"Turning Up the Radio" is a song by the American

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band Weezer from their studio album ''

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''. Its genesis came about in 2008 when Weezer frontman

Rivers Cuomo Rivers Cuomo ( ; born June 13, 1970) is an American musician. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist, pianist, and songwriter of the rock band Weezer. Cuomo was raised in a number of Buddhist communities in the Northeast U.S. until the age of 10, wh ...

used YouTube to source ideas for creating a song using video submissions from other users of the platform. The base track was recorded in 2008 by Taylor Morden, the completed demo was presented to

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later that year, but it was ultimately polished by Cuomo and Shawn Everett for ''Death to False Metal'' in 2010.

Reception

Michael Roffman of ''

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'' said that the song resulted in "a dynamite track that recalls

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. It’s catchy and will likely swim in your playlist for awhile." Fraser McAlpine writing for BBC Music indicated it would sate the desires of fans of "classic power-pop", marking it as a rock song that is "loud and dumb, but also snarky and smart"

Personnel

Lead vocals * Rivers Cuomo Instrumental * Taylor Morden Mixing * Marc McClusky Additional production * Shawn Everett

References

{{Weezer 2010 songs Weezer songs Songs written by Rivers Cuomo