the song, when it was all said and done we were like 'Okay this is pretty good we should keep writing songs.'" "I think 'Sweater Weather' might've been the best song we'd ever written," Rutherford added, "but I didn't think it was going to be the best song we'd ever write. It was kind of like getting a Platinum record, like a little tap on the butt."

Music video

There are two music videos for "Sweater Weather". The original video was released on March 28, 2012, but was later set as unlisted. The second music video for "Sweater Weather" was directed by Zack Sekuler and Daniel Iglesias Jr., shot in

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to go with their

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theme, released on March 5, 2013.

Influence

Social media platforms regularly use the song's title or listening to the song as a shorthand for

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, also citing it as a "bisexual anthem".Unpublished Zine
says that the song is made a bisexual anthem due to its intimacy, the lyric's relative gender neutrality, the narrator's wearing of "bisexual" clothes, and the melodic similarity of the song to other songs popular on Tumblr when it came out—a time, reportedly, when many users were starting to express their bisexuality.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

* {{Authority control The Neighbourhood songs 2012 songs 2012 singles Columbia Records singles Black-and-white music videos Bisexuality-related songs